Unit Outline

This unit introduces students to the monitoring and assessment needs of emerging power systems including exploring climate resilient infrastructure and designing protection systems for power systems with a high penetration of distributed renewable generation. Students will be able to describe present and future network visibility needs in distributed networks, analyse impacts of distributed energy resources in distribution networks and design advanced distribution management systems.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Describe the state of present and future network visibility needs in distribution networks
2.	Recommend approaches to improve climate resilience of power system infrastructure
3.	Analyse impacts of and impacts on Distributed Energy Resources (DER) in distribution networks
4.	Describe advanced distribution management systems, as applied to networks containing aggregated energy resources
5.	Design protection systems for power systems with high penetration of distributed renewable generation

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	ENG768 Power Systems 2 ENG769 Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Test	Week 8	15 %	LO1, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Presentation	Week 12	20 %	LO2
Assessment Task 3:	Project	Week 13	40 %	LO2, LO5
Assessment Task 4:	Simulation lab assignment	Refer to Assessment Description	25 %	LO1, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Test

Task Description:

In-semester test

Task Length:

1 hour

Due Date:

Week 8

Weight:

15 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Describe present network visibility approaches in distribution networks	LO1
2	Describe how future distribution network needs will be different to the present needs	LO1
3	Describe the impacts of distributed energy resources in distribution networks	LO3
4	Calculate unbalanced fault currents in systems with distributed generation	LO3
5	Explain the role of advanced monitoring infrastructure in future power systems	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Presentation

Task Description:

Presentation assignment on climate resilience of infrastructure

Task Length:

10 minutes

Due Date:

Week 12

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Present suitable approaches to improve the climate resilience of power system infrastructure	LO2

Assessment Task 3: Project

Task Description:

Major Project
This project will involve students exploring climate resilient infrastructure considerations for a given power system and developing suitable protection schemes. The designs will be implemented and tested using commercial software.
A report will be submitted covering the findings of the project.

Task Length:

20 page report

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Articulate suitable approaches to improve the climate resilience of a power system within the defined scope	LO2
2	Identify suitable power system protection components	LO5
3	Implement design in suitable commercial software	LO5
4	Evaluate the performance of proposed design in systems with high penetration of distributed renewable energy generation considering flexible operation and extreme operating scenarios	LO5

Assessment Task 4: Simulation lab assignment

Task Description:

Lab/simulation assignments (x2)
Assignment 1 on protection schemes - due week 6
Assignment 2 on advanced distribution management system - due week 11

Task Length:

3 hour practical and 8 page report

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

25 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Justify appropriate monitoring points in a simulation	LO1
2	Analyse using simulation software the impacts of distributed energy resources on distribution networks	LO3
3	Demonstrate the role of advanced distribution management systems in active distribution network management	LO4
4	Design power system protection schemes	LO5
5	Evaluate simulation results to assess suitability of power system protection schemes	LO5

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.