TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN SMART INDUSTRIES

International Teaching TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN SMART INDUSTRIES

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
EQF7
SMART INDUSTRY ENGINEERING
2025/2026

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2021
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
660LESSONS
Objectives
COURSE OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE METHODOLOGICAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES IN THE AREA OF POWER SYSTEMS WITH HIGH LEVELS OF AUTOMATION. TO THE PURPOSE KNOWLEDGE IS PROVIDED ON CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES USED IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND MAJOR METHODOLOGIES OF OPTIMAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT. OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE MOREOVER IS TO PROVIDE ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND ALGORITHMS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIMED ALSO AT SAVING AND EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT IS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ENERGETIC NEEDS IN THE INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT AND TO INDIVIDUATE SOLUTIONS FOR THE CHOICE OF LOAD AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT POLICIES.

APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT IS ABLE TO IMPLEMENT ENERGY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR MONITORING AND CONTROL OF POWER SYSTEMS IN INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS. THE STUDENT IS ABLE, IN ADDITION, TO IMPLEMENT ALGORITMS FOR MANAGING MACHINERY AND PRODUCTION PLANTS, ALSO AIMING AT SAVINGS AND EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF INTERVENTION TO ASSESS THE ENERGY NEEDS OF COMPANIES. KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN TERMS OF SUPPLY MIX AND SYNTHESIS OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AIMED AT ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
BEING ABLE TO WORK IN A TEAM. KNOW HOW TO PRESENT, ARGUING THEM, THE CHOICES RELATED TO THE DEFINITION OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT POLICIES FOR COMPANIES, ALSO FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF VIRTUAL POWER PLANT.
KNOW HOW TO MANAGE PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE AUTOMATION OF INDUZTRIAL PROCESSES, ALSO FIANLIZED TO THE EFFICIENT USE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY, INTERACTING WITH COMPANIES IN THE ELECTRICAL SECTOR.

LEARNING SKILLS
BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED TO CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE AND DEEPEN THE TOPICS COVERED USING MATERIALS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PROPOSED.
Prerequisites
NO SPECIFIC PREREQUISITES ARE REQUIRED BEYOND THE BASIC COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN THE FIRST LEVEL AND IN THE COMPULSORY COURSE PROVIDED FOR BY THE STUDY PLAN
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS:
ENERGY SCENARIOS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, THE DEMAND FOR ENERGY IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD
ARCHITECTURE OF AN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM, THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC SYSTEM, ENERGY DEMAND AND PRODUCTION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS: DISTRIBUTED GENERATION, ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE COMPONENTS OF AN ELECTRIC SYSTEM.
ENERGY MANAGEMENT: RELATIVE VALUES METHOD, POWER FLOW ALGORITHMS.
OPTIMAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS:
METHODS FOR SOLVING LINEAR AND NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS. OPTIMAL POWER DISPATCH: SINGLE-BUS MODEL WITH AND WITHOUT LOSSES, EFFECTS OF LOAD VARIATION, COOPERATION MODELS BETWEEN ELECTRIC SYSTEMS. THE UNIT COMMITMENT PROBLEM: ANALYTICAL FORMULATION, UNIT COMMITMENT IN MULTI-AREA SYSTEMS AND MICROGRIDS. OPTIMAL POWER FLOW: SYSTEM REPRESENTATION AND PROBLEM FORMULATION IN AC AND DC. IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPUTER-BASED EXERCISES.
LOAD MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES: LOAD SHIFTING, LOAD SHEDDING, PEAK SHAVING.
TECHNICAL VISITS
Teaching Methods
LECTURES WILL BE DELIVERED IN THE CLASSROOM, COMPLEMENTED BY LABORATORY ACTIVITIES AND TECHNICAL VISITS TO COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION, AS WELL AS TO COMPANIES IMPLEMENTING ADVANCED ENERGY MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS, SELF-GENERATION, AND SELF-CONSUMPTION SOLUTIONS.
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP A PROJECT REPORT FOCUSED ON ONE OF THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE PROGRAM.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF ONLY ORAL INTERVIEW DURING WHICH THE PROJECT IS ALSO DISCUSSED. THE PROJECT DISCUSSION WEIGHS FOR ABOUT 30% OF THE FINAL VOTE.
Texts
P. KUNDUR, “POWER SYSTEM STABILITY AND CONTROL,” MCGRAW- HILL, NEW YORK
J. A. MOMOH, ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM APPLICATIONS OF OPTIMIZATION, CRC PRESS
DANIEL KIRSCHEN, GORAN STRBAC - FUNDAMENTALS OF POWER SYSTEM ECONOMICS - JOHN WILEY & SONS

COURSE MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE MICROSOFT TEAMS PLATFORM.
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SUBJECT DELIVERED IN ENGLISH.
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