Joe H. Chow
周祖康
Joe H. Chow
Professor, Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering
Campus Director, NSF/DOE CURENT ERC (Center
for Ultra-wide-area
Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks)
Director, Power System Research Consortium
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
JEC 7012, 110 Eighth Street
Troy, New York 12180-3590
USA
Office: JEC 7012
Phone: 518-276-6374
Fax: 518-276-6261
E-Mail: chowj@rpi.edu
Classes
Office Hours:
Monday, Thursday 3:00-5:00 pm
JEC 7012
Computer
Methods for Electric Power Engineering (Spring 2013)
Course Number : ECSE 6910
Location: Troy 2015
Lecture: Tuesday, Fridays 10:00-11:20 am
Download MATLAB Files for Frederick and Chow’s book (Continuous-Time Systems)
Download MATLAB Files for Chow, Frederick, and Chbat’s book (Discrete-Time Systems)
Wind Farm Design Activity:
A. C. Worcester, V. M. Hickox,
J. G. Klimaszewski, F. Wilches-Bernal,
J. H. Chow, and C.-F. Chen, “Designing Wind Farms as a Hands-on Activity for
High School Students,” IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, vol. 11, no. 1,
pp. 18-29, 2013. Download from IEEE Explorer: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6400333.
Download Wind Farm Design Activity Files WindFarmDesign.zip.
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 visit http://www.eps.ee.kth.se/personal/vanfretti/pst/
to request a free copy.
Current Research (updated January 2013)
CURENT
(Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Networks).
Research supported by NSF and DOE (2011-2016).
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 (2002-2011).
Power System Research Consortium - Rensselaer,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Wyoming, and Montana Tech. Phasor Data Analysis and
Power System Security Assessment - stability analysis, slow coherency, mode
meters, disturbance location estimation. Research supported by several
grid operators (2006-2012).
Synchrophasor Implementation Projects - Research and
development of phasor data systems and applications at power grid
operators. Research supported by
NYSERDA, NYPA (2009-2012, 2012-2014).
Power Grid Operations with Large Renewable Penetration - Research
supported by the GCEP (Stanford University) (2009-2014).
US-Africa Research and Education Collaboration - Washington State
University, Howard University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Iowa State
University. Research supported by NSF.
(2004-present)
Perspective Students for Fall
2013
If you are interested to join my
group, 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:
(also see Goggle Scholar http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=O54-nGgAAAAJ)
Prasanna Kumar Muralimanohar, Advanced Power Plant Modeling with Applications to the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor and the Heat Exchanger, MS Thesis, RPI, 2009
T. D. Younkins, P. K. Muralimanohar, and J. H. Chow, Advanced Power Plant Modeling with Applications to the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor and the Heat Exchanger, unpublished paper, 2010.
A. Armenia and J. H.
Chow, "A Flexible Phasor Data
Concentrator Design Leveraging Existing Software Technologies," IEEE
Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 73-8, June 2010.
X. Jiang, J. H. Chow, A.-A.
Edris, B. Fardanesh, and E. Uzunovic, "Transfer
Path Stability Enhancement by Voltage-Sourced Converter-Based FACTS
Controllers," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 1019-1025,
April 2010.
B. H. Chang, B. Lee, and
J. H. Chow, "A Novel Operation
Strategy for Shunt Type FACTS Controllers in KEPCO System," IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1639-1640, August 2009.
X. Fang, J. H. Chow,
A.-A. Edris, X. Jiang, B. Fardanesh, and E. Uzunovic, "Sensitivity Formulation in a Multi-Functional FACTS
Controller Training Simulator," IEEE Transactions
on Power Systems, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 713-720, 2009.
X. Jiang, X. Fang, J. H.
Chow, A.-A. Edris, E. Uzunovic, M. Parisi, and L. Hopkins, "A Novel Approach for Modeling Voltage-Sourced
Converter Based FACTS Controllers," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery,
vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 2591-2598, Oct. 2008.
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,
Luigi
Vanfretti, "A Virtual Laboratory for Teaching Power System Dynamics
and Control at Undergraduate Level in Developing Nations," Student Poster Presentation, Third Prize.
IEEE Power System Conference and
Exposition, Atlanta, October 30 - November 1, 2006. download poster
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, Denver,
June 7-10, 2004.
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, October
20-21, 2003. (Best student paper prize)
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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