Dynamic Model and Security Assessment of Highly Electrified Industrial Hubs With Power-To-X Assets: Numerical simulation-based analysis

Decarbonizing industrial processes by transitioning to carbon-neutral energy sources poses significant challenges for industrial operations. The integration of technologies such as Power-To-Heat (PtH) with electric boilers and furnaces, Power-To-Gas (PtG) facilities employing electrolyzers, variable speed drives for energy-intensive machinery,...

The electric network approach to the study of Markov Chains

Markov chains are used to describe random processes in discrete time, which have the property of being memoryless. This report covers Markov chains on a finite space that are homogeneous in time and mainly follows the structure of ''Markov Chains and Mixing Times''. Markov chains exhibit a strong connection with electric networks. We exploit...

Powerfactor improvement for a multiple frequencyvoltage source

In cases that the voltage source is made of multiple cos’s and we can compensate the current, it is always possible with the first Cauer form. This is caused by the shape of the found transfer function Z(s). This transfer function is a fraction where the odd powers of s are in the numerator, while in the denominator are only even powers of s. In...

Uncertainty in Long-Term Grid Planning: Approaching Transmission Expansion Planning through the Framework of Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty

Motivations for sustainability are initiating an energy transition that is changing the European energy domain. The transition effectuated the adaptation of large volumes of wind and solar based generation capacity. The intermittent power-output of these Variable Renewable Energy Sources challenges the balancing operation of the electricity...

The evolution of electricity price on the German day-ahead market before and after the energy switch

Germany is a forerunner in developing renewable energies. It is therefore of considerable interest to investigate the impact of switch to renewables on the market during transition era. The aim of this study is in two parts: 1) Investigating the volatility; and 2) Conducting a descriptive study on the evolution of daily profiles and emergence...

A 3D data modeling approach for integrated management of below and above ground utility network features

Precise and comprehensive knowledge about 3D urban space, critical infrastructures, and below ground features is required for simulation and analysis in the fields of urban and environmental planning, city administration and disaster management. In order to facilitate these applications, geo-information about functional, semantic, and...

An advanced prospecting method for assessing the quantity of underground metal cables urban mines

One way to stimulate a more circular economy, is to explore opportunities for urban mining. This thesis explores a new method to assess the quantity of underground electricity cables which could one day become available for urban mining. This research answers the question: ”To what extent can topological networks be used to localize and quantify...

Risk Based Maintenance in Electricity Network Organisations

Presently, maintenance management of assets in infrastructure utilities such as electricity, gas and water are widely undergoing changes towards new working environments. These are mainly driven against the background of stringent regulatory regimes, an ageing asset base, increased customer demands and constrained financial resources. Therefore,...

Upcoming Role of Condition Monitoring in Risk-Based Asset Management for the Power Sector

The electrical power sector is stimulated to evolve under the pressures of the energy transition, the deregulation of electricity markets and the introduction of intelligent grids. In general, engineers believe that technologies such as monitoring, control and diagnostic devices, can realize this evolvement smoothly. Unfortunately, the...

Flexibilty of future energy scenarios

If the Netherlands wishes to achieve an 80% CO2 reduction by the year 2050, technologies such as heat pumps and electric vehicles will be required to replace their fossil fuel burning counterparts. These technologies however have large consequences for electricity networks; not only will the amount of electricity transported over the networks...

Modernization of electricity networks: Exploring the interrelations between institutions and technology