Fundamentals of the Electricity, Gas and District Heating Grids
Component code / course code: EK-24.1
Semester: winter / summer
ECTS credits: 2
Lecture hours per week (SWS): 2
Lecturer: Prof. Grandel
Language: German / English
Prerequisites:
General mathematical and economic basic knowledge as taught by the general or subject-linked higher education entrance qualification. Furthermore, it is expected to have understood the energy management knowledge from the modules EK-18 "Fundamentals of Energy Management and Climate Protection" and EK-19 "Energy Conversion Technologies" and to be able to apply it in a technical context
Qualification objectives:
Upon completion of the course, students will have mastered the grid structures of electricity, gas and heating grids and their significance in Germany and Europe. The structure and functioning of the grids are known and terms such as grid
levels, grid types, voltage levels, pressure levels, etc. are understood. In addition, the participants have an overview of the various operating resources of the grids and can assess their function and importance for smooth grid operation. The
students know and understand the relevant factors of grid operation and are able to name factors influencing the goal of grid stability and list possibilities to influence it. Possible future developments as well as structural changes and problem areas in the area of networks can be named by the students. The students succeed in transferring the acquired technical knowledge to the network economic and regulatory basics acquired in the course "Economic efficiency of network operation".
Course contents:
- Physical basics and basic quantities of electrical engineering, gas and heat supply
- Transport routes, gas deposits, supply dependencies, pipelines
- Structure of electricity, gas and heat grids in Germany, European electricity interconnection
- Organisations and actors, network operators
- Technical basics and functioning of the transport and distribution networks
- Balancing and control energy, grid buffers and storages
- Grid control and information systems (dispatching), grid monitoring
- Operating equipment, its mode of operation and importance for the smooth operation of the grid
- Tasks from network operation
- Factors influencing grid stability and ways to influence them
- Current trends, smart grids, future of grids
- Connection of offshore wind farms, P2G, biogas, natural gas/H2 filling stations, hydrogen
- Examples from practice
Teaching format (e.g. online/in person lecture/Seminar/Lab etc.): Seminar-style teaching, assignments and case studies in individual and group work
Examination type: written exam
