Acquiring the basic knowledge from the power system operation (PSO), regarding the methodology and algorithms for the optimization of production and transmission capacities. The aim is to learn the students for solving the practical problems in power system dispatching and decision making in PSO optimization. Also, the aim is acquiring the knowledge about using different industry PSO tools for an optimization inside the Energy Management System. The aim is understanding the influence of the power market deregulation to the PSO optimization.

At the end of the course, students will be able to: - Consider the fundamental technical and economical characteristics of the most important elements of the power system: production units (hydro and thermal power plants), transmission and distribution network (lines and transformers), consumption areas and new and renewable energy sources. - Modelling the certain physical effects which happen under some operation conditions. - Formulate and solve basic analytical functions of PSO. - Use the software packages for optimization and simulation of dispatching management in real-world production-transmission networks. - Reach the necessary conclusions on the basis of the obtained results for the purpose of PSO optimization.

- Load technical-operation characteristics. Load diagrams and load profiles. Approximations of load profiles. - Hydro power plants technical-operation characteristics. Water diagrams. Modeling of hydraulic turbines and hydro units. Operation constraints. Calculation of output power and energy. Production costs. - Technical-operation characteristics of thermal power plants, gas power plants and power plants with combined cycle. Production costs. - Renewable energy resources: wind farms and photovoltaic solar plants. - Power system security and sensitivity coefficients. - Economic aspects of PSO. Cost function and technical constraints. Optimal load scheduling in dominantly thermal and hydro power systems. Hydro-thermal coordination. - Optimal power flow. Cost functions and constraints. Solution methods. - Basics of frequency and active power control. Primary, secondary and tertiary control. - Power markets and PSO in deregulated power systems. Energy and ancillary services markets. Locational marginal price. Cost of energy transit.

Lectures; Auditory Practice; Consultations.