Power & Energy Systems

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The Power and Energy Systems Research activities evolve around power system security and condition assessment of critical electrical infrastructure.

Power systems are generally large, non-linear, interconnected and complex. There is a significant need for an improvement in the planning and operation of such power systems to avoid catastrophic blackouts. Our research is specifically directed at the analysis and prediction of the dynamic behaviour of power systems for reliable and secure operation. Amongst the many options in this area, voltage and transient stability analysis, fault analysis tools and power systems control methodologies are the most important foci.

A significant proportion of the electricity infrastructure in Australia and other countries is aged and requires special attention. The focus is thus industry oriented research and aims to deliver next generation condition assessment techniques that comprise accurate modelling and interpretative tools for power transformers, underground cables and other plant assets.

The research group is also involved with generation and transmission planning issues in a deregulated electricity market environment. The group is actively working on a number of challenging problems relevant to renewable energy and distributed generation integration to the main national grid.

The group enjoys strong industry collaboration in research both nationally and internationally. The group is a major partner of the Queensland Power Engineering Alliance and the Australian Power Institute.

In addition to world class research capability, the group has been actively involved in developing new and innovative Course Work Masters Degree programs. Two such programs are currently available: - ME in Power Generation and ME in Electricity Markets.

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