OVERVIEW

The teaching unit provides an introduction to electrical power systems, highlighting aspects of their operation and vulnerability. The main topics covered are the structure of the national electricity system, energy production and distribution systems, electric mobility and how to analyse the risks associated with electricity infrastructures from the perspective of failures due to internal causes and atmospheric phenomena.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The module is focused on the modelling and simulation of critical energy infrastructures, such as smart grids, electricity production plants, electrical storage systems and transmission lines, considering also electrical system faults; the planning and the operation of the aforementioned energy infrastructures composed of different interconnected systems will be analyzed and the main characteristics of the electric system will be discussed.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The main objective of the course is to enable students to acquire knowledge in the field of electrical power systems and, in particular, critical energy infrastructures. At the end of the course, students will have acquired the necessary skills to develop technical and economic analyses and optimisation/simulation models of production, transmission, distribution and storage systems, with a focus on smart grids/microgrids/nanogrids and electric mobility. They will be also able to analyze safety aspects, with particular reference to electrical risk in power networks, lightning and faults. 

PREREQUISITES

Knowledge of power systems and energy systems.

Knowledge of mathematical analysis and systems theory.

TEACHING METHODS

Theoretical and applied lectures.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The following topics will be addressed:

- The national and European electricity system (production, transmission, distribution): technological and regulatory aspects.

- Smart grids/microgrids/nanogrids: technological, environmental and economic aspects. The Smart Polygeneration Microgrid of the Savona Campus.

- Battery energy storage systems.

- Electric mobility: charging infrastructures, smart charging of electric vehicles, V2X technologies.

- Reliability and vulnerability of electricity grids and basic concepts of electrical safety.

- Methods for electrical risk assessment.

- Basics on lightning phenomena and fault analysis in electrical installations.

- Development of simulation and optimisation models of complex energy systems.
 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lecture notes.

Books and papers suggested by the lecturer.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

https://corsi.unige.it/en/corsi/10553/studenti-orario

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam during which the student is asked to answer theoretical questions or solve numerical exercises.

Students with valid certifications for Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs), disabilities or other educational needs are invited to contact the teacher and the School's contact person for disability at the beginning of teaching to agree on possible teaching arrangements that, while respecting the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning patterns. Contacts of the teacher and the School's disability contact person can be found at the following link:

https://unige.it/commissioni/comitatoperlinclusionedeglistudenticondisabilita

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Evaluation of theoretical knowledge and practical methodologies in the field of critical energy infrastructures. Verification of the ability to develop optimisation and simulation models in this field and electrical risk analysis.