Smart Grids

Year
0
Academic year
2020-2021
Code
02035151
Subject Area
Energy
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Other Languages of Instruction
English
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Courses on power systems and on power generation.    

Teaching Methods

Regular classes, following the syllabus, using slides presentations and debate.

Seminars driven by students according to previously assigned themes.    

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the students

- know the fundamental characteristics and the potential of smart grids for an efficient use and management of resources and for sustainable development;

- know the fundamental requirements to renewable source integration in the networks, through a large spectrum of capacity installed;

- understand the requirements of sensorization, measurement and communication which underlie the implementation of smart grids;

- understand the flexibility provided by smart grids on the management of power networks towards the verification of the power balance condition;

- know the computational techniques and the relevant methodologies for system analysis and decision support;

- are able to identify cybersecuity problems and privacy issues, and to design adequate approaches to such problems and issues.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Introduction to the concept of Smart Grid

Integration of renewable energy sources in the power system

Energy storage and Demand response

Wide Area Measurement (WAM)

Privacy and security issues.    

Head Lecturer(s)

Pedro Manuel Soares Moura

Assessment Methods

Assessment 2
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Frequency: 70.0%

Assessment 1
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Exam: 70.0%

Bibliography

Peter Fox‐Penner, Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities, Island Press, 2010

 

Fereidoon P. Sioshansi (ed.), Smart Grid: Integrating Renewable, Distributed & Efficient Energy, Academic Press/Elsevier, 2012

 

James Momoh, “Smart Grid Fundamentals of Design and Analysis,” Wiley, 2012

 

A. Keyhani, “Smart Power Grid Renewable Energy Systems,” Wiley 2011

 

Sato, T. and D. M. Kammen, Smart Grid Standards: Specifications, Requirements, and Technologies, Wiley 2015

 

Borlase, S., Smart Grids: Infrastructure, Technology, and Solutions, CRC Press, 2012