Electric Energy Systems

Delivery of sustainable, reliable and competitive energy is one of the largest and most important global challenges of our time. Our dependency of fossil fuels and the global climate challenge requires an urgent technological transformation of all parts of the electric energy system. Novel electric plants and components have to be developed, and power systems have to be redesigned and transformed into smart user-interactive grids enable integration of a variety of sources.

Denmark has the possibility to take a leading role in the future development of electric energy systems. Denmark is a leading country for development and manufacturing of energy technology and the importance is growing. The Danish export of energy technology has grown from 17 billion DKK in 1996 to more than 50 billion DKK in 2007. The strong growth rates are not only due to rapid technological development but also due to a national ambition of being a leading global supplier of energy solutions.

Ambitious targets for changing the energy systems are set both nationally and globally. For example it is the target of the Danish government that that renewable energy sources should cover 50% of the electric power consumption in 2025. The targets require a huge effort of a substantially increased number of skilled energy engineers in the future.

The study line

The objective of the study line in electric energy systems is to provide you with a deep insight and knowledge, which qualifies you to analyse, design, develop and operate electric energy systems. The study line is based on fundamental knowledge of electromagnetisms and circuit analysis.

With this study line you will get competences enabling you to contribute to the development of a sustainable, reliable and competitive energy system, including CO2-friendly solutions, e.g. fuel cells, wind power, intelligent system control, electric vehicles, smart end-user technologies and superconductivity.

The core disciplines cover power system engineering, high voltage engineering and power electronics in close interaction with control engineering, automation and informatics. The unique Danish energy system is used as an experimental platform in courses and projects.

The study line has a strong industrial perspective, and the teaching interact with a broad range of companies within the energy field. Your MSc thesis will typically focus on solution of a specific problem in form of an analysis and design task and be done in collaboration of an industrial partner within an ongoing research project.

Electric Energy Systems

Delivery of sustainable, reliable and competitive energy is one of the largest and most important global challenges of our time. Our dependency of fossil fuels and the global climate challenge requires an urgent technological transformation of all parts of the electric energy system. Novel electric plants and components have to be developed, and power systems have to be redesigned and transformed into smart user-interactive grids enable integration of a variety of sources.

Denmark has the possibility to take a leading role in the future development of electric energy systems. Denmark is a leading country for development and manufacturing of energy technology and the importance is growing. The Danish export of energy technology has grown from 17 billion DKK in 1996 to more than 50 billion DKK in 2007. The strong growth rates are not only due to rapid technological development but also due to a national ambition of being a leading global supplier of energy solutions.

Ambitious targets for changing the energy systems are set both nationally and globally. For example it is the target of the Danish government that that renewable energy sources should cover 50% of the electric power consumption in 2025. The targets require a huge effort of a substantially increased number of skilled energy engineers in the future.

The study line

The objective of the study line in electric energy systems is to provide you with a deep insight and knowledge, which qualifies you to analyse, design, develop and operate electric energy systems. The study line is based on fundamental knowledge of electromagnetisms and circuit analysis.

With this study line you will get competences enabling you to contribute to the development of a sustainable, reliable and competitive energy system, including CO2-friendly solutions, e.g. fuel cells, wind power, intelligent system control, electric vehicles, smart end-user technologies and superconductivity.

The core disciplines cover power system engineering, high voltage engineering and power electronics in close interaction with control engineering, automation and informatics. The unique Danish energy system is used as an experimental platform in courses and projects.

The study line has a strong industrial perspective, and the teaching interact with a broad range of companies within the energy field. Your MSc thesis will typically focus on solution of a specific problem in form of an analysis and design task and be done in collaboration of an industrial partner within an ongoing research project.

Polytechnic foundation courses (5 ECTS)

The following course is mandatory

42504	Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation)	5	point	August
or
42501	Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation)	5	point	June
or
42500	Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation)	5	point	January

Students with advanced innovation competences may take one of the following courses as an alternative to 42500/42501/42504:

42503	Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams	5	point	June
or
42505	Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams	5	point	August
or
42502	Facilitating Innovation in Multidisciplinary Teams	5	point	January

Programme specific courses (55 ECTS)

Core competence I - mandatory :

46700

Introduction to Electric Power Systems

10

point

Autumn E4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12)

Core competence II - choose 20 ECTS among the following courses:

46705	Power grid analysis	5	point	Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
46720	High voltage engineering	10	point	Spring F5 (Wed 8-17)
46740	Distributed energy technologies, modelling and control	5	point	Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17)
46745	Integration of wind power in the power system	5	point	Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17)
46755	Renewables in electricity markets	5	point	Spring F2A (Mon 13-17)

Choose 25 ECTS among the rest of the programme specific courses:

34620	Basic power electronics in energy systems	5	point	Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17)
34652	Power Electronics 1	10	point	Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
46550	Offshore wind grid connection and high-voltage DC (HVDC) transmission	5	point	Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12)
46705	Power grid analysis	5	point	Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
46710	Stability and control in electric power systems	10	point	Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
46715	Transients in power systems	5	point	Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17)
46720	High voltage engineering	10	point	Spring F5 (Wed 8-17)
46725	Electrical machines	5	point	Spring F2A (Mon 13-17)
46735	Wind, solar and energy storage electrical drive trains	10	point	Autumn E2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)
46740	Distributed energy technologies, modelling and control	5	point	Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17)
46745	Integration of wind power in the power system	5	point	Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17)
46750	Optimization in modern power systems	5	point	Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12)
46755	Renewables in electricity markets	5	point	Spring F2A (Mon 13-17)
46760	Hands-on microcontroller programming	5	point	June
46765	Machine learning for energy systems	5	point	Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17)

Elective Courses

This group contains in principle all DTU's advanced level courses. In addition to regular courses, special courses are also accepted in this group of courses, provided that the topic and level of the special course is approved by DTU supervisors. Instead you may also choose to follow more programme specific courses or conduct a MSc thesis larger than the standard 30 ECTS points.