Joe
H. Chow
Joe H. Chow
Professor, Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering
Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and Graduate Programs
Director, Power System Research Consortium
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
JEC
110 Eighth Street
Office: 7026 JEC
Phone: 518-276-6374
Fax: 518-276-6261
E-Mail: chowj@rpi.edu
Classes
Office Hours:
Monday, Thursday 3:30-4:30 pm
Other hours by appointment
JEC 7026
Computer Methods in Electric Power Systems (Spring 2009)
Course Number : EPOW 6890
Location : JEC 4304
Lecture : TF 10:00-12:00 pm
Download for CM Project Files for Frederick and Chow’s book
Download Dr. Baheti’s Talk on NSF, November 21, 2008 (need password)
Computer files for Prof. Desrochers’ DTS course
Power System Toolbox – this is
a suite of MATLAB-based power system simulation code originally developed by me
and Dr. Kwok W. Cheung in the early 1990s.
It has been substantially upgraded by Dr. Graham Rogers at Cherry Tree
Scientific Software (http://www.eagle.ca/~cherry/pst3.htm). If you are interested in getting the
software, please contact Dr. Rogers at cherry@eagle.ca
to request a free copy.
Current Research (updated January 2009)
Voltage-Sourced Converter based FACTS
Controllers, including UPFC, IPFC,
CSC, and GUPFC – Loadflow models, voltage and power dispatch, sensitivity
analysis, voltage stability analysis, rated-capacity operation and dispatch
strategies, dynamic models, damping control, multiple FACTS Controllers, computational
tools, web simulator, operator training simulator. Research supported by
NSF, EPRI, NYPA, and KEPCO. (2002-2008)
Power System Research Consortium –
Deregulated Electricity Market – dynamic Var pricing, intelligent agent
simulation. Research supported by
NSF, NYISO (2006-2009)
US-Africa
Research and Education Collaboration – Washington State
University, Howard University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and
Perspective Students for Spring 2009 and
Fall 2009
I do not plan to add any new
students to my group in Spring 2009.
For Fall 2009, I will have opening for two graduate students (fully
funded: stipend + tuition, MS, PhD, or MS/PhD programs) to my research group to
work on FACTS controllers, synchronized phasor data, or grid operation with
large renewable penetration. If you
are interested, please directly apply to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at
the Graduate Admission website http://admissions.rpi.edu/graduate/
. Please indicate on your application to route the
application materials to me. There
is no need to send me separate emails.
Sample recent papers and publications:
J. H. Chow, A. Chakrabortty, L. Vanfretti, and M.
Arcak, “Estimation of Radial Power System Transfer Path Dynamic
Parameters using Synchronized Phasor Data,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 564-571,
May 2008.
J. H. Chow, A. Chakrabortty, M. Arcak, B. Bhargava, and A.
Salazar, “Synchronized Phasor Data Based Energy Function Analysis of
Dominant Power Transfer Paths in Large Power Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 22,
pp. 727-734, May 2007.
J. H. Chow, R. W. de Mello, and K.-W. Cheung, “Reliability in
Deregulated Power Systems,” Proceedings
of IEEE, vol. 93, no. 11, pp. 1956-1969, Nov. 2005.
X. Wei, J. H. Chow, B.
Fardanesh, and A.-A. Edris, “A Dispatch Strategy for a Unified Power-Flow
Controller to Maximize Voltage-Stability-Limited Power Transfer,” IEEE
Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 2022-2029, July
2005.
J. H. Chow, F. F. Wu, and J.
A. Momoh, editors, Applied Mathematics
for Restructured Electric Power Systems: Optimization, Control, and
Computational Intelligence, Springer, 2005.
J. H. Chow, G. E. Boukarim,
and A. Murdoch, “Power System Stabilizers as Undergraduate Control Design
Projects,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Special Issue on
Power Engineering Education, vol. 19, pp. 144-151, 2004.
R. M. Johnson, J. H. Chow, and M. V. Dillon, “Pelton Turbine Deflector
Overspeed Control in Small Power Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Power
Systems, vol. 19, pp. 1032-1037, 2004.
X. Wei, J. H. Chow, B. Fardanesh, and A.-A. Edris, “A Common Modeling
Framework of Voltage-Sourced Converters for Loadflow, Sensitivity, and Dispatch
Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 19, pp.
934-941, 2004.
N. Lu, J. H. Chow, and A. A. Desrochers, “Pumped-Storage Hydro-Turbine
Bidding Strategies in a Competitive Electricity Market,” IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems,
X. Wei, J. H. Chow, B. Fardanesh, and
A.-A. Edris, "A Dispatch Strategy for a Unified Power Flow
Controller to Maximize Voltage-Stability Limited Power Transfer," Best
student poster presentation, IEEE General Power Meeting,
R. M. Johnson, J. H. Chow, and M. Dillon, “Hierarchical Pelton
Turbine Control in a Small Power System,” 25th North
American Power Symposium, University of Missouri-Rolla,
N. Lu, J. H. Chow, and A. A. Desrochers, “A Multi-layer
Petri Net Model for Deregulated Electric Power Systems,” Proc. of
American Control Conference, pp. 513-518, 2002. (finalist, best student
paper contest.)
Recent Theses:
Xia Jiang, Operating Modes and their Regulations of Voltage-Sourced Converter based FACTS Controllers, March 2007.
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