Flexible AC and High Voltage DC Transmission Systems
- Faculty
Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
- Version
Version 2 of 07.04.2026.
- Module identifier
11M1100
- Module level
Master
- Language of instruction
German
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summer term
- Duration
1 semester
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 30 Lecture Presence - 15 Learning in groups / Coaching of groups Presence or online - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 15 Work in small groups - 45 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 15 Study of literature - 30 Exam preparation -
- Graded examination
- oral exam or
- Homework / Assignment
- Recommended prior knowledge
- Fundamentals of electrical engineering for direct and alternating current (single-phase and multi-phase systems)
- Structure and function of components in electrical power supply networks (in particular generators, transformers, overhead lines, cables and compensation equipment)
- Structure and function of power electronics components for electrical power supply (rectifiers, inverters, converters)
- System operation of AC power grids (in particular transmission of active power, significance of reactive power for voltage maintenance, fundamentals of power/frequency control in interconnected systems and control area responsibility)
- Supersynchronous and subsynchronous voltage quality in AC grids (harmonics, flicker)
- Structure and function of HVDC interconnectors
- Literature
Yong Hua Song;Allan T Johns: Flexible ac transmission systems (FACTS), IEE Power and Energy Series 30, 1999
- Applicability in study programs
- Computer Science
- Computer Science M.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Electrical Engineering (Master)
- Electrical Engineering M.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Person responsible for the module
- Vossiek, Peter
- Teachers
- Vossiek, Peter