Program Overview

Course Information

Course Description

The course EI2455 Smart Electrical Networks and Systems is a 7.5 credit course that applies electrical engineering skills to the field of intelligent electrical power grids. Students will be acquainted with basic concepts in innovation and enterprise around technical innovations in this field.

Course Contents

The course consists of four modules:

• Module 1 and Project 1: Intelligent Electric Power Grids as general concepts
• Module 2 and Project 2: Power generation from renewable energy sources, analysis of the effect of the power grid, and principles for energy storage and transformation
• Module 3 and Project 3: Intelligent power grids on consumer level, effect of IT and communication solutions, and optimized electricity usage
• Module 4 and Project 4: The flexible HVDC transmission system, transfer with HVDC, Tyristor-HVDC, IGBT-HVDC, UHVDC

Intended Learning Outcomes

Having passed the course, the student should be able to:

• Account for advantages and possibilities that the intelligent electric power grid can achieve both technically and commercially
• Account for how distributed and fluctuating electricity production influences the design of the electric power distribution network
• Account for which methods can be used for supervision and diagnostics of electric power devices and how these methods can give increased reliability in the electricity supply
• Analyze the consequences of different transmission methods for electric energy
• Analyze which influence fast measurements and data collection have on the controlling properties of the intelligent electric power grid
• Make qualitative and quantitative comparisons between different technologies based on conventional technology and power electronics
• Be able to make models for calculation of the consequences for small-scale generation, energy storing, as well as changed electricity consumption due to increased use of intelligent control, solar cells, and heat pumps, etc., as well as electric vehicles that are loaded from the power grid but that can also intermittently deliver electricity back to the grid
• Have a conception of which factors and aspects control the design of the electric power grid

Literature and Preparations

Specific Prerequisites

• Basic courses in electrical engineering
• EJ1200 Electric Power Systems
• EG2020 Power Systems, Basic Course
• EJ2301 Power Electronics, or the equivalent knowledge

Literature

Information about course literature can be found in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and Completion

Grading Scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

• PROA - Project, 1.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• PROB - Project, 2.7 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• PROC - Project, 1.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• PROD - Project, 2.8 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Ethical Approach

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further Information

Course Room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas.

Offered by

EECS/Electrical Engineering

Main Field of Study

Electrical Engineering

Education Cycle

Second cycle

Supplementary Information

In this course, the EECS code of honor applies.