87236 - ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS M

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The course provides the basics for understanding the main aspects of modern power systems/smart grids analysis and operation in steady state and transient/dynamic conditions. At the end of the course students are able to understand the main technical problems relevant to transmission and distribution of electric energy, and can solve them with particular reference to load flow, short circuit calculation, stability, frequency control, voltage control and renewable sources diffusion in the electric network and smart grids.

Contenuti

The development of centralized as well as distributed clean electricity generation, the set up of electricity markets that foster competition and economic efficiency, and the expected electrification of the transportation system will make electricity the dominant energy form in the future. The course covers the key technical characteristics of the operation and control of modern electric power systems following the smart grid paradigm.

Course content:

Module 1 (6 CFU) 

• Introduction to electric power systems.
• Power flow analysis.
• Fault analysis.
• Power system dynamics and stability.
  
• Angular stability.
• Voltage stability.
• Control of active power and frequency. Automatic generation control.

Module 2 (3 CFU) only for electrical energy engineering students.

• Electromagnetic transients.
• Insulation coordination.
• Protections in transmission systems.
• Interaction between electromagnetic transients and electromechanical transients.

Testi/Bibliografia

Lecture notes (https://virtuale.unibo.it/).

Suggested readings:

module 1

J.J. Grainger, W.D. Stevenson, Power system analysis, McGraw-Hill 1994.

H. Saadat, Power system analysis, PSA Publishing, 2010.

module 2

J. Machowski, J.W. Bialek, J.R. Bumby, Power system dynamics : stability and control, Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, 2008

M.H.J. Bollen, The Smart Grid: Adapting the Power System to New Challenges, Morgan & Claypool Publishers; 2011.

Metodi didattici

Traditional lecture.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Oral closed-book final exam (exam schedules at https://almaesami.unibo.it). The spoken exam at the end of the course aims at assessing the achievement of the learning objectives. The final grade is defined on the basis of the partial grades reported in three specific questions on topics related to the contents of the course.

The achievement by the student of a complete knowledge of the course content and of its application to the solution of engineering problems, along with the use of the specific technical language, are assessed with marks of excellence. The mnemonic knowledge of the matter, with limited synthesis and analysis capabilities and a language not always appropriate bring to discrete evaluations. Learning gaps and / or inappropriate language justify negative assessments or low marks.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

https://virtuale.unibo.it/

Link ad altre eventuali informazioni

https://site.unibo.it/lisep/en

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Alberto Borghetti

Consulta il sito web di Carlo Alberto Nucci