What future distribution engineers need to learn

Author

Venkata, S.S. ; Pahwa, Anil ; Brown, Richard E. ; Christie, Richard D.

Author_Institution

Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS, USA

Volume

19

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

23

Abstract

It is getting increasingly clear that electric distribution systems are undergoing rapid changes due to deregulation, the penetration of distributed generation and power electronics technologies, and the adoption of efficient computation, communications, and control mechanisms. The primary goal of this paper is to recommend the development of a new two-course sequence to reflect the radical changes occurring or expected to happen in the future.

Keywords

distribution networks; educational courses; power electronics; power engineering education; communication mechanism; computation mechanism; control mechanism; deregulation; distributed generation; electric distribution systems; engineering curriculum; power electronic technology; two-course sequence; Communication system control; Control systems; Distributed computing; Distributed control; Educational institutions; Power electronics; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Power industry; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRS.2003.821017

Filename

1266546