ENGIN 344: Introduction to Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (Spring 2025)

Course Description

This course covers the tools and methodologies essential for resolving intricate issues within large-scale Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (CPES), addressing prevalent challenges encountered in today's power industry. Covered topics include a comprehensive review of power system operation and the per-unit normalization alongside system modeling of expansive grids. Emphasis is placed on constructing network admittance and impedance matrices, conducting power flow calculations, and optimizing dispatch operations.

Additionally, the course covers time-domain modeling of generators, symmetrical component modeling for unbalanced systems, as well as both balanced and unbalanced fault analyses. Transient stability studies, generator control, system protection, and transmission line transients will also be briefly explored. The incorporation of computer-based activities, particularly utilizing MATLAB and engineering toolboxes (e.g., Simulink, Simscape Electrical, etc.), will be integrated into the learning process. Through a blend of theoretical foundations and homework assignments, students will solve practical operation research problems.

Credit Hours: 3

Class Meetings: The class meets twice per week for 75 minutes

Prerequisites

MATH 260, and ENGIN 232 (pre- or co-requisite), or permission of the instructor

The course will present tools and methodologies for solving complex problems in large-scale power systems and the common issues in the power industry today when dealing with industrial CPES. It is assumed that the students are familiar with and have a good background using MATLAB.

Course Objectives

• What are Cyber-Physical Systems and their significance for critical infrastructure operations;
• How to form a system model using models of machines, transmission lines, and transformers;
• How to analyze an integrated power grid with flows/injections of electric power;
• How to calculate the optimal operating point of generators for low-cost energy production;
• How to calculate fault current values for both balanced and unbalanced circuits;
• What are the challenges in maintaining system stability, security, and resilience in the presence of deliberate or accidental incidents.

Student Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will emerge with a robust understanding of CPES modeling, operation and control. Furthermore, they will be able to identify potential weak links in the power grid critical infrastructure and comprehend the evolving challenges introduced by the integration of renewable and distributed generation. Specifically, students:

• will develop an understanding of the complexities involved in designing, analyzing, and maintaining reliable CPES operation, including inherent challenges, common control practices, and distinctions from traditional enterprise systems, while also cultivating the ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions meeting specified needs, considering public safety, as well as global, social, and economic factors.
• will investigate system design, simulation, management, and control challenges across the entire lifecycle of CPES implementations with renewable and distributed energy penetrations.
• via the research paper presentation (HW \#5), will acquire expertise in proficiently communicating with various and diverse audiences creating a collaborative and inclusive environment.
• will engage with power apparatus, design and formulate system models, and simulate mission-critical CPES capable of meeting predefined operational requirements, demonstrating the ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems through the application of principles from engineering, science, and mathematics.
• via homework assignments, will gain the capacity to employ newly acquired knowledge, model and simulate experiments, analyze and interpret data, and utilize engineering judgment to deduce conclusions pertaining to the optimal and reliable operation of the power systems under test.

Resources and Other Requirements

• Instructor’s lecture notes and handouts
• A number of relevant papers from recent journal publications and conference proceedings
• A desktop or laptop computer is required

The recommended textbook is: "Power Systems Analysis" by H. Saadat

Other recommended textbooks include:

• "Power System Analysis and Design" by J Glover, M. Sarma and T. Overbye
• "Power System Stability and Control" by P. Kundur and Om Malik
• "Computational Methods for Electric Power Systems" by M. Crow.