• Microgrids
• Hierarchical control
• Grid forming and grid following
• Grid Synchronization and Power Quality
• Energy Management and IoT
• Protection

Familiarity with basics of power systems operations, mathematical modelling, and programming skills. Basic understanding of classic control theory, suchas the derivation of transfer functions based on block diagrams and stability criteria, and familiarity with MATLAB/Simulink. Knowledge on powerelectronics modelling and control theory is recommended for the exercises. GAMS will be used in the exercises.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Understand the Microgrids concept, their challenges, applications, and architectures (AC/DC/hybrid).
• Analyze and simulate modeling and control design of power electronic interfaces AC-AC, AC-DC, DC-DC, and AC-DC for Microgrid specifications.
• Understand and conduct stability analysis for AC and DC Microgrids.
• Analyze and design grid forming and grid following inverters for Microgrids.
• Understand about distributed energy storage systems and their interactions within Microgrids design and holistic operation.
• Understand and code communication technology and IoT-enabled microgrids and their applications for monitoring, control, and energy and asset
management systems.
• Design and develop advanced grid synchronization techniques, phase-locked loops, and frequency-locked loops, including small signal modeling,
control, and analysis.
• Develop advanced energy management systems for microgrids using advanced optimization techniques (MILP, stochastic optimization, receding horizon
strategy, and evolutionary methods) and tools such as MATLAB and GAMS for different applications such as Residential MGs and MG clusters.
• Develop resilience-oriented control and operation management systems for mobile Ad-hoc and community microgrids.
• Develop advanced protection methods for DC microgrids.

The course counts for 4 ECTS credit. All students will receive a diploma stating participation in the course.

Remarks - workload:
In total about 112 hours (28 hours teaching, 4 hours practicing, 15 hours for preparations, 65 for preparation for the assignments and finalreporting)

Evaluation form: The participants will be grouped and asked to work and present multiple case studies during the course including the preparation of a final report to be
sent to the lecturers within one month after the course.

Criteria for assessment: The participants will be evaluated both individually and in groups during the hands-on sessions over the course period and their final reports. 

Selected articles, book chapters, presentations and software will be announced to the participants at the course site in PhD moodle. 

Please register here at the website of The Doctoral School in Engineering and Science here.

Please observe that it is impossible to register for PhD courses until 4 months before start

Outside of AAU
If you are from outside Aalborg University and you wish to enroll in one of our PhD courses, you must create a profile. This is done by clicking on “create new account” and filling out the form in PhD Moodle.

Cancellation
Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before the start of the course. The Doctoral School has a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up.

Registered illness sent to the course organizer and the aauphd@aau.dk is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days.

Diploma
All passed participants will receive a diploma as a PDF file.
The Doctoral School kindly ask for your patience, as it might take a while before you receive the final course diploma. This is due to the process of gathering evaluations.

Please address questions regarding the evaluation or issue of the diploma to the Doctoral School, via email at phdcourses@adm.aau.dk

More information: www.energy.aau.dk/research/phd   

6000 DKK for PhD students outside of Denmark and 8000 DKK for other participants (Private, Industry and Universities) VAT-FREE Education)

PhD Student from Danish universities: The Danish universities have entered into an agreement that allows PhD students at a Danish university (except Copenhagen Business School) the opportunity to free of charge take a subject-specific course at another Danish university. Read more here: https://phdcourses.dk/ 

Guests at AAU Energy: Enrolled Guest PhD Students at AAU Energy can attend free of charge on the course if  available seats.