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History of Power Industry

Ural Federal University via XuetangX

Overview

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The course is aimed at developing competencies related in the field of historical development of the energy sector of the economy, the ability to analyze its impact on related industries and studying the relationship between the history of energy and engineering disciplines, such as Design of power supply systems, Optimization problems in the electric power industry, Optimization of modes operation of power systems, Diagnostics of electrical equipment, Electric energy generation technologies.

本课程旨在培养学员对能源经济历史发展的理解,分析其对相关行业的影响,并探索能源史与工程学科如供电系统设计、电力行业优化问题、电力系统运行模式优化、电气设备诊断、发电技术的关联。

The purpose of studying the course is to from a comprehensive understanding of the key achievements in the development of energy in the period from the 18th century to the present day and their impact on society and industry.

课程重点涵盖18世纪至今能源发展的关键成就及其对社会与工业的影响。

The course History of the power industry studies the historical process of the emergence of the modern energy system, identifies the key technological and economic stages of this process, and examines the impact of the development of the energy industry on related industries. The course develops an understanding of the types of energy industry and electric power transmission systems, the development of dispatch and control systems, and the features of the economics of the electric power industry in national and global contexts. Particular attention is paid to the problems of the impact of the electric power industry on the environment.

《电力工业史》这门课程研究了现代能源体系产生的历史过程,探索了发展过程中的关键技术和经济阶段,并考察了能源工业的发展对相关产业的影响。本课程使学生了解能源工业和电力传输系统的类型,调度和控制系统的发展,以及在国家和全球背景下电力工业经济的特点。特别是电力工业对环境的影响问题。

Based on the results of mastering the course, the student will be able to:

  • analyze the processes of formation and formation of modern energy;

  • lassify historically established areas of the power industry, evaluate the contribution of the most important figures and organizations to the development of these areas;

  • evaluate the main historical processes of formation of power systems in different countries.

评估不同国家电力系统构建的主要历史进程

  • 完成本课程后,学员将能够:

  • 分析现代能源体系的形成过程

  • 分类电力行业历史发展方向,评估关键人物与组织的贡献

Syllabus

1. Historical Formation of Industrial Power Industry

  • 1.1 Discovery of Industrial Application of Electricity
  • 1.2 Development of the Industrial Use of Electricity (2nd half of the XIX - early XX centuries)
  • 1.3 Industrial Power Generation: Coal and Hydraulic Engineering
  • 1.4 Industrial Power Generation: Oil and Gas. Part 1
  • 1.5 Industrial Power Generation: Oil and Gas. Part 2
  • 1.6 Industrial Power Generation: The Emergence of Nuclear Power Generation
  • 1.7 Industrial Power Generation: Global Development of Nuclear Generation
  • 1.8 Industrial Generation Based on Solar and Wind Power
  • 1.9 Chemical Energy Sources: Hydrogen Energy. Biofuel Energy

2. Power Industry and Power Transmission Systems

  • 2.1 Power engineering: Europe, USA, USSR
  • 2.2 Power Engineering: Countries of Asia and Latin America
  • 2.3 Industry of Electrical Materials
  • 2.4 Power Transmission and Distribution Industry
  • 2.5 Electric Transport

3. Global Economics and Energy Geography

  • 3.1 Historical Formation of the Structure of the Power Industry of the USSR and Russia: Generation, Industry, Science
  • 3.2 Energy economics: resources, players and routes
  • 3.3 Social and Environmental Effects of the Power Industry

Final test

Taught by

Konstantin Bugrov and Alexandra Khalyasmaa

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