Distribution Automation, 5 cr

Tampere University

Teaching periods

Course code

DEE-24116

Language of instruction

English

Academic year

2020–2021

Level of study

Intermediate studies

Grading scale

General scale, 0-5

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Sami Repo

Responsible teacher:

Peyman Jafary

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %

Principles of distribution network operation. Structure and functions of distribution automation system.
Principles of relay protection. The idea of using intelligent electronic device (IED) as protection relay and key element in distribution automation system.
Network monitoring: AMR/AMI, substation monitoring, sensors, RTU
Fault management: Field automation for medium voltage fault location, isolation and supply restoration, Switching components, Protection solutions
Outages. Analyzing the benefits of distribution automation. Relibility theory.
Operations planning and optimization. Switching, voltage control and overloading management.

History and future of network operation and technology development. Communication system. IT-architecture and system integration.
History of protection relay technology.
State estimation and pseudo measurements (load profiles)
Integration of DER into DA, IoT and Big data

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Completion option 1

Completion of all options is required.