LLL - TUS
1-3 Months
Lifelong Learning Modules
The module reviews the concepts of modern high-voltage (HV) Electrical Power Systems and their operation. Including: Planning: electrical power system, including generating sources, storage, security and reliability. Operation and Control: Decentralised control; excitation systems, synchronous machines, substation automation. Centralised control, Reactive Power Plant and FACTS Controllers. Shunt and series compensations, VAR compensation. Power Transformers: Review, construction, oil systems, nameplate, specifications. Single and three-phase transformers. Short circuit and inrush currents, surge protection. Control of Power and Frequency: Automatic Voltage Regulators (AVRs), Control Loops, Division of Load, Power-Frequency Characteristic, Computer Control of Load, Frequency & Stability. Control of Voltage and Reactive Power: Review of Reactive Power, Voltage Control, Injection of Reactive Power, Tap-Changing Transformers. Reactive Power Compensation: Shunt Capacitors, Static VAR Control, Series Compensation, Subsynchronous Resonance. HVDC: Review of HVDC converters. Converter station design. HVDC thyristor valves, harmonic filters, Reactive power considerations. Control of HVDC.
The module develops the Learner’s ability to analyse, design, manage and validate electrical power, and transformer systems using digital design and simulation analytical tools. This analysis includes power flow, system stability and voltage, frequency & reactive power control. On completion of this module the learner will/should be able to; 1. Analyse the control of electrical power and frequency in interconnected systems. 2. Specify the requirements of electrical power transformers in industrial settings. 3. Design electrical power systems using dedicated systems analysis software, such as ERACS & ETAP. 4. Analyse and design applications of reactive power and voltage control methods in a power grid. 5. Classify Power System Operations and Control, and apply the principles to HVDC applications.
Electrical Design, Power Networks, Transformers, Grid Simulation, Frequency Control
This 5 ECTS Module (Irish NFQ Level 9) is a constituent module of the TUS MSc in Electrical Power Systems.
Date:
October 2025
Period:
Expected duration:
1-3 Months
Format:
Hybrid
Level:
Advanced
Language of instruction:
English
Requirements:
Knowledge of electrical power systems. Minimum Bachelor Degree and english language competence (equivalent to IELTS6.5)
Teaching and assessment methods:
This programme will be delivered through hybrid lectures and practical based laboratories. A comprehensive active learning methodology is used to provide the learner with problem based activities, that seeks to familiarise and engage in the learner’s experiences and expectations, whilst developing a sense of critical inquiry.
Registration Price:
To be updated
Registration deadline:
To be updated
Course Leader: Ger O’Farrell, Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, TUS -Contact details: ger.ofarrell@tus.ie