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The Electric Power System in Bangladesh Addressing the Planning, Operation and Training Issues 3/19/21 Root BD Invited Talk 20 March 2021 The Electric Power System in Bangladesh Addressing the Planning, Operation and Training Issues Professor Saifur Rahman Director, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Inst., USA President, IEEE Power & Energy Society, 2018 & 2019 Candidate, IEEE President-elect © Saifur Rahman 2021 1 www.saifurrahman.org 2 © Saifur Rahman 2021 2 1 3/19/21 Recent Keynote Speeches and Invited Talks 3 © Saifur Rahman 2021 3 Bangladesh Power Sector Challenges and Opportunities • Abundant Generation Capacity • Gas supply intermittency • Lack of adequate transmission facility • Distribution network is unreliable • High diurnal and seasonal load variations • Trained manpower to run 30 GW+ system 4 © Saifur Rahman 2021 4 2 3/19/21 Opportunities for Load Factor Improvements and Fuel Savings 5 © Saifur Rahman 2021 5 03 Feb 2020 Monday Max Temp 24 deg C 8,963MW Source: PGCB 6 © Saifur Rahman 2021 6 3 3/19/21 04 Aug 2019 Sunday Max Temp 34.8 deg C 12,655 MW Source: PGCB 7 © Saifur Rahman 2021 7 Fuel Mix in Electricity Generation (high) 8 Source: Bangladesh PSMP © Saifur Rahman 2021 8 4 3/19/21 Fuel Mix in Electricity Generation (low) 9 Source: Bangladesh PSMP © Saifur Rahman 2021 9 % Fuel Mix in Generation (high) 10 Source: Bangladesh PSMP © Saifur Rahman 2021 10 5 3/19/21 % Fuel Mix in Generation (low) 11 Source: Bangladesh PSMP © Saifur Rahman 2021 11 12 Source: Bangladesh PSMP © Saifur Rahman 2021 12 6 3/19/21 Over Dependance on Fossil Fuel Global Warming Issues Source: Dr. Md. Shawkat Akbar, MD NPCBL Year Hydro/Solar/Wind (%) Thermal (%) 2001 25.56 73.47 China 2016 33.80 63.77 Fuel Mix 2018 37.00 60.00 2030 52.00 42.00 13 © Saifur Rahman 2021 13 14 © Saifur Rahman 2021 Source: Dr. Md. Shawkat Akbar, MD NPCBL 14 7 3/19/21 15 Source: Dr. Md. Shawkat Akbar, MD NPCBL © Saifur Rahman 2021 15 16 Source: Dr. Md. Shawkat Akbar, MD NPCBL © Saifur Rahman 2021 16 8 3/19/21 Comparing 100MW Gas Turbine vs BESS Source: Dr. Md. Shawkat Akbar, MD NPCBL AI : Big Data : Cloud :: Energy :: IoT : Automation : Connected Manufacturing 17 Source: Q. Zaman © Saifur Rahman 2021 17 2019 Source: Dr. Md. Shawkat Akbar, MD NPCBL 18 © Saifur Rahman 2021 18 9 3/19/21 Nuclear Reactor Vessel and Steam Generator 19 © Saifur Rahman 2021 19 20 © Saifur Rahman 2021 20 10 3/19/21 Finished Plant 2024/2025: Artist’s Rendering 21 © Saifur Rahman 2021 21 Coal-fired Power Plant: Challenges By 2030 33-40% of power generation will come from Coal 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 22 © Saifur Rahman 2021 22 11 3/19/21 23 © Saifur Rahman 2021 23 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 kilometres north of the world's largest mangrove forest Sundarbans which is a UNESCO world heritage site. 24 © Saifur Rahman 2021 24 12 3/19/21 Reliability and Power Quality Improvements 25 © Saifur Rahman 2021 25 Short term challenges • Over-dependence on coal-fired generation • Abundant (partly unused) generation • Stabilize gas supply • Build more transmission and distribution facilities • Trained manpower challenges • Over-dependance on consultants 26 © Saifur Rahman 2021 26 13 3/19/21 Modernization of the BD Power Grid • Bangladesh power generation mix & load shape • Opportunities for load factor improvement • Garment sector demand dynamics • Battery Energy Storage System as backup • Reliability and power quality improvement • A roadmap for hardening the BD power grid 27 © Saifur Rahman 2021 27 What Does Bangladesh Need? Grid Modernization 28 © Saifur Rahman 2021 28 14 3/19/21 A Hardened Power Grid • Pays attention to Generation, Transmission and Distribution • Maintains Voltage, Frequency, Power Quality • Minimizes Outage and Recovers QuicKly • Optimizes the Cost of System Operation • Allows Seamless Renewables Integration • Allows Smooth Interconnection with Neihgbours 29 © Saifur Rahman 2021 29 Thank You Professor Saifur Rahman www.ari.vt.edu www.srahman.org 30 © Saifur Rahman 2021 30 15.
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