Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Janaka Ekanayake on Wind Generation and their Grid Connection
Dear Colleagues,
IEEE PES/DEIS chapter and CIGRE NGN would like to invite you to participate in IEEE DL on “Wind Generation and their Grid Connection ".
When: 8th April 2016. 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Where: Level 10, 10 Eagle Street, Brisbane
Speaker: Prof. Janaka Ekanayake, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Registration link: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/38845 (limited registration)
RSVP by 1st April 2016, 4:00 PM
Abstract: The talk will aim to cover following topis:
- Wind turbine basics
- Generators – Operation and Control
o Fixed speed Induction Generator
o Doubly fed Induction Generator
o Full power converter wind turbines
o Introduction to superconductive type (mainly used in offshore)
- Wind farm collector network
- Grid code requirements and how they are achieved in modern wind farms
o Power curtailments
o Reactive power support
o Fault Ride through
o Inertia response
o Harmonics and other
Biography:
Janaka Ekanayake is the Head of the Department and the Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. He is also a visiting professor at the Institute of Energy at Cardiff University. Prior to that, until end of October 2012, he was a Senior Research Fellow/Reader at the Institute of Energy, Cardiff University, UK.
He is a Senior Member of IEEE, USA. He is also a Fellow of IET, UK and IESL, Sri Lanka.
Prof. Ekanayake is an expert on wind power generation, their connection and modern power systems. He co-authored five books published by leading publishers such as John Wiley and IET, UK. His most recent book on Renewable Energy will be published by Cambridge Press in this year. He has also published more than 150 journal and conference papers.
He was a Tyndall Center Research Fellow (2002 and 2003), Commonwealth Fellow (2001-2002), and a Royal Society of UK Research Fellow (1997) at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and technology (UMIST), UK.
If you would like to join IEEE and CIGRE NGN, please visit following links:
IEEE: http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/join/index.html
CIGRE NGN: http://www.cigreaustralia.org.au/about/next-generation-network-ngn/
We look forward to see you at the seminar
Regards,
Nilesh Modi
Chair, PES/DEIS Joint Chapter
Queensland section
E: nilesh.modi@aemo.com.au
