Electrical energy systems and district heating

- Design of low voltage distribution circuits
- Load estimation (including use of advanced metering systems)
- Power losses and voltage drop
- Selectivity for fault clearance
- Integration of local production (such as PV solar)
- Influence from district heating
-Interaction between district heating systems and the electrical power system
- Structure and use of smart grids in low voltage grids
- Technical/economical analysis due to investments/re-investments in energy supply systems
    
- Waterborne heating:
- energy flexibility
- District heating system
- Energy sources
- Production
- Heat only
- Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
- Distribution system
-Substations
- District cooling

After completion the course, he student should have:

Knowledge:
- Know how a district heating network is built up
- Know energy consumption related to heating needs, tap water, lighting etc. based on the type of building
- Know how to design low-voltage circuits in the distribution network and how district heating affects the design
- Know the technical / economic analyzes and tools used

Skills:
- Could conduct meeting invitations, write minutes and status reports, and work according to project plan
- Could stipulate year and day variations for different loads
- Could stipulate annual consumption of energy of different loads
- Could calculate energy and power requirements for a development area based on mixed housing and mixed supply of electricity and district heating
- Could do technical / economic analysis when designing district heating and low voltage supply
- Could do calculations in a simulation program

General competence:
- The student has acquired knowledge and skills about new technologies such as smart grid and AMS.
The student has acquired knowledge and skills regarding the use of digital tools
-The student has acquired knowledge and skills about the interaction between different energy systems.
- The student has acquired knowledge of the project member's role and responsibility in a project work

Project assignment, Lectures, Group-/project work, Study visits

Compulsory assessments:
- 1 Mandatory study visits
- 2 Compulsory assignments