ELEC0445-1

Durée

16h Th, 12h Pr

Nombre de crédits

	Master : ingénieur civil électricien, à finalité	3 crédits
	Master : ingénieur civil électromécanicien, à finalité	3 crédits

Enseignant

Patricia Rousseaux

Langue(s) de l'unité d'enseignement

Langue anglaise

Organisation et évaluation

Enseignement au deuxième quadrimestre

Horaire

Horaire en ligne

Unités d'enseignement prérequises et corequises

Les unités prérequises ou corequises sont présentées au sein de chaque programme

Contenus de l'unité d'enseignement

High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) technology offers higher flexibility for electric power transmission. It is an active and fast growing research area and more and more HVDC applications are deployed worldwide. This course covers the fundamentals of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems, used for power transmission in electric energy grids. It is made up of two main parts.
1. Description of the main components of HVDC systems and their control :

Recalls : principle of power AC/DC and DC/AC power conversion
HVDC power converters : Line-Current-Commuted (LCC) converters and Voltage-Sourced (VSC) converters
Main components of HVDC systems : transformers, smoothing reactors, active filters, lines and cables
Control of HVDC converters and systems

2. Use of HVDC systems for electric power transmission

Basic HVDC configurations
Interaction between AC and DC systems
Overview of present and future applications
Fault behavior and protection of HVDC systems
Multiterminal HVDC grids

Acquis d'apprentissage (objectifs d'apprentissage) de l'unité d'enseignement

At the end of the course, the student will be able to :

demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the various types of HVDC technologies;
justify the higher flexibility offered by the interconnection of DC and AC system for electric power transmission;
demonstrate its ability to model basic components of HVDC systems and analyze the corresponding simulation results.

The case studies presented and the personal homeworks will also give him/her the opportunity to study a large-scale nonlinear system, to improve its understading of such systems and to train his/her presentation skills.

Savoirs et compétences prérequis

Basic knowledge in power system components and analysis. Basic knowledge of the Matlab tool.

Activités d'apprentissage prévues et méthodes d'enseignement

The course is made of theoretical presentations and practical sessions dedicated to exercises and analysis of relevant case studies.

Mode d'enseignement (présentiel ; enseignement à distance)

face-to-face

Lectures recommandées ou obligatoires et notes de cours

The learning material and the complementary documents will be provided by the teacher on-line, via myULg.

Modalités d'évaluation et critères

Theoretical part : oral exam.
Practical part : personal homeworks dealing with small case studies using MATLAB, written report and oral presentation.

Stage(s)

Remarques organisationnelles

The course is taught during the second quadrimester, Friday morning.

Contacts

Patricia Rousseaux
Institut Montefiore, B37, bureau 0/64
04 366 26 85
P.Rousseaux@ulg.ac.be

High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) grids