Duration
16h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits
| Master of Science (MSc) in Electrical Engineering | 3 crédits | |||
| Master of Science (MSc) in Electromechanical Engineering | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
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
- Basic HVDC configurations
- Interaction between AC and DC systems
- Overview of present and future applications
- Multiterminal HVDC grids
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basic knowledge in power system components and analysis. Basic knowledge of the Matlab tool.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is made of theoretical presentations and practical sessions dedicated to exercises and analysis of relevant case studies.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
The learning material and the complementary documents will be provided by the teacher on-line, via myULg.
Assessment methods and criteria
Theoretical part : oral exam.
Practical part : personal homeworks dealing with small case studies using MATLAB, written report and oral presentation.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
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
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
During the confinement the lectures are given through WebEx teleconferences.
Assessment subjects
Unchanged : see above
Assessment methods
The evaluation is unchanged; it will be based on the report of the group work (called "Homeworks 1 to 4").
The oral examination, which will consist in a discussion of the report, will be organized by teleconference instead of face-to-face.
Deadline for sending the report (by e-mail) : June 7, 2020
Examination : June 17, 2020
Contacts
Due to the unavailability of Prof. Rousseaux, the course is taken care by Prof. Thierry Van Cutsem
Web page : www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~vct