Energy Systems
- characterise the global energy system and its structure and constraints
- analyse the potential for improving the global energy system based on energy and exergy efficiencies
- understand the basic relationship between global energy supply and climate change
- understand recent and future changes of electricity supply due to increasing fluctuating renewables and ‘smart’ technologies
Future Power Supply Systems
- explain the management, modelling and power balancing within future electricity grid configurations with high shares of fluctuating and distributed generation
- appraise the main components (incl. chemical storage options) involved in future AC-grid concepts
- categorise different grid-designs, including mini- and micro-grids
- explain the technical principles and resulting limiting factors within “Smart City”, “Smart Grid”, “Smart Home” concepts
