Who Will Benefit from This Course?

Designed for Engineers Working with Converter-Based Power Systems

Power-electronic converters are rapidly becoming the dominant interface between electrical energy sources, storage systems, loads, and the power grid. As converter penetration increases, dynamic interactions across a broad frequency range are becoming a defining characteristic of modern power systems.

Frequency-domain methods provide a systematic framework for understanding these interactions, assessing system stability, identifying instability mechanisms, and developing practical engineering solutions.

This course is intended for engineers, researchers, and technical leaders who wish to develop a comprehensive methodology for stability engineering in converter-based power systems.

This course will be particularly valuable if your work involves any of the following:

• Hardware, software and system engineers involved in the design, characterization, testing and grid integration of converter-interfaced resources, including wind turbines, PV inverters, HVDC converters and energy storage;
• Power system engineers responsible for grid design and planning, interconnection studies, as well as performance specification and grid code development for different resources;
• Hardware and software engineers involved in the development of test equipment and software tools for converter-interfaced resources and future power systems;
• Researchers and PhD students working on the topics listed above or wishing to learn the methods and contribute to their future development.

Upon completing the course, participants will be able to

• Develop frequency-domain models of converter-based systems.
• Characterize converters using immittance-based methods.
• Construct system-level models for AC, DC, and hybrid AC/DC power systems.
• Perform stability analysis using Nyquist-based frequency-domain techniques.
• Identify the physical mechanisms responsible for oscillatory behavior.
• Distinguish symptoms from root causes of instability.
• Design converter controls and system architectures to improve stability.
• Apply these methods to renewable energy systems, HVDC transmission, data centers, and other converter-based power systems.

Participants are expected to have a working knowledge of

• Power electronics
• Electric power systems
• Linear system analysis

The course emphasizes engineering methodology rather than mathematical formalism. Key background concepts are reviewed where appropriate, allowing participants from different technical backgrounds to follow the material without requiring specialized prior knowledge of frequency-domain stability analysis.

If you are uncertain whether the course matches your background or professional interests, you are welcome to contact the instructor before registering. A brief discussion can help determine whether the course aligns with your technical objectives and identify the course components that will be most beneficial.