OPTIMAL OPERATION AND SIZING OF ENERGY SYSTEMS

The course Optimal Operation and Sizing of Energy Systems will allow participants to:

• Acquire a broad and extensive knowledge of optimization techniques, required in modern energy optimization problems.
• Select the most appropriate optimization model and optimizer when confronted to a given optimization problem, identify the best values of the optimizer parameters for a given use-case.
• Translate a problem from its text version to a mathematical formulation.
• Identify the possible barriers when confronted to real-life problems, and propose relevant simplifications.
• Model, validate and optimize energy systems.
• Use and/or develop energy systems simulation tools to characterize, analyse and optimise the system performances.

The content of the course Optimal Operation and Sizing of Energy Systems consists of two units:

1. Exact Optimization for Energy Systems
2. Meta-heuristics for Energy Systems

Exact Optimization for Energy Systems: course and lab sessions on dedicated software/using in-house code

Meta-heuristics for Energy Systems: course and mini-project on dedicated software/using in-house code

Timetable:

Live sessions:

• Thursday, 08 February: from 08h15 to 10h15
• Wednesday, 14 February: from 13h30 to 15h30
• Thursday, 15 February: from 08h15 to 10h15
• Tuesday, 20 February: from 15h45 to 17h45
• Wednesday, 21 February: from 13h30 to 15h30
• Thursday, 22 February: from 08h15 to 10h15
• Tuesday, 27 February: from 13h30 to 17h30
• Wednesday, 28 February: from 13h30 to 15h30
• Thursday, 29 February: from 08h15 to 10h15
• Tuesday, 05 March: from 13h30 to 17h30
• Wednesday, 06 March: from 13h30 to 15h30
• Thursday, 07 March: from 08h15 to 10h15
• Tuesday, 12 March: from 13h30 to 17h30
• Thursday, 14 March: from 08h15 to 10h15
• Thursday, 28 March: from 08h15 to 10h15
• Thursday, 18 April: from 08h15 to 10h15
• Thursday, 25 April: from 08h30 to 11h30
• Thursday, 02 May: from 08h30 to 11h30
• Thursday, 16 May: from 08h30 to 11h30

• EUNICE student: enrolled as a student (Masters or PhD) in one of the universities of EUNICE European University alliance.
• B1 level of English.

Prior skills required:

• Mathematics for Engineers (linear algebra, mathematical analysis in n-dimensions)
• Thermodynamics (for the mini-project only)

Study Level: Master, PhD

• Submit your application via the button ‘Apply Now’.
• Please keep in mind that the number of participants could be limited for each course. Application does not guarantee enrolment in the course.
• The course participants will be selected based on criteria specified in the study guide.
• Your home university will inform you whether you have been accepted and provide further information about the next steps.

Specific instructions in some universities:

• BTU students: for questions about enrolment and recognition at your university, you can visit this website or contact Bernd.Groll@b-tu.de
• UC students: except for the Language courses, in order to ask for ECTS recognition at your university, you must also apply at the internal UC Virtual Mobility call available from 10 July 2023.
• UVAASA students: click here to know more about this course’s ECTS recognition at your university.
• UPHF students: make sure to ask the approval of your director of studies (responsable pédagogique) before applying. For any question, you can contact the EUNICE office: eunice@uphf.fr
• KU students: all students apply via UniversityAdmissions. Find more information here: apply to master’s (universityadmissions.se) and here: bachelor’s requirements (universityadmissions.se)
• UoP students: for questions about enrolment and recognition please consult  the responsible person  at your university (Director of Studies or ECTS coordinator) or contact a.vogopoulou@go.uop.gr

Any question? Contact your EUNICE courses coordinator.