Energy System of the Future

Degree programme Mechatronics
Subject area Engineering Technology
Type of degree Bachelor full-time
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) Compulsory optional
Course unit code 074703053205
Teaching units 15
Year of study 2025
Name of lecturer(s) Alfred ENGLER
Requirements and Prerequisites

Basics of electrical engineering, especially AC technology

High Voltage Technology

Course content
  • Novel storage technologies
  • Superconductivity
  • New challenges in HVDC technology
  • Information technology in smart grids (demand side management, ...)
  • New requirements for the digital substation
  • E-Harvesting
  • Electrochemistry
Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • name and explain basic problems of energy systems in the future concerning
    • energy storage
    • energy transmission
    • energy consumers
  • and describe technologies, that may grow important in the future.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, case studies

Assessment methods and criteria

Written and/or oral examination, final examination character

Comment

None

Recommended or required reading
  • Küchler, Andreas (2017): Hochspannungstechnik. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. Online im Internet: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-54700-7.

  • Schwab, Adolf J. (2006): Elektroenergiesysteme. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. Online im Internet: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-29665-2.

  • Wietschel, Martin u.a. (Hrsg.) (2015): Energietechnologien der Zukunft: Erzeugung, Speicherung, Effizienz und Netze. Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg. Online im Internet: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-07129-5

Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

Face-to-face instruction