Control and monitoring of the Power system facilities

Course title: Control and monitoring of the Power system facilities

Code: FEIT04Z018

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

Weekly number of classes: 3+2+0+0

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: Taken course: Automatic Management, Power Generation, Distribution Plant

Course goals/Competences: Obtaining expert's knowledge for Control systems in Power system facilities (power plants and substations), their dynamics and design of the functions for control and monitoring.

Total available number of classes: 180

Curriculum: Control and monitoring of the Power system facilities. Information and communication technology for introducing new control systems in Power system. Standardization and control levels. Functional characteristics of the equipment. Auxiliary power supply systems in facilities. Control of the fossil fired thermal power plant (boiler-turbine-generator). Control of the hydro power units. Control of the nuclear power plants. Control and monitoring of the high, middle and low voltage power plants.  Conditions for migration towards IEC 61850. Control of the substations in Power system. Inerconnection power lines dynamics. Control of the active power and frequency in power system.  Automatic frequency un-loading. Control of the reactive power and voltage in power plants and power system components. Technical, economic and business aspects of the modern control system application in power system facilities.

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