Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester

  
Degree programme:Bachelor Mechatronics Fulltime
Type of degree:FH Bachelor´s Degree Programme
 Full-time
 Winter Semester 2025
  

Course unit titleEnergy System of the Future
Course unit code074703053205
Language of instructionEnglish
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional)Compulsory optional
Semester when the course unit is deliveredWinter Semester 2025
Teaching hours per week1
Year of study2025
Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle)First Cycle (Bachelor)
Number of ECTS credits allocated2
Name of lecturer(s)Alfred ENGLER


Prerequisites and co-requisites

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

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