| 1. | Course Title | Planning the Development of Power Plants in a Power System | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ04009 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 4-EE | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Sofija Nikolova-Poceva | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Upon completing this course, the student acquires knowledge about the methods and capability to use modern techniques and tools used for planning the development of power plants in the power system. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
Load diagram and load duration curve. Load diagram division. Approximation of load duration curve. Methods for predicting the load in the power system. Hydrological data, their analysis and methods for data processing. Determination of required structure of power plants in the power system. Order of building power plants. Preparatory works and methods for determining the order of power plant construction. Exploitation characteristics of thermal power plants and hydro power plants and their approximation. Methods for determining the expected electrical energy production of hydro power plants. Methods for determining the expected electrical energy production of thermal power plants. Application of the method of combination, the method of equivalent curves. Determination of power system production costs. Economic analyzes and criteria for selection of suitable variant for the development of power system production. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Lectures supported by presentations, interactive lectures, independent preparation of project assignments. |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 30 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 20 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | 60% success of all pre-exam activity | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment |
Tests can be conducted during the semester. Preparation of a seminar paper or a project assignment is also foreseen. The final grade includes the points from the tests and from the seminar paper or the project assignment. |
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| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Self-evaluation | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Fawwaz Elkarmi, Nazih Abu Shikhah | Power System Planning Technologies and Applications: Concepts, Solutions and Management | IGI Global | 2012 | |||||||||
| 2. | Hrvoje Požar | Snaga i energija u elektroenergetskim sistemima | Informator, Zagreb | 1983 | |||||||||
| 3. | International Atomic Energy Agency | Expansion Planning for Electrical Generating Systems: A Guidebook | IAEA, Vienna | 1984 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | H. Wayne Beaty | Handbook of Electric Power Calculations, Third Edition | McGraw-Hill | ||||||||||
| 2. | Allen J. Wood, Bruce F. Wollenberg | Power Generation, Operation and Control | John Wiley & Sons | 1996 | |||||||||
