Hydroelectric Power - Technology and Systems
Course, Master's level, 1TE029
Autumn 2023 Autumn 2023, Uppsala, 33%, On-campus, English Only available as part of a programme
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 33%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 28 August 2023–14 January 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
120 credits in science/engineering, including Electric Power Systems. Participation in a basic course in mechanics, or the course can be taken in parallel. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6. Mechanics (1TE304) can be taken in parallel.
- Application deadline
- 17 April 2023
- Application code
- UU-14443
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 27 July 2023–28 August 2023
- Information on registration from the department
Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 33%, On-campus, English Only available as part of a programme
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 33%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 2 September 2024–19 January 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
120 credits in science/engineering, including Electric Power Systems. Participation in a basic course in mechanics, or the course can be taken in parallel. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6. Mechanics (1TE304) can be taken in parallel.
- Application deadline
- 15 April 2024
- Application code
- UU-14443
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 26 July 2024–2 September 2024
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
Hydropower history and the design of a hydropower station. Dams, spillways and waterways. Meteorology and hydrology. Applied fluid dynamics. Hydraulic losses, torque on a runner blade. Turbine and draft tube. Electrical generators, the generator on the grid. Transmission of electrical power. Hydraulic transients. Regulation and dynamics. Environment and laws. Marine current power. Pumped storage hydropower. Production planning. A large scale project (eg newbuilding / renovation of a larger power station). Laborations on surges, water hammer, generators, and hydraulic losses. A group project where a hydropower station will be modelled.
Syllabus
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2022, version 2
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2022, version 1
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2021
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2019
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2017
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2013
- Syllabus valid from Spring 2013
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2012
- Syllabus valid from Autumn 2010