The theme of this year's IEEE PES General Meeting is "Re-Imagining the Electric Grid." Super session topics include:
MOVING TOWARDS LESS INERTIA ON POWER SYSTEM
- Managing grid reliability
- Effectiveness of protection schemes for lower fault currents
- Dynamic control of the transmission and distribution grids
- Sensors and measurement requirements for dynamic grid control
- Studying the impact of renewable generation on the grid
- Integration into the grid of synthetic inertia from inverter based generation
NEW APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE POWER INDUSTRY
- Applying augmented reality in the power industry
- Employing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in the power industry
- Utilizing smart robotics for asset monitoring, grid service and maintenance
- Smart controls and sensors in end-use devices
- Advanced software tools and platforms
- Next generation electric equipment
DATA SCIENCE AND DATA QUALITY AS APPLIED TO POWER SYSTEM
- Developing models, algorithms, and analytical tools
- Implementing big data analytics for the power system
- Utilizing data for applied intelligence and practical applications in electric utilities
- Challenges in sensor data quality, accuracy, filtering, communications and storage
- Impact of sensor data quality on applications’ effectiveness
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
- Emergency planning and preparedness
- Damage assessment, restoration and worker safety after an event
- Mutual assistance partnerships between utilities for power system restoration
- Investing in new infrastructure, including planning and redundancy requirements
- Challenges in resource management and spare equipment
- Managing long lead-time equipment such as Gas-Insulated Switchgear (GIS), larger power transformers, and HVDC equipment