Prof. Hamid BENTARZI

University M’hamed Bougara Boumerdes/ Power and Control Engineering,                  

Research Area: 

Control and protection systems in Smart Grid, Reliability study of protective system

Experience: 

My research activities are centered upon control and protection systems in the smart grid as well as reliability enhancement using the recent technologies such as the Phasor Measurement Technology and communication. I have been author and co-author in more than150 papers and three books.

Speech Title:  Micro-Synchro-Phasor Measurement Unit:  Developments and Trends

Abstract: 

The measurement system named Micro-Synchro-Phasor Measurement Unit (µSPMU) can be used to better observe, control and protect the power distribution network integrating renewable energies (smart distribution network), which needs a high-precision power measurements. However, the existing PMU can be used only in transmission grid. The μSPMU can store synchrophasor measurements and communicate real-time data at distribution level of the power grid. 

This keynote presents two main points:

1) Development of μPMU with precise time stamping of measurements via GPS to allow the comparison of voltage phase angle δ (i.e., the precise timing of the voltage waveform) at different locations, on hardware side. On the software side,  development of a new computational framework to manage large, high-density data streams with nanosecond time stamping and online capabilities that avoids the need for phasor data concentrators. 

2) Development of many practical applications using this new type of information provided by μPMU in the distribution network context including the integration of intermittent renewable generation such as distributed control, adaptive protection and cyber-security of the electric grid.