Electrical Power Systems

Graduates selecting the elective track “Electrical Power Systems” will be qualified for professions in the following domains:

planning, construction, operation and monitoring of electrical power systems in industry and energy supply companies

with particular emphasis on

• Electrical energy systems and electrical power plants
• Building automation and control
• Renewable energy systems like photovoltaic plants, wind power stations, block-type thermal power stations, etc.
• Optimisation of energy supply and use in relation to costs, customer benefit, raw-material consumption and environmental load
• Modern energy management - ranging from the customer service to a demand-oriented control of energy consumption
• Generation, transmission, distribution and use of electrical energy in the low-voltage, medium-voltage and high-voltage range.

Graduates are therefore employed wherever electrical components, devices, systems and plants are produced, tested, operated or controlled:

• “Users” of electrical engineering, i.e. companies in every manufacturing sector or public utilities. Examples of professional activities:
  
  
  
  • Requirement analysis
  
  
  • Developing requirement specifications
  
  
  • Purchasing
  
  
  • Supervision of construction, commissioning and operation
  
  
  • Technical advising of the company management
  
  
  • Supervision and training of staff
  
  
  • Activities related to safety issues
  
  
  
  


• “Producers” of electrical engineering, i.e. manufacturers of electrical engineering products, especially of electrical energy systems and electrical power plants, protection systems, open- and closed-loop control systems. Examples of professional activities:
  
  
  
  • Research and development
  
  
  • Production
  
  
  • Commissioning
  
  
  • Distribution
  
  
  • Service
  
  
  • Quality management
  
  
  
  


• Energy generation, i.e. energy supply companies and municipal utilities. Examples of professional activities:
  
  
  
  • Planning, operation and maintenance of networks (switchgear and controlgear, conductors and the appropriate information technology, etc.)
  
  
  • Activities related to power industry (e.g. energy buying)
  
  
  • Interdisciplinary activity as a network engineer
  
  
  
  


• Engineering offices and companies working in the field of electrical engineering or also working in interdisciplinary areas, e.g. supply engineering or installation engineering. Examples of professional activities:
  
  
  
  • Consulting
  
  
  • Feasibility study
  
  
  • Efficiency analysis
  
  
  • Planning
  
  
  • Layout
  
  
  • Tendering
  
  
  • Construction supervision, acceptance
  
  
  • Operation analysis
  
  
  • Upgrading and efficiency boosting,...
  
  
  
  


• Energy contracting providers (external service providers are responsible for optimising the energy supply). Examples of professional activities:
  
  
  
  • Technical and economical analysis of existing power supply systems and power generating plants
  
  
  • Working out and implementing innovative concepts for better profitability and higher capacity.