Achieving an optimal trade-off between power system stability/hosting capacity and energy peak by implementing demand side management in home microgrids (H-MG)s in the neighbourhood systems (Advert Reference: SF18/MPEE/MARZBAND)

I am recruiting some PhD students for a project regarding the optimal planning and operation of so many H-MGs in the neighbourhood system (with up to a few thousand customers) with the aim of hosting capacity and voltage stability improvement in the network. The project aims to study and plan the power system in a smaller community having some hybrid renewable-based distributed energy resources (DER)s and energy storage (ES). The main purpose of the project is to use a combination of solutions to maximize the hosting capacity of networks having renewable-based DERs and EV devices. Within the work, methods shall be developed for dimensioning and planning of H-MGs in real case studies. Transferring theoretical knowledge including optimization techniques to practical applications in real grids is an important part of this project. This will largely be done by applying theoretical models based on mathematical formulation to the power system in an existing smaller and big community.

Please note eligibility requirement:

* Academic excellence of the proposed student i.e. 2:1 (or equivalent GPA from non-UK universities [preference for 1st class honours]); or a Masters (preference for Merit or above); or APEL evidence of substantial practitioner achievement.
* Appropriate IELTS score, if required

For further details of how to apply, entry requirements and the application form, see
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/postgraduate-research-degrees/how-to-apply

Please note: Applications that do not include a research proposal of approximately 1,000 words (not a copy of the advert), or that do not include the advert reference (e.g. SF18/MPEE/MARZBAND) will not be considered.

Start Date: 1 March 2019 or 1 June 2019 or 1 October 2019

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