Hands-on Workshop on Conducting PV integration impact studies on the power distribution system 

All Workshop resources (For April 8)  will be posted here.

Pre-workshop

• Install OpenDSS - https://sourceforge.net/projects/electricdss/files/latest/download

• For third session we would probably need

  1. Python3 - a version appropriate - if 64 bit recommend 3.9 - Install the native GUI IDLE

  2. After installing Python 3 please install CORRECT Version of Pywin to Match your Python version - https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/releases

Rest of the material will be uploaded after the start of the workshop.

Code to execute

Portal to share group results

Date:  April 8

Time: 7 am- 10 am EDT (11 am- 2 pm GMT)

Register: WebEx - register here

Conducted by: Young Professionals Subject Matter Expert team 

*Limited seats available*

*Resources for the workshop will be shared at https://www.hasala.org/ieee/opendss-workshop

*Whatsapp group for the workshop is https://chat.whatsapp.com/Blcg4JRC5JG7RujtEmLkoE

Syllabus:

Part 1: ~1 hr

Motivation for modeling distribution systems in the context of the energy transition

Introduction to CSTF - Townhall 1 and 2

Introduction to basic power distribution system modeling

Introduction to OpenDSS as a FOSS tool

Part 2: ~1 hr

Introduction to IEEE YP and CSTF

Modeling a simple distribution system

Modeling DER 

Running  power flow 

Analyzing impact

Part 3: ~1 hr

Introduction to Python

Running OpenDSS using python API 

Python-based automation for system impact studies 

This workshop will introduce practitioners to approaches to evaluating the impact of Distributed Energy Resource (DER)  integration on the power distribution system.  At the end of this course, the participant is expected to be able to add DERs to an existing distribution system model and run power flow simulations in OpenDSS independently, both using the native interface and programmatically using Python.  The workshop will include an introduction to the theory and a hands-on group-based exercise.  The participants are expected to install OpenDSS and Python before the start of the class if they want to participate in the hands-on part of the workshop.