MEI Public Lecture: Opportunities and challenges in power flow control in a modern grid

About

The Melbourne Energy Institute invites you to a public lecture by Dr. Kalyan Sen, Fulbright Scholar and IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer, who will explore power flow control in a modern grid.

The power industry’s pressing need for the most economical ways to transfer bulk power along a desired path may be met by building new transmission lines, which is a long and costly process. Alternatively, it may be quicker and cheaper to utilise the existing transmission lines more efficiently. Power flow control in a transmission line is an art that is still being perfected.

The presentation will cover:

• basic principles of power flow control theory;
• an overview of the most commonly used power flow controllers, and their merits and demerits; and
• future trends.

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Presenter

Dr. Kalyan Sen
Fulbright Scholar and IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer
President and CTO, Sen Engineering Solutions, Inc.

Kalyan Sen is the President and Chief Technology Officer of Sen Engineering Solutions, Inc. that specialises in developing SMART power flow controllers—a functional requirements-based and cost-effective solution. Kalyan worked for 33 years in academia and industry. He was a key member of the Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS) development team at the Westinghouse Science and Technology Centre for which he became a Westinghouse Fellow Engineer. He contributed to concept development, simulation, design, and commissioning of FACTS projects at Westinghouse. He conceived some of the basic concepts in power flow control technology for which he was elevated to the IEEE Fellow grade with the citation: for the development and application of power flow control technology. He is the Co-inventor of the Sen Transformer, which is commercially available to regulate ±6.5 MVA line power in a 33 kV line.

Kalyan holds BEE, MSEE, and PhD degrees, all in Electrical Engineering, and an MBA. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and New York. Kalyan has authored or co-authored more than 25 peer-reviewed publications, 8 issued patents, 2 books, and 3 book chapters in the areas of power flow control and power electronics. He has been serving as an IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Distinguished Lecturer since 2002. In that capacity, he has given presentations on power flow control technology more than 200 times in 20 countries. He serves IEEE Board of Governors of Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) as Life Members Chair. He also serves IEEE Region 2 as its Professional Activities Chair.

Moderator

Professor Glen Farivar
Lecturer in Power Electronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Melbourne

Glen Farivar received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of NSW in 2016. He was a senior research fellow at the energy research institute at NTU (ERI@N) and a co-director of the Power Electronics and Application Research Lab at NTU, Singapore.

Currently, he is a lecturer in Power Electronics in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Melbourne.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the official position of The Melbourne Energy Institute and The University of Melbourne.

The Melbourne Energy Institute welcomes broad discussion. Please engage respectfully and considerately with all perspectives.