Unit NUMERICAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
- Course
- Engineering management
- Study-unit Code
- A005312
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Elisa Belloni
- Teachers
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- Elisa Belloni
- Ermanno Cardelli (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 40 ore - Elisa Belloni
- 8 ore (Codocenza) - Ermanno Cardelli
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- ING-IND/33
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- Optimization techniques for engineering problems. Electrical networks, systems and components. Photovoltaic systems: modelling and algorithms for optimizing and managing the energy produced by PV systems. The electricity market: management and optimization models. Practical examples of how to approach problems using numerical analysis.
- Reference texts
- Slides and learning materials provided by the lecturer
- Educational objectives
- Knowledge of the constituent elements of an electrical system, including their technical, economic and management characteristics. Knowledge of the operating mechanisms of photovoltaic systems and the ability to define circuit models and optimization algorithms. Understanding of how the electricity market functions, with a particular focus on the national market. Ability to use numerical analysis techniques to solve optimization and management problems in electrical systems from a technical, economic and management perspective.
- Prerequisites
- Data analysis and Modelling. Electrical systems.
Exam: FACILITY PLANNING AND DESIGN - Electrical Systems - Teaching methods
- Traditional lectures, Numerical exercises, Analytical tools and models
- Other information
- Although class attendance is optional, it is still recommended
- Learning verification modality
- Oral examination; possible multiple-choice or open-ended tests; evaluation by final vote
- Extended program
- -Principles of numerical analysis and modelling; optimization problems in engineering
-Recap and deepening on: electrical circuits, definitions, currents, voltages, powers, methods of analysis in the frequency domain, power grids, electric power systems, management of electrical networks and systems, distributed generation and renewables
- Solar energy and modelling: photovoltaic cells, modules, and panels; One-diode model; identification and interpolation; Maximum Power Point Tracking; Ageing and partial shading
- Architectures of electricity market: demand and supply; social well-being and flexibility; from monopoly to liberalization; market equilibrium; centralized market and losses
- Examples of software, tools, and platforms for the application of numerical analysis techniques for photovoltaic, power systems and energy market
- Case studies such as the definition of optimization and management models for renewable energy communities (RECs) from a technical (sizing of PV plants and storage) and energy (maximization of economic welfare and minimization of the social costs) perspectives. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- This teaching contributes to the realization of the ONU goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development