Electric grids worldwide are an indispensable critical infrastructure, and the impact of the loss of a portion of the electric grid ranges from minor inconveniences when the outage is small and short, to potentially catastrophic when the blackout covers a large region for a long duration. Electric grids are subject to several different types of …
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On November 22, 2024, a guest lecture for Dr. Kate Davis’ ECEN 340 course was held by Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). The presentation aimed at providing valuable information to electrical and computer engineering students for making career decisions in the power industry. Topics such as grid transformation and power generation were discussed, with …
The presentation is the partial result of a 5-yr, DOE funded, international project (UI-ASSIST) which was collaborative with the Government of India and included Washington State, MIT, Texas A&M University and University of Hawaii, as well as several IITs (Delhi, Kanpur, Bhubaneshwar, Roorkee) in India, as well as several corporate participants. The focus of the …
Description Geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs), caused by solar coronal mass ejections, have the potential to significantly impact the operation of the high voltage electric grid by causing geomagnetically induced currents (GICs). Over the last decade there has been significant research, industry interest, and regulatory concern about the impact of GMDs on the high voltage electric grid. …
The 25th meeting of the Advisory Board of the TEES Smart Grid Center was hosted in person at Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) in Austin, Texas, on November 11, 2024. The agenda of the business meeting included voting on changes to membership agreements and benefits; presentations by the Leadership Team on research, proposals, and events …
At the Innovation in AI and Energy (Innovation Forward, IF2024) event organized by Texas A&M Innovation, a panel discussion will be held on “Powering Progress: Reconciling Energy Capacity with Digital Growth; Texas is a Leader” at the Hall of Champions at Texas A&M University at 9:40 am – 10:30 am CST on November 13, 2024. …
In February 2021, Winter Storm Uri demonstrated to Texas and the rest of the nation both the criticality and the vulnerability of our electric grids. Unfortunately, there are multiple other events, potentially much more extreme than Uri, which could also affect our electricity supply. At the same time, the electric grids are rapidly changing with …
Geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs) caused by solar coronal mass ejections can induce quasi-dc currents in the ac power grid, potentially leading to transformer heating, harmonics, increased reactive power consumption by transformers, and possibly even voltage collapse. This talk will briefly review GMD modeling and impacts on the grid, followed by an update on the GMD research …
Description Electricity is the lifeblood of our modern society, and for most this electricity is supplied by large-scale, interconnected electric grids. Engineered as the ultimate in plug-and-play convenience, the wall outlet is actually the gateway to the world’s largest and most complex machine. The goal of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction for …
Powerline-caused wildfires can occur when powerline equipment fails, creating ignition mechanisms. These mechanisms include melting devices, burning particles dropping from arcing parts, and lines down due to component failure. Research has shown that many equipment failures slowly develop over days or weeks prior to catastrophic failure that can ignite a fire. The Office of Cybersecurity, …