The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organized a Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on the topic Opportunities and Challenges in Smart Grids and Smart Cities. The programme was organized from 14th to 17th June 2023, at Seminar Hall 4. The event started at 10.00 am and concluded at 03.30 pm. The faculty of EEE and Civil Engineering departments, and 4th semester students attended the programme. The major objective of this FDP was to expose faculty members to the most recent innovations, trends, concerns, practical challenges encountered, and solutions adopted, in emerging trends in Smart Grids and Smart Cities.
Day 01: 14.06.2023
The session started at 10.00 am with a welcome speech and guest introduction. Dr. Subba Reddy, Chief Research Scientist, IISc. Bangalore, handled the morning session of Day 1, and presented a detailed overview of the smart sensor adaptive protection method based on relay, renewable integration and distribution automation, using optimization approaches.
Dr. Subba Reddy explaining Smart Sensor Adaptive Protection
The afternoon session started at 1.00 pm with a welcome speech and guest introduction. Mr. Arun Mahesh, Program manager, ITMS expert, Smart city, Homeland Security Solutions at BEL Bangalore, took over the afternoon session of Day 1. He shared in-depth information about the development of a smart city by implementing waste management control and energy management using battery technologies.
Session on Smart City Development
Day 02: 15.06.2023
The day’s programme started at 10.00 am with a welcome speech and guest introduction. Dr. Rathna G. N, Principal Research Scientist, IISc. Bangalore, handled the morning session of Day 2 and delivered a detailed lecture on the planning of smart grid topology construction, load dispatch centers and IEC 60870-6 smart grid protocols.
Session on Smart Grid Topology
The afternoon session started at 1.00 pm with a welcome speech and guest introduction. Mr. K. S Ramanujan, Managing Director, Leep eDrive, Bangalore, took over this session and spoke in detail about the implementation of V2G & G2V for saving electricity. He also shared a lot of information about the development of energy storage mobility unit for smart charging systems, using battery storage pack technology.
Session on V2G & G2V Implementation for saving Electricity
Day 03: 17.06.2023
he programme started at 9.15 am with a welcome speech and guest introduction. Mr. Chandrasekhar Reddy Atla, Deputy General Manager, PRDC Bangalore, handled both the morning and afternoon sessions of Day 3. In the forenoon session, he presented detailed information on BESS connection with grid, potential uses, BESS service and BESS design, along with reactive power storage. In the afternoon session, he dealt with the modelling primary frequency response for grid studies by NREL and about deviation settlement mechanism in load dispatch centers.
Session on BESS Connection with Grid
Outcome of the Programme:
At the end of the programme, the participants were able to understand and apply the following areas:
- Smart grid networks integration with renewable energy sources
- Grid integration of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles
- Architectures, models, grid codes and standards of smart grid and smart cities
- Planning of AC & DC transmission and distribution systems
- Self-healing grids – intelligent monitoring and outage management
- Advanced metering, communication networks and Cyber security of smart grid
- Carbon footprint and its applications on smart grid
- Implementation of advanced cameras for smart capture of vehicles at signal point