ENGR 4604: Distributed Generation & Smart Grids

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: Engineering Standing Requirements
The main objective of this course is to provide up-to-date knowledge about the technical and economic issues relating to the distribution generation. In addition to an introduction to various generating technologies, the course will include detailed discussions on the impacts of distributed generation to the power distribution system. The focus will be on electrical issues such as grid connection, control, and power quality. In addition, the economic and regulatory issues will be addressed. The course also introduces the smart grid, both supply-side and demand-side technologies, including advanced metering infrastructure, technologies for better control of the grid and interactions with loads that can be controlled to accommodate variations in supply-side resources.