Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Power System Engineers and Planners
• Grid Control and Dispatching Personnel
• Energy Management System (EMS) Specialists
• Operations and Control Room Managers
• Asset Performance and Optimization Engineers

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Explain the architecture and core functions of a modern Energy Management System.
• Apply Economic Dispatch models to minimize the overall generation cost.
• Optimize system performance using advanced Automatic Generation Control techniques.
• Analyze system security and solve constraints using Optimal Power Flow.
• Integrate and manage variable renewable energy sources within the EMS framework.
• Implement effective strategies for power market participation and asset efficiency.

DAY 1

EMS Architecture and Core Functions

• Welcome and Introduction
• Pre-test
• Overview of EMS/SCADA and Power System Control Centers
• Data acquisition and processing fundamentals in EMS
• State Estimation: principles and application for real-time data
• Alarm processing, event logging, and human-machine interface (HMI)
• System security analysis: static and dynamic analysis tools

DAY 2

Economic Dispatch and Unit Commitment

• Principles of cost curves and incremental heat rates
• Single-area Economic Dispatch (ED) modeling and calculations
• Multi-area ED and managing inter-area power transfers
• Advanced Unit Commitment (UC) and scheduling techniques
• Handling generation constraints, ramping, and minimum loads
• The role of maintenance scheduling in long-term optimization

DAY 3

Automatic Generation Control and Frequency Management

• Fundamentals of frequency control and tie-line bias control
• Design and tuning of the Automatic Generation Control (AGC) loop
• Primary, secondary, and tertiary reserve management
• Advanced AGC concepts: generation rate limits and deadband optimization
• Managing imbalances and Area Control Error (ACE) minimization
• Case studies

DAY 4

Optimal Power Flow (OPF) and Voltage Control

• Introduction to Optimal Power Flow (OPF) formulation and objectives
• Solving security-constrained OPF for transmission limits
• Reactive power optimization and voltage profile control
• Managing transformer tap changers and generator reactive limits
• Integration of power optimization tools with market operations
• Using OPF results for transmission congestion management

DAY 5

 Optimization for Modern Grids and Review

• Optimization challenges with high penetration of renewable energy
• Forecasting methods and managing intermittent generation
• Role of energy storage systems (ESS) in system optimization
• Introduction to wide-area measurement systems (WAMS) and PMUs
• Future trends in EMS and power grid modernization
• Post-test
• Certificate ceremony