Course syllabus
Course-PM
ENM125 Sustainable electric power systems lp2 HT26 (7.5 hp)
Course is offered by the department of Electrical Engineering
Contact details
Examiner, Course responsible, Main Lecturer: Jimmy Ehnberg, jimmy.ehnberg@chalmers.se, 031-772 16 56
Tutors: Lluc Figueras lluc@chalmers.se (Numerical exercises, Design exercise and Laboratory Exercise)
Mahan Ebrahimi mahan.ebrahimi@chalmers.se (Design exercise and Laboratory Exercise)
Course purpose
The overall aim of this course is to provide an understanding of an electric power system with main function to deliver electricity between generation, consumption and storage.
Schedule
Course literature
Power System - Analysis & Design (6th edition, SI version), J. Duncan Glover, Thomas J. Overbye and Mulukutla S. Sarma, Cengage Learning, ISBN-13:987-1-305-63618-7.
Introduction to Electric Circuits (1995), Ray Powel, Elservier Ltd, ISBN-13: 978-0-340-63198-0. (Available in full text as e-book at the library webpage)
Extra material incl. numerical exercises, safety instructions, instructions for the laboratory work or the hand in and design exercise will be made available at course home page.
Additional literature:
Power System Analysis Third Edition, (2010), by Hadi Saadat published by PSA Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9845438-0-9. (Available in full text as e-book at the library webpage)
Chapter 2 in Reliability Evaluation of Power Systems (1996), by Billinton and Allan published by Plenum Publishing, ISBN-0-30645-259-6. (Available in full text as e-book at the library webpage)
Course design
For details, see course PM or contact examiner
The course is given in English and all course material including the examination is in English.
The course home page will be the primary media for communication during the course outside classes, and it also provides contact information for the involved personnel. If you would like to talk to us, please drop an e-mail or visit our offices. Please write the course code (ENM125) in the subject because then it will be easier for us to answer you with the correct information.
Changes made since the last occasion
- New tutors, Mahan
- Have an introductory video early in the course for the software used. The students can then go back to this as they start with the design exercises.*
- Improved clarity and proofreading of quiz questions.*
- More guidance for the design exercises.*
* Based on comments from students last year.
Learning objectives and syllabus
Learning objectives:
- Describe the function of an electric power systems, both DC and 3 phase AC systems.
- Describe the function of the main components in an electric power system, including electric machines and power electronics.
- Formulate and conduct basic electric circuits analysis for DC, AC and 3 phase systems.
- Formulate and solve power flow analysis problem with use of simulator tools.
- Perform basic reliability and short circuit studies of electric power systems.
- Explain the function of grid operation.
- Argue about sustainability on electric power systems.
- Describe and give examples of central concepts in smart grids.
https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/your-studies/find-course-and-programme-syllabi/course-syllabus/ENM125/?acYear=2026/2027
Examination form
Examination is based on passed laboratory work and design work incl. report, written exam and sustainable essay. The written exam consists of three parts (Quizzes) which all shall be passed individually. Each part of the exam gives maximum 10 points (30 in total) and at least 5 points are need for each part to pass the exam. To pass the Design exercise gives maximum 12 points and at least 6 points is needed to pass the exercise. The sustainable essay gives maximum 18 points and at least 12 points needed to pass on the report part. For grade 4 requires more than or equal to 48 and for grade 5 more than and equal to 54 points as long as all other requirements are fulfilled.
Points from each quiz will only be valid for one year, until the course again starts in study year 2027/2028 then you will have to retake all the quizzes.
Course summary:
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