Learning Outcomes
After completing this module, students will know about the basics of complex energy systems from the perspective of civil systems engineering. With significant innovations in wind turbines, solar concentrators, storage technologies, and sub-systems, the design of a sustainable civil energy systems has become a complex undertaking. After completing the module, students will know how to use system engineering methods to support the design of such complex energy systems, by, for example,
- modelling stochastic energy resources based on available historical data,
- evaluating the socio-technical performance of the system through simulation experiments, and
- analysing the life-cycle aspects in terms of failure risks, life-cycle costs, and maintainability;
all of this in a multi-disciplinary manner. As such civil energy systems are a great civil system to teach advanced systems engineering approaches in an applied way. This will allow students to gain an in depth understanding of how these approaches can help to solve real-world and societal important engineering challenges.
Content
The module will cover the following:
- Civil infrastructure (power plants, transmission lines etc.)
- Modeling energy systems (wind, solar, bio, hydro, energy storage)
- Energy systems integration
- Modeling the energy-water nexus
- Integrated Life-Cycle analysis of energy systems
- Dynamic grid modeling (Grid Integration)
- Multidisciplinary design Optimization
- Stochatsical data analysis (weather, collective user behavior)
- Smart cities
- Energy efficiency
Description of Teaching and Learning Methods
Read and comment on selected texts to acquire the fundamental knowledge about the system engineering, energy systems, and storage technologies.
Discussion of the knowledge acquired from the texts; practice and application examples during the lectures.
Project work: applications of systems engineering methods and techniques
