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Electrical Energy Systems

Electrical Energy Systems

Code	8502
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	T(30H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Electrotechnics and Electronics
Entry requirements	None.
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face
Work placements	--
Learning outcomes	To acquire knowledge regarding the organization and operation of electric power systems - electricity production, transport and distribution in a current perspective of sustainable development. The syllabus will provide students, and in accordance with the general objectives, the following competences: • Identify the energy sources and discuss them in the environment context; • Identify energy conversion processes (renewable and non-renewable); • Recognize the different organizational structures of the electricity sector in a market environment; • Design the synchronous generator model and perform stability analysis; • Analyze the Synchronous Machine in its Operational Modes: Generator and Compensator; • Development of techniques for autonomous work and bibliography research; • Carrying out team work and planning and developing a group work.
Syllabus	1. Fundamental concepts Renewable energy sources versus non-renewable sources; Electricity generation; Energy and power; Electric load diagrams; Three-phase electrical system; Per unit values. 2. Introduction to the electrical energy management system (energy markets). Organization of the electricity sector (The national electricity sector); Regulated versus Deregulated Market; Models and structures; 3. Generators: Synchronous Machine Introduction, principle of operation; Mathematical model; Operation modes; Stability of the synchronous generator. 4- Renewable electricity production Photovoltaic production; Wind production; Hydro production; Energy Storage. 5 – System operation plan with renewable and conventional electric power Combined operation with and without storage; Optimization methods in planning and operation.
Main Bibliography	[1] John Grainger, William Stevenson, Power System Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 1994. [2] Weedy, Cory, Electric Power Systems, John Wiley, 1998. [3] José Pedro Sucena Paiva, Redes de Energia Eléctrica - uma Análise Sistémica, 2ª edição, IST Press, 2007. [4] Olle Elgerd, Basic Electric Power Engineering, Addison-Wesley, 1977. [5] Olle Elgerd, Electric Energy Systems Theory: an introduction, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1983.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.