Electrical Power Engineering

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Description
The scope of research conducted by the Electrical Power Engineering Team includes theoretical analyses and experimental studies in the following groups of issues: Power engineering problems in the field of transmission and distribution of electrical energy in AC and DC systems of medium, high and ultra-high voltages. Modeling and analysis of power networks and systems. Problems of operation of power systems, including exposure and disturbance states. Problems of technology and operation of power cables. Work on the development of renewable and distributed energy, including the integration of distributed energy sources with the power system. High voltage engineering. Optimization of the design of high-voltage insulation systems. Diagnostics of high-voltage power equipment, including testing of power transformers, electrical machines, cables and insulators. Advanced measurement methods and techniques in high-voltage research, including: partial discharges, space charges, relaxation and impulse phenomena in dielectrics. Physical studies of the mechanisms of degradation processes of high-voltage electrical insulating materials. Research on electrical discharge phenomena, their inception and development. High-voltage test techniques, measurements, research and tests in the high-voltage laboratory. Analysis of overvoltages in power systems, in particular their causes, propagation and methods of limitation. Measurements and analyses of electromagnetic interactions in power engineering. Protection automation in power engineering. Techno-economic problems in power engineering. Ecological problems of the impact of power devices on the environment.
Laboratories:
High Voltage Laboratory
Electrical Networks and Devices Laboratory
Surge and Overvoltage Protection Laboratory
Electrical Protection Automation Laboratory
Laboratory of New Technolgies in Electrical Power Engineering

Contact


30-059 Kraków, al. Mickiewicza 30, budynek B1, pokój 6
12 617 37 61

Leading unit

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering - Department of Electrical and Power Engineering

Team leader

Florkowski Marek

Team members

  • Furgał Jakub Tadeusz
  • Nowak Wiesław
  • Zydroń Paweł
  • Benesz Mariusz
  • Bonk Michał
  • Gajdzica Jakub
  • Kuniewski Maciej
  • Mikrut Paweł
  • Moskwa Szczepan
  • Pająk Piotr
  • Roehrich Józef
  • Tarko Rafał

IDUB research areas

  • Sustainable energy technologies, renewable sources of energy, energy storage, and resource management. Design, production, application, synergy, and process integration
  • Technical solutions: from fundamental research, through modelling and design, to prototypes. The application of mathematical, information technology, and electronics tools to macro-, micro-, and nanoscale problems
  • Design, production, and testing of modern materials and the technologies of the future based on a multidisciplinary approach combining materials engineering with chemistry, physics, mathematics, and medicine

Keywords

electrical power engineeringrenewable and distributed energyAC and DC networks and systemshigh voltage engineeringhigh voltage insulation systemselectrical dischargeshigh voltage diagnosticsoverhead linespower cablepower substationssurges and overvoltage protectionprotection automation in electrical power engineeringelectromagnetic fields