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Professor Saifur RahmanDirector, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Inst., USAPresident, IEEE Power & Energy Society, 2018 & 2019Candidate, IEEE President-elect
TheElectricPowerSysteminBangladeshAddressingthePlanning,Operationand
TrainingIssues
RootBDInvitedTalk20March2021
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RecentKeynoteSpeechesandInvitedTalks
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BangladeshPowerSectorChallengesandOpportunities
• AbundantGenerationCapacity• Gassupplyintermittency• Lackofadequatetransmissionfacility• Distributionnetworkisunreliable• Highdiurnalandseasonalloadvariations• Trainedmanpowertorun30GW+system
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OpportunitiesforLoadFactorImprovementsandFuelSavings
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Max Temp 24 deg C
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Max Temp 34.8 deg C
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04 Aug 2019 Sunday
12,655 MW
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FuelMixinElectricityGeneration(high)
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FuelMixinElectricityGeneration(low)
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%FuelMixinGeneration(high)
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%FuelMixinGeneration(low)
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OverDependanceonFossilFuelGlobalWarmingIssues
Year Hydro/Solar/Wind (%) Thermal (%)
2001 25.56 73.472016 33.80 63.772018 37.00 60.002030 52.00 42.00
China Fuel Mix
Source:Dr.Md.Shawkat Akbar,MDNPCBL
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AI : Big Data : Cloud :: Energy :: IoT : Automation : Connected Manufacturing
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Comparing100MWGasTurbinevsBESS
Source:Q.ZamanSource:Dr.Md.Shawkat Akbar,MDNPCBL
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NuclearReactorVesselandSteamGenerator
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FinishedPlant2024/2025:Artist’sRendering
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Coal-firedPowerPlant:Challenges
Rampal Coal-fired 660 x 2 =1320 MW
Payra Coal-fired 660 x 2 = 1320 MW
Matarbari Coal-fired 600 x 2 = 1200 MW
Maheshkhali Coal-powered Generation Hub
By 2030 33-40% of power generation will come from Coal
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The Rampal Power Station is a proposed 1320 megawatt coal-fired power station at Rampal Upazila of Bagerhat District in Khulna, Bangladesh.[1]The proposed project, on an area of over 1834 acres of land, is situated 14 kilometresnorth of the world's largest mangrove forestSundarbans which is a UNESCO world heritage site.
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ReliabilityandPowerQualityImprovements
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Shorttermchallenges
• Over-dependenceoncoal-firedgeneration• Abundant(partlyunused)generation• Stabilizegassupply• Buildmoretransmissionanddistributionfacilities• Trainedmanpowerchallenges• Over-dependanceonconsultants
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ModernizationoftheBDPowerGrid
• Bangladeshpowergenerationmix&loadshape• Opportunitiesforloadfactorimprovement• Garmentsectordemanddynamics• BatteryEnergyStorageSystemasbackup• Reliabilityandpowerqualityimprovement• AroadmapforhardeningtheBDpowergrid
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WhatDoesBangladeshNeed?
GridModernization
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AHardenedPowerGrid
• PaysattentiontoGeneration,TransmissionandDistribution
• MaintainsVoltage,Frequency,PowerQuality• MinimizesOutageandRecoversQuickly• OptimizestheCostofSystemOperation• AllowsSeamlessRenewablesIntegration• AllowsSmoothInterconnectionwithNeihgbours
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