Postgraduate Course: Power Systems Engineering and Economics (PGEE11016)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The aims of the course are to:
- Build off Electrical Engineering Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Power Systems and Machines 4;
- Increase knowledge and understanding of power systems analysis and operation;
- Provide hands-on power systems modelling experience;
- Simulate evolving operation of electricity generation transmission and distribution systems with increasing renewable content;
- Recognise transition to a lower-carbon energy system and the economic implications;
- Combine power system analysis and economic appraisal to provide insight and ability for the future.
There is no written exam but there are three equally-weighted assignments which are marked and returned.
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| Course description |
In the last part of the course they are introduced to a few of the principles of power system economics. The main regulatory regimes are discussed together with the pricing principles. Then they use PowerWorld to evaluate the effect of geography and networks on energy prices, i.e. locational marginal pricing.
Week 8 L10 Market fundamentals, price and cost
Week 9 L11 Ancillary services
Week 10 L12 Locational marginal pricing
Tutorials: One per teaching week in the lab.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | first-degree courses covering AC circuit analysis, three-phase circuits, real and reactive power and fundamentals of power systems, Fundamentals of Renewable Energy |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 50,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
125 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assessment will be based on the following components:
Attendance at and participation in exercises.
Satisfactory completion of a number of assignments.
Assessment will be made on the basis of:
coursework 100%.
The student must satisfy the pass mark of 50%.
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| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
Ability to use a load flow package.
Understanding and modelling of AC network effects of transmission and distribution of electricity.
Theoretical understanding of power system operation and analysis.
Ability to
- apply iterative methods of solve network power flow
- use a power-flow simulation software package
- model generation, transmission and distribution of electricity
- model the integration of renewable energy into the electricity network.
Understanding how human reactions have to be taken into account when designing engineering solutions.
Researching technical literature.
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Reading List
Power System Analysis,
- H Saadat, (McGraw Hill) 1999 Power System Analysis and Design,
- J D Glover, M S Sarma, (Thomson Learning) 2002 Embedded Generation
- Jenkins, Allan, Crossley, Kirschen & Strbac, (IET) 2008 Fundamentals of Power System Economics,
- D S Kirschen, G Strbac, (J. Wiley) 2004 Power System Economics
- S Stoft, (Wiley-Interscience) 2002 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
20 hour(s) per week for 5 week(s). |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Robin Wallace
Tel: (0131 6)50 5587
Email: Robin.Wallace@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Sharon Potter
Tel: (0131 6)51 7079
Email: Sharon.Potter@ed.ac.uk |
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