Department of Relay Protection and Automation of Energy Systems

The Department was founded in 1943 for specialists training in relay protection and automation of energy systems. The Department trains Bachelors and Masters in the field of study "Power and electrical engineering".

The Department graduates work in operational, design, research, installation and commissioning organizations and different companies of the energy profile, such as JSC "System Operator of the United Power System", PJSC "Mosenergo", PJSC "MOESC", JSC Federal Grid Company,, JSC "Atomenergoproekt", well-known companies like ABB, Siemens, Schneider Electric, and so on

The Department includes:

- 3 professors

- 4 associate professors

- 26 senior lecturers, assistants, postgraduate students.

Members of the Department actively participate in conferences, including international conference CIGRE, and 10 employees are members of the Russian National Committee of CIGRE and RNC CIGRE Youth Section. 5 members of the Department have completed RTDS Simulator and PSCAD training course in Winnipeg, Canada.

Important research work is being carried out aimed at creating intelligent control and protection systems on the following topics:

• development of intelligent control and protection systems;

• adaptive automation of backup devices in case of circuit breaker failures;

• adaptive automation of operational interlocking of control of disconnectors and grounding knives;

• intelligent system for processing emergency data and analyzing the functioning of relay protection and automation devices;

• an intelligent data processing system for vector recorders of a system for monitoring transients and analyzing low-frequency oscillations with a study of the causes of their occurrence in power systems; 5) an intelligent control system for reactive power compensation means at substations;

• intelligent device for voltage regulation in distribution networks 6-20 kV.​​​

Creation of the NTI MPEI Competence Center "Technologies for the transportation of electricity and intelligent energy systems" on the basis of the department

The implementation program of the Center is aimed at the development of end-to-end technologies in the field of distributed energy: staffing and infrastructure support for complex R&D projects, development of technologies and products in the field of distributed intelligent systems, implementation of educational programs for the training of scientific and engineering personnel in the interests of the markets of the National Technology Initiative, creation of a test site for carrying out research and development in the field of digital substations, digital meters of electrical quantities, universal measuring controllers, software for intelligent control of electrical networks and micropower systems.

Creation of the "Intellectual systems of protection, automation and control of power systems" master's program

The program was developed by the specialists of the NTI MPEI Center and the department with the support of PJSC FGC UES as part of the implementation of the plan of the Russian Ministry of Energy for the digital transformation of the electric power industry. Students of the new direction receive the necessary knowledge to overcome the technological barriers of Energinet Road Map.

The goal of the educational program "Intelligent protection, automation and control for distributed energy systems" is to prepare highly qualified specialists for energy distribution systems with knowledge and skills for the development, design and commissioning of protection, automation and control systems with artificial intelligence and digital data transmission networks.

For 2018-2021 94 specialists were trained - within the framework of master's programs

The Department laboratories include intelligent electronic devices (IED) of the latest generation, the devices for emergency control, automatic excitation controllers, phasor measurement units with GLONASS synchronization, digital multifunctional measuring transducers and prototypes of relay protection devices.

Similar equipment is used in modern digital substations.

The hardware and software system Real-Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) is accessible in the laboratory of the Department. This system allows users to simulate various signal sources in real time. During the experiments the students study data communication protocols, make the setup, connection and configuration of devices.

13.04.02 Electric Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering.

Graduate Training Profiles:

• Intelligent Protection, Automation and Control for Distributed Energy Systems
• Relay Protection And Automation Of Energy Systems

Bachelor study profiles:

• Operation of electrical equipment, relay protection and automation of power plants

The goal of the educational program "Intelligent protection, automation and control for distributed energy systems" is to prepare highly qualified specialists for  energy distribution systems with knowledge and skills for the development, design and commissioning of protection, automation and control systems with artificial intelligence and digital data transmission networks.

After successful graduation of program students get the following skills:

• Definition of the required functions of PACS and calculations of the parameters and set points;
• Development of design documentation;
• Modelling of distributed energy systems with the application of specialized hardware-software complexes;
• Software development with AI techniques for solving problems of relay protection and automation;
• Calculations of the parameters of digital filters and development of algorithms for calculations of the synchro phasor and hyper phasor measurements;
• Design of local area networks (LAN) for digital substations;
• Software development for implementation of the algorithms of relay protection and automation;
• Development of automatic control systems;
• Definition of the scope of threats and corresponding actions to ensure cybersecurity

The key study subjects are:

• Relay protection of electric power systems
• Automation of power systems​
• Theory of automatic control and automatic control systems (optional course: Digital signal processing, synchronized phasor and hyper phasor measurements)
• Transient processes modeling and analysis (optional course:  Local area network and data transfer protocols)
• Relay protection microprocessor devices architecture
• The relay protection algorithms and their software implementation.
• Relay protection technological design
• Relay protection cybersecurity
• Common information models and ontology of relay protection (optional course:   Microprocessor-based relay protection devices commissioning and testing according to IEC 61850)
• Optimization methods
• AI techniques application in power systems SCADA for electric power substations

(optional course:  Knowledge bases application for grid control systems)​