1. Basics of Load and Generation, Grid operation, Concepts of Power Flow Analysis, Economic Dispatch and Unit Commitment. Introduction to Smart Grid, Difference between conventional & smart grid, Architecture of Smart Grid, Smart Grid standards, Policies Applications, Smart Grid control layer and elements, Smart Grid Initiative for Power Distribution Utility in India. (Chapter - 1) 2. Power Line Communications, Two-way Digital Communications Paradigm, Network Architectures, IP-based Systems, Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Fiber Optical Networks, Wide Area Network WAN based on Fiber Optical Networks, IP based Real Time data Transmission, Substation communication network, Bluetooth, Zig-Bee, GPS, Geographic Information System (GIS), Broadband over Power line (BPL). (Chapter - 2) 3. Distributed generation resources, Advantages and disadvantages of DG, Distributed Generation Utilization Barriers, Distributed Generation integration to power grid Smart Grid components control elements, Smart Grid Technologies. (Chapter - 3) 4. Micro Grids, Concept of micro grid, need & applications of micro grid, formation of micro grid, Modelling of AC Smart Grid components, Modelling of DC Smart Grid components, Modelling of storage devices, issues of interconnection, Operation, protection & control of micro grid. Simulation and case study of AC micro grid Islanding, need and benefits, different methods of islanding detection. (Chapter - 4) 5. Load dispatch centers, Sensor Networks, Phasor Measurement Units, Communications Infrastructure, Fault Detection and Self-Healing Systems, Applications and Challenges, wide-area monitoring system (WAMS), Phasor measurement units PMU; Smart sensors/telemetry, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI); smart metering; smart grid system monitoring, Phasor estimation, Dynamic Phasor estimation. (Chapter - 5) 6. Demand side management of Smart Grid, Demand response analysis of Smart Grid, Pricing and Energy Consumption Scheduling, Controllable Load Models, Dynamics and Challenges, Electric Vehicles and Vehicle-to-Grid Systems, Demand Side Ancillary Services Energy Management, Practical study of Smart Grid. (Chapter - 6)
