Title of Talk: Time Simulation for Ensuring Secure Future Power Systems
Abstract of Talk
Electric power systems worldwide are experiencing a significant transformation in many directions; one of them is predominantly characterized by increased penetration of power electronic converter (PEC) interfaced technologies. The successful realization of a zero-net emission society is the driving force pushing the traditional power system to increase the volume of environmentally (and weather dependant) non-synchronous technologies and new other technologies (energy storage, heat pumps, electric transportation, hydrogen, etc.), many of those technologies rely on PEC as an interface to the power network.
This seminar is dedicated to providing a comprehensive overview of the digital real-time simulation of a tool to ensure secure future power systems. The seminar starts with an overview of the main challenges related to modelling a simulation of future power systems. A discussion about the limitations of traditional off-line RMS and EMT simulations, the concept of co-simulation and examples are presented, and then the concept of digital real-time simulation
Biography of the Speaker
Francisco M. Gonzalez-Longatt is currently a full professor in electrical power engineering at Institutt for elektro, IT og kybernetikk, Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge, Norway. His academic qualifications include first Class Electrical Engineering from Instituto Universitario Politécnico de la Fuerza Armada Nacional, Venezuela (1994), Master of Business Administration (Honors) from Universidad Bicentenaria de Aragua, Venezuela (1999), Ph.D. in Electrical Power Engineering from the Universidad Central de Venezuela (2008) and Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Professional Practice from Coventry University (2013) and Diploma in Leadership and Management (ILM Level 3), Loughborough University (2018).
He is a former Lecturer in Electrical Power Systems at Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical, and Manufacturing Engineering and a member of the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST) at Loughborough University, UK. He is a former academic staff of the Department of Aerospace, Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Coventry University, where he started as a Lecturer in Electrical Engineering in 2012 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering in 2013. He was formerly with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (2009-2011). He is a former associate professor (1995- 2009) and Chair (1999-2001) of the Department of Electrical Engineering of Universidad Nacional Politécnico de la Fuerza Armada Nacional, Venezuela (1995-2009). He is the author or editor of several books (Spanish and English), including: “Power Factory Applications for Power System Analysis”, Springer; “Advanced Smart Grid Functionalities Based on PowerFactory” Springer, and “Dynamic Vulnerability Assessment and Intelligent Control for Sustainable Power Systems”, Wiley. He has written 20+ book chapters,50+ journal and magazine papers, and 100+ conference papers. His work has over 4.5k+ citations, and his h-index is 28 (November 2021), according
to Google Scholar. He has been invited to the professor at the Master on Renewables at the University of Seville, Spain, Master of Renewable at University Carlos III Madrid, Spain, and many other universities worldwide. He has been invited speaker at several top universities: KTH-Sweden, Leuven-Belgium, TU Delft-The Netherlands, etc.; keynote speaker at several important conferences, including session chair at very well known IEEE conferences. He is an associate editor in several top-ranked scientific journals in the area of power systems.
He is Vice-President of Venezuelan Wind Energy Association, Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE), a member of The Institution of Engineering and Technology – the IET (UK), member of the International Council on Large Electric Systems -CIGRE. He received professional recognition as FHEA – Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in January 2014. His research interest includes innovative (operation/control) schemes to optimise the performance of future energy systems. His research is or has been supported by the Royal Society, British Council, UK India Education Research Initiative (UKIERI) –UK. He has been collaborating in European research projects, including: “Integration of Offshore wind power into the Spanish Power System using HVDC”, Universidad Carlos III, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain.
Two special research projects financially supported by the Royal Society and British Council deserve mention: “Exploring beyond the Frontiers to Build a Smarter Grid (EBF2BSG)” and “Smart Multi-Terminal DC micro-grids for autonomous Zero-Net-Energy Buildings”. More recent projects include Newton-Bhabha India UK Advanced Training School (IUATS), Optimal Design and Control of Smart Community: New Ideas for off-grid Communities.