2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Advanced Electric Power Engineering
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Kenichi Kawabe / / Masaki Nagata / Tooru Inoue
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- EEE.P421
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on the-state-of-the-art hardware and software technologies in an electric power system. Topics include technologies for power generation (thermal, nuclear, and renewable energy sources), power apparatus, power system operation and control, DC transmission, and power market.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand what kind of hardware/software technologies are used in an electric power system.
2) Understand the-state-of-the-art technologies in electric power generation, power apparatus (including high-voltage engineering), power delivery and power system operation and control as well as their current challenges.
3) Understand recent trends on new technologies and systems such as integration of renewable energy sources and establishment of power markets
Student learning outcomes
実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)
Omnibus lectures are given by researchers and engineers engaged in electric power engineering at electric utilities companies or manufactures.
Keywords
electric utility, thermal power generation, nuclear power generation, power delivery, power system operation, renewable energy, power apparatus, power electronics, power markets
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
1) Omnibus lectures are given by researchers and engineers engaged in electric power engineering at electric utilities companies or manufactures.
2) Lectures are based on the materials distributed through Science Tokyo LMS.
3) Students will have discussions in some subjects.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Current trends and issues on electric power industry | Discuss on the issues of the electric power industry in Japan considering current reforms |
| Class 2 | Technologies in transmission and distribution of electric power | Discuss on the technical issues in transmission and distribution systems mainly caused by renewable energy sources |
| Class 3 | Technologies in thermal and nuclear power generation | Discuss on safety measures in the nuclear power generation and thermal power plant operation considering decarbonization |
| Class 4 | Liberalization of electric power marketa and operation of power systems | Discuss on the present and future state of the electric power market and power system operation |
| Class 5 | Technologies in equipment for transmission and transformation of electricity | Discuss on technologies in transmission and transformation equipment operated at high voltage and high power |
| Class 6 | Technologies in power electronics | Discuss on power electronics technology for inverters of renewable energy sources and DC transmission systems |
| Class 7 | Analytical techniques for planning and operation of power systems | Discuss on analytical techniques that will be important in the future power systems |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Textbook is not required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
All the materials used in a class can be found on Science Tokyo LMS.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students will be assessed based on the reports submitted on each subject as well as their participation in a discussion at a class.
Related courses
- EEE.P321 ： Electric Power Engineering I
- EEE.P322 ： Electric Power Engineering II
- EEE.P301 ： Electric Machinery
- EEE.P311 ： Power Electronics
- EEE.P331 ： High Voltage Engineering
Prerequisites
Students must have successfully completed the courses related to electric power engineering in undergraduate or have equivalent knowledges.
Other
If the number of applicants exceeds about 100, we may select the students with random sampling.