New Technologies in Power system Engineering (ETF EEO NTEE 5970)

General information

Module title

New Technologies in Power system Engineering

Module code

ETF EEO NTEE 5970

Study

ETF-B

Department

Electric Power Engineering

Year

2

Semester

3

Module type

Mandatory

ECTS

7

Hours

70

Lectures

42

Exercises

14

Tutorials

14

Module goal - Knowledge and skill to be achieved by students
  The goal of this course is to provide students with deeper knowledge on new technological developments in the areas of production, transmission, use and storage of electrical energy. For this purpose, technologies that relate to the application of non-conventional sources of electricity (fuel cells, hydrogen, solar, wind) will be presented in detail, as well as those which are now increasingly being used in its transmission and use (superconductivity, nanotechnology).
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Using the acquired knowledge, students should become familiar with new technological developments, ready to use them and (ideally) build upon them in their future intellectual endeavor.
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Syllabus
  1. Superconductivity: preface - experimental facts (perfect conductivity, perfect diamagnetism, specific heat, isotopic effect) Meissner effect; superconductors of type I and type II; basic theory of superconductivity; tunnel effect; Hosephson effect; superconductors at high temperatures; application of superconductors in electric conductors and cables, electromagnets, motors, generators, current limitators, systems of magnetic levitation (MAGLEV), D-SMES systems.
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2. Nanotechnologies: historical and conceptual development of nanotechnology; introduction to nano-structures; Specific ways of nano-fabrication (epitaxy, lithography, self-assembly, biocatalytic synthesis, atom optics); application in electric power systems (solar cells, fuel cells, supercapacitors, conductors, insulators, sensors, actuators).
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3. Hydrogen as a "fuel": properties of hydrogen; Hydrogen production (from fossil fuels, from methane, biomass, and other renewable sources...); Hydrogen storage (metal hydrides, materials based on carbon, chemical processes, new materials and concepts); transport of Hydrogen from the place of production to the point where it is used; fuel cells based on Hydrogen.
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4. New technological solutions in the production, transmission, distribution and application of electrical energy:
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- Sources of electricity;
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- Transformers;
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- Conductors;
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- Power cables;
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- Insulators;
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- Switches;
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- Power capacitors.
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Literature
Recommended
Additional

Didactic methods
  Course lessons are taught by the professor in lecture halls, and followed by demonstration and solving of practical examples and mathematical equations/graphs. Additionally, students spend time on tutorials and lab-exercises. They resolve specific problems pertaining to their theses, using available or student-developed software. Goal of these activities is to enable students to get hands-on, practical experience in this area, as well as to gauge students' knowledge through assigned papers and exams (mid-term, as well as final).
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Exams
  During the course students earn points according to the following system:
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- Attending classes and tutorials: 10 points; a student with more than three absences from lectures and/or tutorials will not be eligible to get these points.
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- Home assignments, laboratory reports and/or final thesis: maximum of 10 points.
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- Mid-term and final exams: a student can score up to 20 points on each exam (passing grade is 10 points).
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During each of the two exams (time assigned is 90 minutes) students will solve simple questions – designed to examine whether students acquired basic theoretical knowledge –multiple choice problems, as well as one open-answer problem. Students who gain less than 20 points during one semester must re-take that course.
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Students who earn 40 or more points during the semester are eligible for taking a final exam; the exam asks the student to discuss mathematical problems from the mid-term exam and home assignments, as well as to answer to simple questions related to general course topics.
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A student can score a maximum of 40 points on the final oral exam (passing threshold is 20 points). A student who gets less than this minimum, must take a makeup oral exam.
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A student who earns 20 points or more, and less than 40 points during the whole semester will have to take a makeup exam. The makeup exam is organized in the following manner:
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- Written part is structured similarly to mid-term written exam, during which students will have to solve problems in which they failed on their mid-term exams (got less than 10 points).
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- Oral part of the exam is structured in the same way as the oral part of the final exam. <br>

Aditional notes