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Distributed Generation

Teaching: Completely taught in English

ECTS: 4

Level: Graduate

Semester: Winter

Prerequisites:

Introduction to Energy Management, Thermal Power Plants

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Course objectives:

The aim of the course is to provide knowledge on status and perspectives of the distributed generation (DG) in deregulated energy markets

Student responsibilities:

Grading and evaluation of student work over the course of instruction and at a final exam:

Methods of monitoring quality that ensure acquisition of exit competences:

Seminars. Written and oral exam. Student" feed-back and forum on portal e-ucenje.fsb.hr (Moodle system).

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to (learning outcomes):

On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to: - critically assess the status and prospects of further expansion of distributed energy resources in the deregulated energy market, - create a basic techno-economic analysis of distributed energy generation systems, whether based on cogeneration or renewable energy sources, - apply the concept of distributed energy generation in a real business environment (industry, agriculture, buildings, etc.), - compare and differentiate multiple technical, economic and environmental aspects of the system for distributed energy production, - examine legislation and analyze the barriers that are imposed upon the successful implementation of a particular project of distributed generation, - present the example of a project of distributed generation and justify the solution from the standpoint of technical, economic and ecological parameters of production.

Lectures

1. Introduction. Definitions and terminology. Present state and development trends

2. Technologies – hydro power plants, biomass, wind turbines, photovoltaic generation.

3. Technologies - cogeneration, reciprocating engines, steam and gas turbines, fuel cells.

4. Connection of distributed generation into the network. Control of power production and voltage. Island operation.

5. Energy flow measurements. Tariffs.

6. DG in EU countries. Supply share of electricity and heat. Barriers and supporting mechanisms.

7. 1st Colloquium

8. Status of the DG in Croatia. Legal aspects. Technologies. Economic issues. Social perception.

9. Potential and development perspectives of the DG in Croatia

10. Subventions. Credits. Purchase obligation.

11. Barriers to DG in Croatia: institutional, market, technological, financial, technical

12. DG in various scenarios of Croatian power system development

13. Optimal configuration of the DG. Static and dynamic operational characteristics

14. DG perspectives in Croatia. Multicriterial analyses of sustainability.

15. 2nd Colloquium

Exercises

1. Terminology review, internet browsing

2. Renewable energy sources - comparison of technical, economical and environmental issues.

3. Cogeneration systems - comparison of technical, economical and environmental issues.

4. Technical implications of connection of various number of distributed sources into distribution network. Protection issues.

5. Connection costs and charges.

6. Cost of electricity produced in centralised and decentralised plants. Review of available data analyses in EU countries.

7. 1st Colloquium

8. Discussion on current state of DG in Croatia.

9. DG project proposal: industrial application

10. Project elaboration

11. DG project proposal: shopping centre application

12. Project elaboration

13. DG project proposal: residential application

14. Project elaboration

15. 2nd Colloquium

Compulsory literature:

Decentralised Power Generation in the Liberalised EU Energy Markets, Jörß, W., Joergensen, B.H., Löffler, P., Morthorst, P.E., Uyterlinde, 259 pp, ISBN 3540401334, Springer 2003.

Lončar, D., Duić, N., Bogdan, Ž. An analysis of the legal and market framework for the cogeneration sector in Croatia. // Energy The International Journal. 34 (2009), 2; 134-143.

Schneider, D.R., Duić, N., Bogdan, Ž., Mapping the potential for Decentralized Energy Generation based on Renewable Energy Sources in the Republic of Croatia, Energy 32, (9) 1731-1744, (2007).

Recommended literature:

Schneider, D.R. et al, Mapping the potential for Decentralised Energy Generation based on RES in Western Balkans. // Thermal Science. 11 (3), 7-26, (2007).

Modelling the geographic distribution of scattered electricity sources, Ostergaard, P.A., CD Proc. of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conference, Dubrovnik 2002.

Network integration of distributed power generation, Dondi, P., et all, Journal of Power Sources, 106, 1-9 (2002).