Studienplan

Advanced Power Electronics

Advanced Power Electronics

• Semester: 2
• Typ: Pflicht, Vorlesung
• ECTS: 3
• Prüfungsart: Schriftliche Prüfung

Materials and components for power electronic components and modern
power electronics technologies
Magnet material and characterization
Control approaches for power electronics
Special power electronics applications
· Power electronics for energy applications
o High current energy conversion
o High voltage energy conversion
· Hybrid switching
· E-cars
· Battery systems
· PV systems
Filtering and filters (active/passive)
Simple EMC and EMI design principles
Designing of power electronics circuits and lay out approaches

Advanced Power Electronics

• Semester: 2
• Typ: Pflicht, Laborübung
• ECTS: 2
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Materials and components for power electronic components and modern
power electronics technologies
Magnet material and characterization
Control approaches for power electronics
Special power electronics applications
· Power electronics for energy applications
o High current energy conversion
o High voltage energy conversion
· Hybrid switching
· E-cars
· Battery systems
· PV systems
Filtering and filters (active/passive)
Simple EMC and EMI design principles
Designing of power electronics circuits and lay out approaches

Please note: Students enrolled in this course must also enroll in 21_PETLE

Advanced High Voltage Engineering

Advanced High Voltage Engineering

• Semester: 3
• Typ: Pflicht, Vorlesung
• ECTS: 4
• Prüfungsart: Schriftliche Prüfung

Breakdown in solid and liquid dielectrics, advanced physics
Breakdown in liquids, advanced physics
Overvoltages, testing procedures and insulation coordination
Advanced non-destructive insulation test techniques
Testing and diagnosis at HV power equipment and condition evaluation

Advanced High Voltage Engineering

• Semester: 3
• Typ: Pflicht, Laborübung
• ECTS: 5
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Breakdown in solid and liquid dielectrics, advanced physics
Breakdown in liquids, advanced physics
Overvoltages, testing procedures and insulation coordination
Advanced non-destructive insulation test techniques
Testing and diagnosis at HV power equipment and condition evaluation

Please note: Students enrolled in this course must also enroll in 21_HEI3LE

Electromagnetic Field Theory in Multiphysics Systems

Electromagnetic Field Theory in Multiphysics Systems

• Semester: 2
• Typ: Pflicht, Vorlesung
• ECTS: 4
• Prüfungsart: Schriftliche Prüfung

Full Maxwell Equations (MES)
· Types of MES / problems of electromagnetic fields
· Application MES for the development of models
· Analytic solutions for MES
· Numeric solutions for MES
· Interpretation and reflection of solutions
Combination of MES with simple mechanical, heat flow, and flow formulations
Applied MES for engineering problems

Electromagnetic Field Theory in Multiphysics Systems

• Semester: 2
• Typ: Pflicht, Übung
• ECTS: 3
• Prüfungsart: Schriftliche Prüfung

Full Maxwell Equations (MES)
· Types of MES / problems of electromagnetic fields
· Application MES for the development of models
· Analytic solutions for MES
· Numeric solutions for MES
· Interpretation and reflection of solutions
Combination of MES with simple mechanical, heat flow, and flow formulations
Applied MES for engineering problems

Please note: Students enrolled in this course must also enroll in 21_EFT2LE

Electromagnetic Field Theory in Multiphysics Systems

• Semester: 2
• Typ: Pflicht, Laborübung
• ECTS: 2
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Full Maxwell Equations (MES)
· Types of MES / problems of electromagnetic fields
· Application MES for the development of models
· Analytic solutions for MES
· Numeric solutions for MES
· Interpretation and reflection of solutions
Combination of MES with simple mechanical, heat flow, and flow formulations
Applied MES for engineering problems

Please note: Students enrolled in this course must also enroll in 21_EFT2LE and 21_EFT2PR

Energy Automation and Protection Systems

Energy Automation and Protection Systems

• Semester: 1
• Typ: Pflicht, Vorlesung
• ECTS: 3
• Prüfungsart: Schriftliche Prüfung

Basics of communication network technologies and its practical applications
Basics of network security
Standardized communication protocols for use in power engineering (IEC and IEEE)
Network traffic/protocol analysis
Basics of power system protection technology - components and topology of a protection arrangement
Basic principles in protection technology:
Overcurrent protection
Distance protection
Differential protection
Protection concepts/ Possible realization of redundant protection concepts

Energy Automation and Protection Systems

• Semester: 1
• Typ: Pflicht, Laborübung
• ECTS: 3
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Basics of communication network technologies and its practical applications
Basics of network security
Standardized communication protocols for use in power engineering (IEC and IEEE)
Network traffic/protocol analysis
Basics of power system protection technology - components and topology of a protection arrangement
Basic principles in protection technology:
Overcurrent protection
Distance protection
Differential protection
Protection concepts/ Possible realization of redundant protection concepts

EMC and EMI Aspects

EMC and EMI Aspects

• Semester: 3
• Typ: Pflicht, Vorlesung
• ECTS: 3
• Prüfungsart: Schriftliche Prüfung

Physics of coupling principles (galvanic, induction of electric and magnetic
fields)
EMC and EMI proof design concepts
EMC and EMI shielding
Simulation and calculation of EMC and EMI approaches
Lightning effects and lightning protection concepts
Simulation of lightning protection systems

Please note: Students enrolled in this course must also enroll in 21_ECI3LB

EMC and EMI Aspects

• Semester: 3
• Typ: Pflicht, Laborübung
• ECTS: 3
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Physics of coupling principles (galvanic, induction of electric and magnetic
fields)
EMC and EMI proof design concepts
EMC and EMI shielding
Simulation and calculation of EMC and EMI approaches
Lightning effects and lightning protection concepts
Simulation of lightning protection systems

Please note: Students enrolled in this course must also enroll in 21_ECI3LE

Advanced Control Engineering

Advanced Control Engineering

• Semester: 2
• Typ: Pflicht, Vorlesung
• ECTS: 3
• Prüfungsart: Schriftliche Prüfung

Control approaches for energy systems (P, Q, U, f control, control approaches
in smart grid systems, etc.)
Control approaches for battery, wind, PV and charging and e-car systems
PLC's
Approaches for robust control algorithms for nonlinear systems and systems
with dead times
Cascaded control systems
Intercommunication between control systems
PLC programming and PLC program development

Advanced Control Engineering

• Semester: 2
• Typ: Pflicht, Laborübung
• ECTS: 4
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Control approaches for energy systems (P, Q, U, f control, control approaches
in smart grid systems, etc.)
Control approaches for battery, wind, PV and charging and e-car systems
PLC's
Approaches for robust control algorithms for nonlinear systems and systems
with dead times
Cascaded control systems
Intercommunication between control systems
PLC programming and PLC program development

Please note: Students enrolled in this course must also enroll in CEN2UE and CEN2VO

Advanced Measurement Engineering and Sensor Systems

Learning objectives:
- Software-based analysis of discrete-time signals (MATLAB, Python) and application of theoretical concepts from the field of signal- and data analysis.
- Introduction to fundamental concepts in Machine Learning.

Content:
- Understanding of basic properties of measurement signals (time domain, frequency domain) and
their mathematical description.
- Basic algorithms of digital signal processing: Convolution, Correlation, Fourier- and Wavelet
transformation
- Supervised / Unsupervised Machine Learning Algorithms
- Classification, Regression, Clustering
- Examples in MATLAB and Python

Computer-based Measure,emt Systems and IoT

• Semester: 1
• Typ: Pflicht, Laborübung
• ECTS: 4
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Design and developing of automated measurement systems
EMC EMI with special respect to electrical energy systems
Special measurement problems in electrical energy measurement systems
Embedded measurement systems
Special sensors and advanced sensor technology
Energy harvesting for sensor systems
Sensor system communication
Signal processing of measurements
Developing and writing computer based measurement programs

Please note: Students enrolled in this course must also enroll in 21_MES1LE

Signal Analysis and Machine Learning

• Semester: 1
• Typ: Pflicht, Vorlesung
• ECTS: 4
• Prüfungsart: Schriftliche Prüfung

Learning objectives:
- Software-based analysis of discrete-time signals (MATLAB, Python) and application of theoretical concepts from the field of signal- and data analysis.
- Introduction to fundamental concepts in Machine Learning.

Content:
- Understanding of basic properties of measurement signals (time domain, frequency domain) and
their mathematical description.
- Basic algorithms of digital signal processing: Convolution, Correlation, Fourier- and Wavelet
transformation
- Supervised / Unsupervised Machine Learning Algorithms
- Classification, Regression, Clustering
- Examples in MATLAB and Python

Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Calculus

Advanced Calculus

• Semester: 1
• Typ: Pflicht, Vorlesung
• ECTS: 5
• Prüfungsart: Schriftliche Prüfung

Advanced Calculus:
Vector Analysis: Vector Field, Divergence, Curl, Nabla-Operator, Volume
Integrals, Line Integrals, Surface Integrals, Divergence Theorem, Stokes’
Theorem
Partial Differential Equations: Separation of Variables

Numerical Mathematics

• Semester: 1
• Typ: Pflicht, Übung
• ECTS: 4
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Numerical Mathematics:
Introduction in Numerical Mathematics
Numerical Solution of Nonlinear Equations
Numerical Solution of Linear Systems of Equations (direct and iterative
methods)
Numerical Differentiation
Numerical Integration
Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations

Statistics

Statistics

• Semester: 2
• Typ: Pflicht, Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
• ECTS: 4
• Prüfungsart: Schriftliche Prüfung

Probability (density) function, distribution function, expectation, variance of
a random variable
Binomial distribution, hypergeometric distribution, Poisson process (Poisson
distribution, exponential distribution), Normal distribution, Chi-square
distribution, Student's distribution
Estimation of parameters (moment estimation, Maximum-Likelihood-
Estimation), Confidence intervals
Parametric tests (z-test and t-test for one and two populations, distribution
test, probability test)
Non-parametric tests (chi-squared independence test, Mann-Whitney-Test,
etc.)
Quality control charts
Statistical software: Introduction into a statistical software program and use
of the program in the above mentioned units

Project

Project

• Semester: 3
• Typ: Pflicht, Problemorientiertes Lernen
• ECTS: 12
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Students answer a scientific question taking into account the Electrical Engineering Masters programme’s subjects.

Master‘s Thesis

Master's Exam

• Semester: 4
• Typ: Pflicht, Sonstige
• ECTS: 2
• Prüfungsart: Mündliche Prüfung

Students defend their master’s thesis and answer questionnaires out of two courses linked to their master’s thesis.

Master's Thesis

• Semester: 4
• Typ: Pflicht, Masterarbeit
• ECTS: 24
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Students answer a scientific question taking into account the Electrical Engineering Masters programme’s subjects. This work should be done in a real-world industrial setting, which will require employment for 600 hours (4 month full-time employment).

Master‘s Seminar

Master's Seminar

• Semester: 4
• Typ: Pflicht, Seminar
• ECTS: 2
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Students answer a scientific question taking into account the Electrical Engineering Masters programme’s subjects.

Intercultural Leadership and Management

Intercultural Leadership and Management

• Semester: 4
• Typ: Pflicht, Übung
• ECTS: 2
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Basics of Intercultural Management;
Intercultural decision-making and responsibility for a successful management
in intercultural business situations;
Specific characteristics in international and intercultural project management
Leadership in an international context;
Models, functions and tasks of leadership;
Key competences of executives and connection between leadership and
personality;
The role of the executive;
Enhancements of intercultural key competences

Cross-Cultural Negotiations

Cross-Cultural Negotiations

• Semester: 1
• Typ: Pflicht, Übung
• ECTS: 2
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Theory and key principles of intercultural communication;
Harvard Negotiation concept;
Introduction to negotiation and meeting moderation;
Cultural specificity in international meetings and projects
Practicing negotiation skills and conflict resolution in a intercultural context;
Development of intercultural key competences
Efficient preparation for successful negotiations;
Creation of results which satisfy both parties (win-win situations);
Methods and tools of meeting moderation and discussion facilitation;
Role, attitude, tasks of the moderator/ discussion leader;
Interventions techniques (target-review, interviewing technique, feedback
technique, technique of visual discussions)

Financing

Financing

• Semester: 3
• Typ: Pflicht, Vorlesung
• ECTS: 1
• Prüfungsart: Immanente Beurteilung

Financial assessment of projects
Concept of levelized cost
Business plan and energy pricing
Energy pricing with respect to examples like
• Classical energy utilization
• Domestic systems
• Island systems
• Microgrid systems
Overview on marketing and market development
Contracting
Funding of projects on international degree
Financial assessment of international and national projects

Energy Markets and Energy Law

Energy Markets and Energy Law

• Semester: 3
• Typ: Pflicht, Vorlesung
• ECTS: 2
• Prüfungsart: Schriftliche Prüfung

Market Concepts: History of European Electricity and Gas Markets, EU
Energy Law, Regulation of Markets, EU Internal Market of Electricity, Market
Rules, Guidelines and Network Codes, EU Environmental Law
Products, Commodities and Energy Services: Energy Assets Pricing, OTC
Trading, Energy Exchange Spot Market, Intraday Market, Balance Energy,
Capacity Markets, Renewables Support Schemes, Emissions Trading System,
Green Certificates
Market Risk: Risk Management for Electricity Trading, Hedging Strategies
Systems Security: System Balancing, Reserve Capacities for Frequency
Control, Auxiliary Services for TSOs, Network Capacity Allocation, Congestion
Management