at sgires: smart grid training sessions in cyprus: report
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AT‐SGIRES: Advanced Teaching and training on Smart grid and Grid Integration of
Renewable Energy Systems
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WP5 AT-SGIRES: Smart Grid Training Sessions in Cyprus: Report
Author: George Konstantinou
Institution: University of Cyprus
Date: 01/03/2019
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Contents 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TRAINING COURSE IN CYPRUS ............................................... 3
2. TRAINEES AND DATES .................................................................................................... 3
3. TRAINING MATERIAL ..................................................................................................... 4
4. VISITS AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ............................................................................... 16
5. CERTIFICATION OF ATTENDANCE ................................................................................ 17
6. TRAINING MATERIALS ................................................................................................. 17
7. STUDENTS INTEREST FOR FUTURE COLLABORATION WITH PV LABORATORY............ 17
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1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TRAINING COURSE IN CYPRUS The first Smart-Grid Training Sessions (deliverables of WP 5.2, WP5.3) took place at the
University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus Island. The trainings lasted a month in duration,
starting from 04/02/2019 to 01/03/2019. In total, 33 + 18 trainees (a total of 51 trainees)
attended the UCY Smart-Grids training in Cyprus. One of them, Ibrahim, attended the course
by his own funding resources. According to participants overall excellent performance, the
student’s high-grade exam achievements, their early arriving at UCY at each training day and
their good evaluations of the training I am delighted to announce that the UCY training has
achieved its initial goals: To provide the Basics in Smart-Grid Power Systems with
Renewables integration (mostly PV technologies, as it lies perfectly within the FOSS PV
laboratory’s expertise and knowledge). Participants will also attend another one-month
training in Newcastle university as well as a 2-week training course in Wuppertal Institute,
both oriented also in Smart-Grid Technologies.
In what follows, one can find information about the number of trainees, the training
duration, training material (lectures, seminars, laboratories), final exams, visits, certifications
of attendances.
2. TRAINEES AND DATES The training itself consisted of 2 Sessions. Analytically:
The first Session lasted from 04/02/2019 to 15/02/2019 (Duration: 2 Weeks). Trainees
attended the first Session as follows:
From 04/02/2019 to 08/02/2019 we had 33 people attending (Professors,
Researchers)
From 11/02/2019 to 15/02/2019 we had 24 people attending (Researchers)
The 9 professors only attended the first week, 04/02/2019 to 08/02/2019, while researchers
were with us for both weeks: 04/02/2019 to 15/02/2019.
The second Session lasted from 18/02/2019 to 01/03/2019 (Duration: 2 Weeks). Trainees
attended the second Session as follows:
From 18/02/2019 to 22/02/2019 we had 18 people attending (Professors,
Researchers)
From 25/02/2019 to 01/03/2019 we had 11 people attending (Researchers)
The 7 professors only attended the first week, 18/02/2019 to 22/02/2019, while researchers
were with us for both weeks: 18/02/2019 to 01/03/2019.
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3. TRAINING MATERIAL FOSS Laboratory of the University of Cyprus is specialized in PV technology. The central topic
of UCY trainings were PV technologies integration in Smart Grids, PV systems, Smart Grid
considerations and Design of a micro-Grid with renewables in general. Three complementary
seminars (on Battery energy storage systems, DigSilent Power Factory, Smart charging of an
electric car) also took place. In-situ experiments, utilizing Smart Grids software (OPENMUC
Platform for Smart-Grid Design, SMA PV system design) and PV installation and Site Survey
(hands-on) training were given a special emphasis on the scopes of UCY trainings. To
understand in detail the training Topics, see below a template for the training agenda
(Second Session):
Day 1
0218, 2019
Start
Time
Stop
Time
Duration
(hours)
Content Trainer
09:00 10:00 1:00 Unit 1: Welcome and Introduction to course George K.
10:00 11:30 1:30 Unit 2: Energy and Civilization George K.
11:30 12:00 0:30 Coffee break
12:00 13:00 1:00 Unit 3: Basics of Power-Grids functioning principles_1 George K.
13:00 14:00 1:00 Lunch break
14:00 15:30 1:30 Unit 3: Basics of Power-Grids functioning principles_2 George K.
15:30 16:30 1:00 General Discussion - Questions George K.
Seminar Room: University of Cyprus, New Campus
Social Facilities Centre Building 02, Room 010
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Day 2
0219, 2019
Start
Time
Stop
Time
Duration
(hours)
Content Trainer
09:00 10:00 1:00 Unit 5: Modeling converters in Power Grid Systems
_Pt1
George K.
10:00 11:30 1:00 Unit 6: Modeling converters in Power Grid Systems
_Pt2 George K.
11:30 12:00 0:30 Coffee break
12:00 13:00 1:00 Unit 7: SMART POWER GRID SYSTEMS_Pt1 George K.
13:00 14:00 1:00 Lunch break
14:00 15:30 1:30 PV LABORATORY VISIT George K.
15:30 16:30 1:00 General Discussion – Questions
Seminar Room: University of Cyprus, New Campus
Social Facilities Centre Building 02, Room 010
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Day 3
02 20, 2019
Seminar Room: University of Cyprus, New Campus
Social Facilities Centre Building 02, Room 010
Start
Time
Stop
Time
Duration
(hours)
Content Trainer
09:00 11:30 2:30 Unit 9: MICROGRID SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS George K.
11:30 12:00 0:30 Coffee break
12:00 13:00 1:00 Unit 11: LOAD FLOW ANALYSIS OF POWER GRIDS
AND MICROGRIDS George K.
13:00 14:00 1:00 Lunch break
14:00 15:30 1:30 Unit 12: LOAD FLOW ANALYSIS OF POWER GRIDS
AND MICROGRIDS George K.
15:30 16:30 1:00 General Discussion – Questions
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Day 4
02 21, 2019
Seminar Room: University of Cyprus, New Campus
New Library Building, University of Cyprus, NEW CAMPUS
Start
Time
Stop
Time
Duration
(hours)
Content
09:00 11:30 2:30 Battery Energy Storage systems
Nikolas
Xatzigeorgiou/George
K.
11:30 12:00 0:30 Coffee break
12:00 13:00 1:00 Lab Session: PVSYST or SMA PV DESIGN (PV System Modelling_Grid integration)
George
Makrides/George K.
13:00 14:00 1:00 Lunch break
14:00 15:30 1:30 Lab Session: openMUC (Open platform for Smart-
Grid SCADA system) George
Makrides/George K.
15:30 16:30 1:00 General Discussion - Questions
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Day 5
02 22, 2019
Seminar Room: University of Cyprus, New Campus
Social Facilities Centre Building 02, Room 010
Start
Time
Stop
Time
Duration
(hours)
Content
09:00 11:30 2:30 DigSilent Power factory: Power Grid simulation
methods Dr. Melios Hadjikypris
11:30 12:00 0:30 Coffee break
12:00 - 1:00 NICOSIA OLD CITY TOUR ------------------------------
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Day 6
02 25, 2019
Seminar Room: University of Cyprus, New Campus
Social Facilities Centre Building 02, Room 010
Start Time
Stop Time
Duration (hours)
Content Trainer
09:00 10:00 1:00 Unit 1: Electric Vehicle Smart Charging: Generic Overview and Concepts
George Kouvaros
10:00 11:30 1:30 Unit 2: Architectural design and building envelope considerations 1
George K.
11:30 12:00 0:30 Coffee break
12:00 13:00 1:00 Unit 3: Architectural design and building envelope considerations 2
George K.
13:00 14:00 1:00 Lunch break
14:00 15:00 1:00 Unit 4: PV potential George K.
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Day 7
02 26, 2019
Seminar room: University of Cyprus, New Campus
Social Facilities Centre Building 02, Room 010
Start Time
Stop Time
Duration (hours)
Content Trainer
09:00 10:00 1:00 Unit 4: PV technologies, technical characteristics and specifications
George K.
10:00 11:30 1:30 Unit 5: PV system types George K.
11:30 12:00 0:30 Coffee break
12:00 13:00 1:00 Unit 6: BIPV and BAPV systems Charalambos Anastasiou
13:00 14:00 1:00 Lunch break
14:00 15:00 1:00 Unit 7: PV system design principles Charalambos Anastasiou
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Day 8
02 27, 2019
Seminar room: University of Cyprus, New Campus
PV Technology Laboratory
Start Time
Stop Time
Duration (hours)
Content Trainer
09:00 10:00 1:00 PV LAB TOUR / HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTS George K./ George Panayi/Stavros Kyriakou
10:00 11:30 1:30 Lab: PV SITE SURVEY George K./ George Panayi/Stavros Kyriakou
11:30 12:00 0:30 Coffee break
12:00 13:00 1:00 LAB: PV SYSTEM INSTALLATION George K./ George Panayi/Stavros Kyriakou
13:00 14:00 1:00 Lunch break
14:00 15:00 1:00 LAB: INDOOR PV CHARACTERIZATION George K./ George Panayi/Stavros Kyriakou
Day 9
02 28, 2019
Seminar room: University of Cyprus, New Campus
PV Technology Laboratory, University of Cyprus
Start
Time
Stop
Time
Duration
(hours)
Content
FINAL EXAM
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Day 10
03 01, 2018
Seminar Room: University of Cyprus, New Campus
Social Facilities Centre 02, Room 010
Start
Time
Stop
Time
Duration
(hours)
Content
Free day
3.1 Trainings description and methodology
UCY trainings involved theoretical, practical and evaluation methods. Analytically, the first
week was devoted to Smart Gids, starting from basic principles (AC Circuits, circuit
topologies, converters, inverters, transformers, AC Power flow, Power lines, One-line
diagrams) to advanced PV Grid Inregrations (Modelling Power systems such as inverters,
converters, transformers and power lines with PV integration). Methodology included
Design of an integrated 1 MW PV system micro-grid using ideal converters, inverters and
transformers with additional energy storage (BESS) connected to a Power Grid (13.2 Kv, Low
voltage distribution). Trainees practiced their skills on designing such a system by calculating
all the bus voltages, number of PV arrays, converters and inverters ratings, number of
Battery arrays and buck-boost converters and give the one-line diagram of such a
connectivity. In addition, Smart Power Grids principles and properties were properly
analyzed (EMS: Energy Management System, SCADA: Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition, CBF: Cyber Fusion points of Smart Grids, Voltage and Frequency control by
governor, synchronized power terminology, and Power flow through Power lines).
Software simulations (PVSYST, SMA PV DESIGN, OPENMUC) for both PV Design and Smart-
Grid Design were also used to enhance the implementation of knowledge during the first-
week trainings. All training material has been disseminated to trainees with the scope of 1:
Study in greater detail and 2: Utilize this material to their home institutions to develop
specialized trainings for the Syrian, Jordanian, Moroccan students)
During the second week, attendees had the chance to learn about Smart Charging of Electric
car and future development concepts, and PV technologies from beginning: Solar Irradiation
theory, PV technologies: characteristics, the Photovoltaic phenomenon and how it works,
Smart Homes: Thermal considerations (U-Values and Thermal Capacity calculation
methodologies), Nearly-Zero Energy Buildings in Cyprus: The future, Building-integrated
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Photovoltaics and Building-Applied Photovoltaics, Health and Safety during PV installations,
PV Power components characteristics (The inverter, DC Cables, Charge Controller, ByPass
and Blocking Diodes, Battery Storage, Fusion Boxes, MCBs), Irradiance measurement
components (The pyranometer, pyrheliometer), local environmental stations and
forecasting techniques. In addition, in-situ hands-on experiments included: PV diseases (PID,
LID, Hotspots, Delamination and generic faults) thermal camera, Electroluminescence
technique, solar flasher and the environmental chamber.
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FIG. 1: PV system installation exercise at the PV Laboratory. Health and Safety
measurements were set as a first priority, with the technicians demonstrating the correct
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system installation, electrical inter-connections between PV modules and connection to the
inverter (Located at the back-side of the tile-roof)!
Fig. 2: Battery energy storage system seminar
The training ended with a final exam on the previous Topics, already evaluated and results
have been disseminated to participants. The exam focused mainly on the theoretical part of
the training, with Power Grid Design, PV technologies and Smart Homes being the main
focus. In what follows, the exam statistics are shown per University (1st Group!):
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Fig. 3: Final Exam at UCY
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4. VISITS AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES The PV Laboratory organized a tour in old Nicosia city for all the participants.
New Library (just opened 2 months ago) was properly utilized by students and
professors, with a tour taking place as well.
PV Technology tour took place, informing participants about our work and Vision,
introducing also our PV equipment!
5. CERTIFICATION OF ATTENDANCE All participants have been received a certification of attendance, in recognition of their
efforts to participate in UCY trainings. Certifications are all signed (some of them also
stamped upon request) by the director of PV Technology Laboratory Dr. George Georghiou.
6. TRAINING MATERIALS Materials involving (Lectures, Laboratories, Exam, Exam evaluations, Participants Lists,
Evaluation Questionnaires, Agendas, References and Books for further reading have been
shared with all partners and with NewCastle University. Especially Laboratory Sessions could
serve as a cornerstone for the future development of specialized Smart-Grid Labs in our
partners’ home institutions.
7. STUDENTS INTEREST FOR FUTURE COLLABORATION WITH PV
LABORATORY A considerable number of students showed interest to continue their Master or PhD studies
at the PV Laboratory of the University of Cyprus. We were very pleased to see students
showing their interest towards PV Technologies, and they are preparing now a report to be
evaluated by George E. Georghiou, director of the PV laboratory. Reports shall be evaluated,
and a selection process will take place.