Course syllabus
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ENM097 ENM097 Future renewable based power systems lp2 HT24 (7.5 hp)
Course is offered by the department of Electrical Engineering
Aim
The goal of the course is to give the students knowledge about how the power system is designed today and how the power system of the future will need to be, when only using renewable power sources. The understanding of the grid interaction of the renewable power sources and flexible consumers is also an important goal. The course will also give an overview of market operation, with a Nordic perspective. The course aims to provide the students with advanced and state-of-the-art developments in wind and solar power, dwelling both on the theoretical fundaments as well as building a good practical and experimental basis. There will also be a short outlook at other renewable and carbon free power sources such as wave power, fusion and nuclear power.
Learning outcomes
After completion of this course, the students should be able to:
- Explain the driving forces for technical development towards increased electric power production from renewables.
- Explain the technical characteristics and performance of electric power generation by wind turbines, photovoltaic and hydro power.
- Explain how the existing power system works.
- Analyse how renewable power production matches with flexible loads and conclude challenges and opportunities for a future power system.
- Calculate electric power production from renewable energy sources through modelling and simulations.
- Calculate flexible electric consumption, for example electric vehicles and factories, through modelling and simulations.
- Describe what role AI can play in the future power system.
- Explain how an electricity market works.
- Reflect on challenges for the future power system based on renewables orally and in a written scientific report in format normally used within Electric Power Engineering
- Reflect on how sustainability aspects could impact the future power system.
- Work in teams and collaborate in groups with different compositions.
Content
The main topics of the course are:
Current power system
What does the current power system look like? How is power produced today and what are the loads now?
Future power system
How can the future power system look like? Here the power production will only come from renewable sources and the loads will be much more flexible. What are the challenges and opportunities for the future power system?
Sustainability in the power system
What is sustainable development and what does it mean for the power system?
Wind power
The course will explain how wind turbines work. The focus will be on the power output from the turbines, but the course will also include how wind power affect the environment and the society. The different ancillary services that wind turbines can contribute with will also be introduced.
Solar power
The course will explain how solar power work and the focus will be on the power output from the PVs. Solar power’s role in distributed grids will also be mentioned. The different ancillary services that solar panel can contribute with will also be introduced.
Overview of market operation
The course will explain which markets there is for electricity and ancillary services, and how these works. It will also go through problems connected to the market.
Introduction to AI, including machine learning, in the power system
Examples of how AI is used within the power system will be shown.
Structure
The course is composed of lectures, computer exercises, laboratory work, study visit and a short project.
Lectures
The lectures are given for the renewable power production, the challenges that a power system with only renewable energy sources will be facing, how markets for electricity works and how AI is used within the power system. Several guest lectures are invited to the course. The slides for the lecturers will be posted on Canvas, most of them before the lecture.
Computer exercises
Several computer exercises are to be performed. The exercises will be put on Canvas.
Sustainability reflection
One sustainability reflection should be performed. More information will be put on Canvas regarding this.
Laboratory work
Test and evaluation of wind turbine operation, a practical 2-hour lab.
Test and evaluation of a solar photovoltaic cell, a practical 2-hour lab.
The lab pms will be posted on Canvas.
To be allowed to enter the course laboratory for the solar lab you need to have passed the quiz named "Instructed student – Grundkurslabbet - ELV" available on the course Canvas page.
Study visit
A study visit to Chalmers wind turbine will be done at the same time as the wind lab. More information will be posted on Canvas.
Project work
The students will work in groups and choose an interesting subject within future renewable based power systems and write a scientific report on the subject, based on scientific sources. The report should be presented at a seminar at the end of the course. More information will be posted on Canvas.
Contact information
Examiner: Peiyuan Chen
Course responsible: Sara Fogelström, sara.fogelstrom@chalmers.se, 031-772 16 62
Lecturers: A list of all lecturers will be posted on the webpage.
Tutors:
Sindhu Kanya Nalini Ramakrishna, sindhukanya.naliniramakrishna@chalmers.se (computer exercises)
Amir Reza Zamani Babghari, amirz@chalmers.se (computer exercises)
Kavian Kamalinejad, kavian.kamalinejad@chalmers.se (computer exercises and solar lab)
Alexander Nnamdi Ndife, nnamdi@chalmers.se (computer exercises)
Bowen Jiang, bowen.jiang@chalmers.se (computer exercises and solar lab)
Ola Carlson, ola.carlson@chalmers.se (wind lab)
Magnus Ellsén (wind lab)
The examiner, course responsible and the tutors are all based on the Electric power engineering division at Chalmers and can be found at Hörsalsvägen 11.
Communication
The primary information source for the course is the webpage in Canvas. Announcements and materials regarding the course will be posted there.
Questions regarding the course can be sent the course responsible by e-mail (please write the course code ENM097 in subject of the e-mail). Questions about computer exercises should be asked during the exercise sessions.
The course responsible will answer questions during these times:
Mon 15:00-16:00
Thu: 09:00-10:00
Course homepage
Via Canvas, www.canvas.chalmers.se, and the course ENM097. The schedule can be found in Time Edit.
Language
The course is given in English and all course material including the examination is in English.
Literature
There is no course book. Additional material will be posted on the web page for the course.
Examination
The examination will consist of several elements:
Written examination 2 hp. Grades: Fail, 3, 4 or 5.
Laboration 1,5 hp. Grades: pass/no pass.
Computer exercises 1,5 hp. Grades: pass/no pass.
Project work 2,5 hp. Grades: Fail, 3, 4 or 5.
Grades
The grade of the course is (U), 3, 4 or 5.
The grade of the course is weighed together from the grade of the written exam and the grade for the project work.
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