Planning the Development of Power Plants in a Power System

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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.

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.

12. Learning methods:

Lectures supported by presentations, interactive lectures, independent preparation of project assignments.

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.

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