PRESENTAZIONE

This course is relevant to Power Systems engineering, in light of the industrial revolution towards a low fossil fuel society.

The technical & economic management of new power systems relying on renewables, storage units and low emissions fossil fuel trigeneration sources is a fundamental skill of an Energy Engineer interested to devolp her/his future career in the industrial or institutional sectors or as a freelance working on Sustainable Energy issues.

OBIETTIVI E CONTENUTI

OBIETTIVI FORMATIVI

The course is designed to provide theoretical and methodological skills for the economic analyses related to the development of projects in the sustainable energy sector. In this context, it encompasses the fundamentals of energy markets, the procedures to calculate high efficiency cogeneration and the levelized cost of electricity. A special focus is devoted to new power production and distribution infrastructures such as smart grids and smart microgrids, with specific insight concerning with energy management platforms.

MODALITA' DIDATTICHE

Theoretical lectures with specific case studies to be solved in order to fix all the concepts.

PROGRAMMA/CONTENUTO

Administrative and authorization procedures to install renewable power plants;
- the Energy Markets; feed-in tariff and quota system incentives; mechanisms for selling energy;
- Renewable Energy for Heating & Cooling Support Scheme;
- Cogeneration and Trigeneration systems (technical issues and legislation);
- Emission Trading Systems;
- Investment analysis in the Sustainable Energy sector;
- Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE);
- SEU (Efficient Systems of Users) & RIU (Internal Networks of Users);
- Basics of “smart power grids”;
- Microgrids: definitions, components;
- Energy Management Systems;
- Electric storage systems and e-mobility.

TESTI/BIBLIOGRAFIA

- Documents provided by the teacher;

   The following volumes:

- Fundamentals of Power System Economics, Daniel Kirschen, Goran Strbac, 2004, Wiley;
- Microgrids: Control and Operation, Josep Guerrero, Juan Vasquez, 2015, Wiley-IEEE;
- Power System Stability and Control, Prabha Kundur, 1994, McGraw-Hill Professional.

DOCENTI E COMMISSIONI

Commissione d'esame

ANDREA BONFIGLIO (Presidente)

FEDERICO DELFINO (Presidente)

RENATO PROCOPIO (Presidente)

STEFANO BRACCO

LEZIONI

INIZIO LEZIONI

February 2018

Orari delle lezioni

POWER SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

ESAMI

MODALITA' D'ESAME

Scritto, Orale

MODALITA' DI ACCERTAMENTO

The assessment strategy is based firstly on the continuous interaction with all the students attending the lessons, especially during the resolution of practical case studies, then it is quantitatively carried out by means of the evaluation of the student during the written & oral examination.

Calendario appelli

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

Necessary skills to face this course:

- Circuit theory;

- Power Systems.