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.

OBIETTIVI FORMATIVI (DETTAGLIO) E RISULTATI DI APPRENDIMENTO

To analyse the structure of the electric power system, with emphasis on production, transmission and distribution of electricity. To analyse the operation of electricity markets and the policies aiming to incentivize renewable power plants.

To solve exercises on electricity markets, high performance cogeneration and trigeneration. To define business plan analyses for distributed power plants and microgrids. To calculated levelized cost of electricity for different generation technologies.

MODALITA' DIDATTICHE

Theoretical lectures with specific case studies to be solved in order to apply the learnt methodologies.

PROGRAMMA/CONTENUTO

- Administrative and authorization procedures to install renewable power plants;
- 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: business plan development;
- Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE);
- Basics of “smart power grids”;
- Microgrids: definitions, components;
- Energy Management Systems.
 

TESTI/BIBLIOGRAFIA

- Documents provided by the teachers;

The following volumes:

- Bracco S., Brignone M., Delfino F., Procopio R., Robba M., Rossi M., Microgrids Design and Operation – Toward Smart Energy in Cities, Artech House, Boston, USA, 2018.

- Kirschen D., Strbac G., Fundamentals of Power System Economics, Wiley, 2004.

- Guerrero J., Vasquez J., Microgrids: Control and Operation, Wiley-IEEE, 2015.

- Kundur P., Power System Stability and Control, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1994.

- Wood A.J., Wollenberg B.F., Sheblé G.B., Power Generation, Operation, and Control, 3rd Edition, 2013.

DOCENTI E COMMISSIONI

Commissione d'esame

RENATO PROCOPIO (Presidente)

FEDERICO DELFINO

ANDREA BONFIGLIO (Presidente Supplente)

STEFANO BRACCO (Presidente Supplente)

LEZIONI

INIZIO LEZIONI

https://courses.unige.it/10170

Orari delle lezioni

POWER SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

ESAMI

MODALITA' D'ESAME

Students must take an oral exam consisting of questions and exercises on the topics described in the Objectives and Learning Outcomes section.

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 oral examination.

Calendario appelli

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

Necessary skills to face this course:

- Circuit theory;

- Power and Energy Systems.