Grid-Operator Exercise Answer Sheet and Survey
Introduction to Meteorology - Ms. Cato
Please complete the following and email your responses to drvanknowe@gmail.com
Thank you for your participation.
Name:
Date
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Part 2: Managing the Grid with all Power Sources Final Generation Analysis (3rd webpage in Part 2 exercise)
Record your values for:
Left box: Initial net total power forecast over or under actual power needed: _______
Right box: Initial conventional power over or under produced: _______
If did again to improve your results, what were your final numbers?
Left box: Initial net total power forecast over or under actual power needed: _______
Right box: Initial conventional power over or under produced: _______
Part 2: Details of Results
Use the data you obtain from Part 2 to complete the table
All data will be on 3rd webpage below ‘Details of Results’
Use this table to help investigate the relationship among weather elements, energy
demand and renewable energy generation.
Weather or Energy Element
Max Temp (F)
actual temp, not your forecast
Min Temp (F)
actual temp, not your forecast
Avg Temp (F)
(you must calculate)
Mean Wind Speed (mph)
actual wind, not your forecast
Mean day cloud cover (%)
actual cloud cover, not your forecast
Precipitation (inches)
actual precipitation, not your forecast
Jul 8- 9
Day Before
96
Jul 9- 10
Day Of
Jul 10 - 11
Day After
82
78
61
87
71.5
4
14
10
85
0.00
0.30
Observed Load (MWh) (Look on 3rd webpage under
image of house /red roof and green background)
2175
1787.5
Observed (actual) Wind power (MWh)
(on 3rd webpage under ‘Power Generation)
Observed (actual) Solar power (MWh) (located as
above)
Observed (actual) Hydro power (MWh) (same as
above)
28.8
100.8
54
9
510
540
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Part 4: Managing the Grid with Renewables Only Solar, wind, hydro max capacities power values (1st webpage in exercise).
List the final capacities that were required to meet you community's load and stay
within 50 MWh.
wind generation capacity: _______
solar generation capacity: _______
hydro generation capacity: _______
Answer the following questions.
(1) What weather element had the strongest influence on the energy demand (load) of
the city?
(2) What are your thoughts as to why this weather element has the largest influence on
energy demand?
(3) What are your thoughts on how using renewable energy impact the management of
the electrical grid?
Put an X on the line beside your answer
1. Year in college:
_______freshman
_______sophomore
_______ junior _______senior
2. Major area of study:
_______science/ non-science
_______name of major:
3. Have you had any courses in meteorology?
_______Yes
_______No
4. If 'YES' to number 3, indicate the highest level of meteorology course(s) you have taken.
_______100 level
_______200 level
_______300 level
_______400 level
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Your answers to the following will really help to improve the exercise!
Please indicate your level of agreement/disagreement with the following statements,
using the scale:
5: Strongly Agree
4: Agree
3: Neither Agree nor Disagree
2: Disagree
1: Strongly Disagree
0: Not Applicable or No Opinion
1. The steps in the Grid Operator Exercise are clear.
2. The reason for each step is easy to learn.
3. The interface is visually appealing.
4. The overall interface is simple and easy to use.
5. The directions for each step clearly convey the purpose of the step.
6. Any written content is presented in an easy-to-read format.
7. The Grid Operator Exercise acted in a predictable way (that is, the result of
your selections matches your expectation of what would occur).
8. The steps in the Grid Operator Exercise were difficult to use.
9. Locating the specific directions needed for a particular task was difficult.
10. I had trouble understanding the written directions for the tasks.
11. I liked using the Grid Operator Exercise.
12. The interface is visually confusing.
13. I learned something new about the electrical grid.
14. I learned something new about the renewable power.
15. I learned something new about the weather.
16. The exercise was interesting to me.
Comments: Do you have any suggestions on how to improve the case study and/or make it more
interesting?
Thank you for your input!
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