Electromagnetic Compatibility in Electric Power Engineering

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.02 Power Industry and Electrical Engineering

Specialisation: Power Supply

Degree: Master

Course units:

Unit 1. General concepts of electromagnetic compatibility

Unit 2. Key electric power quality indicators and calculation techniques

Unit 3. Ways and technical means of ensuring the electric power quality

Unit 4. Experimental study of electromagnetic interference in case of non-linear load

Unit 5. Guidelines and regulations concerning EMC issues

Course contents:

The course covers the issues of electric power quality and ways to ensure it.

Activities:

  1. Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
  2. Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
  3. Office-hours.

Total hours – 108

Total points – 3

Classroom hours – 45

Lectures – 15

Practical classes – 15

Laboratory classes – 15

Unsupervised hours – 63

Midterm assessment – Pass/fail examination

Computer, Network and Information Technologies

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.02 Power Industry and Electrical Engineering

Specialisation: Power Supply

Degree: Master

Course units:

Unit 1. Current computer and information technology development trends.

Unit 2. Office and publishing software for scientific publications and documents preparation.

Unit 3. All-purpose scientific and engineering calculations software packages.

Unit 4. Computer graphics and multimedia in science and engineering.

Unit 5. Data acquisition and transfer network technology.

Unit 6. Electronic databases.

Unit 7. Data coding and protection.

Unit 8. Process control systems.

Course contents:

Unit 1. Current computer and information technology development trends:

Computer technology in science, business and everyday life. Computer technology used for group activities. Usage of local and global networks. Main functionality of engineering and production computer systems.

Unit 2. Office and publishing software for scientific publications and documents preparation:

Electronic documents and editions. Types, purpose and structure of scientific reports, articles, synopses, workbooks, monographs, presentations, publicity leaflets. Document preparation and publishing using paperless technology. Overview of up-to-date publishing packages such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint and of their components like LaTex 2e and others.

Unit 3. All-purpose scientific and engineering calculations software packages:

Overview of up-to-date scientific and engineering calculations software packages. Calculations with the help of standard office packages of Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice.Calc. Statistica and Stadia as up-to-date statistical programme packages. Mathcad: Main capabilities and calculation procedures. MATLAB Simulink: Structure, data presentation and calculation procedures.

Unit 4. Computer graphics and multimedia in science and engineering:

Visualization of test and calculated data. Graphic presentation of numeric and text information. Digital image storage and transfer formats. Vector and bitmap graphics. 3D graphics and fractal objects. Dynamic data visualization. Graphic user interface. LabVIEW: Virtual laboratory instrumentation.

Unit 5. Data acquisition and transfer network technology:

Principles of data network architecture. Network topology. Network structuring. Network services. Key software and hardware components of a network. Local area network basic technology. TCP/IP and its implementation in Windows NT/2000/XP or Unix. Internet/Intranet technology. HTTP as a fundamental Web protocol. E-mail means. Database control systems. Wireless networks, mobile telecommunications service.

Unit 6. Data coding and protection:

Introduction to the theory of information and coding. Data complexity and protection. Information and entropy. Error correction codes. Cryptographic data protection techniques and application of cryptographic protocols in computer networks.

Unit 7. Electronic databases:

Database life cycle. Main stages of database engineering. Hierarchical, network and relational data models. Data operations including data sorting, search and filtering. Basics of MS Access. SQL tables. Hypertext and multimedia databases. XML servers. Object-oriented databases.

Unit 8. Process control systems (PCS):

Purpose and functional structure of a PCS. Principles of PCS architecture and development stages. Basic PCS elements and software. Hardware and communication channel requirements. Power monitoring systems. Power dispatch control systems.

Activities:

  1. Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
  2. Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
  3. Office-hours.

Total hours – 108

Total points – 3

Classroom hours – 30

Unsupervised hours – 78

Term paper in the 1st semester

Midterm assessment – pass/fail examination

Energy Saving and Energy Management

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.02 Power Industry and Electrical Engineering

Specialisation: Power Supply

Degree: Master

Course units:

Unit 1. Introduction. Major energy saving areas. Regulatory framework.

Unit 2. Energy management elements and implementation stages. Energy management key components.

Unit 3. Introduction of a consumer monitoring system. Conducting an energy audit.

Unit 4. Forms, structure and analysis of energy balance.

Unit 5. Energy use modelling.

Unit 6. Real-time energy use control. Energy use optimization.

Unit 7. A complex problem of energy saving and the environment.

Unit 8. Energy efficiency.

Activities:

  1. Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
  2. Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
  3. Office-hours.

Total hours – 180

Total points – 5

Classroom hours – 30

Unsupervised hours – 114

Midterm assessment – Examination

Analysis of Power Consumption and Power Management

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.02 Power Industry and Electrical Engineering

Specialisation: Power Supply

Degree: Master

Course units:

Unit 1. Introduction. Major energy saving areas. Regulatory framework.

Unit 2. Energy management elements and implementation stages. Energy management key components.

Unit 3. Introduction of a consumer monitoring system. Conducting an energy audit.

Unit 4. Forms, structure and analysis of energy balance.

Unit 5. Electric power use modelling.

Unit 6. Real-time power use control. Electric power use optimization.

Unit 7. A complex problem of energy saving and the environment.

Unit 8. Energy efficiency.

Activities:

  1. Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
  2. Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
  3. Office-hours.

Total hours – 180

Total points – 5

Classroom hours – 30

Unsupervised hours – 114

Midterm assessment – Pass/fail examination

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