INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL POWER ENGINEERING
Electric Power Stations
The Electric Power Plants specialty is the core of all electrical
engineering. The department’s graduates are found in any branch of engineering dealing
with electricity. Knowledge gained at MPEI allows the graduates to be employed in:
research in the field of the computer modeling of various
processes at electrical power plants (thermoelectric, nuclear, hydraulic power stations);
computer-aided design and calculations of operating modes
of electrical networks and electrical equipment and installations;
maintenance and optimization of power plant equipment by
means of automatic control systems, diagnostics of the equipment with the help of
microprocessors;
mounting and setup of electrical equipment at home and abroad.
The core specialty offers the following specializations:
Electrical Annex of Thermoelectric Power Plants
Electrical Annex of Nuclear Power Plants
Electrical Annex of Hydraulic Power Plants
Computer-Aided Design of the Electrical Annex of Power Stations
and Substations
Mounting and Setup of Electrical Equipment of Power Stations
and Substations
Electrical Power Systems and Networks
The graduates possess an adequate background in physics,
mathematics, and the theoretical basis of electrical engineering including all the
stages of energy production (the generation of electricity by power plants, energy
transformations at substations, large distance energy transmission along air lines
and cable lines, and power consumption).
The students master computer application both theoretically
and practically, make the acquaintance of mathematical and natural modeling methods,
and grow accustomed to the methods for electrical systems design. Emphasis is placed
on methods of organizing and conducting scientific research. Special attention is
paid to electric power system station operation and evolution.
The department provides training for the degree of Dipl. Engineers
Dare in the specializations of:
To master these specializations the students study the principles
of electrical power distribution and the corresponding transmission circuits, and
methods for electric power system optimization, with the emphasis placed on the
theory of control over large energy systems. The graduates have experience with
methods of systematic analysis of growing electric power consolidations. They possess
sufficient skill for extensively using computers while controlling amalgamated electrical
systems.
Electric Power Supply (in industries)
The department offers two specializations:
Students in the "Electric Power Supply in Industry" specialization
study characteristics of the most important industrial processes, electric drive
and electrical engineering of industrial-scale plants, singularities of electrical
networks design and construction, and electric power consumption modes with emphasis
placed on the reliability and electric power quality control.
The aim of the "Electric Power Supply of Cities" specialization
is to provide students with the opportunity to study power consumption features
of dwelling blocks and industrial regions both urban and suburban. Special attention
is given to the ensuring of the life support of electric power supply systems and
to the automatic control of these systems under both normal and emergency conditions.
The students of both specializations receive necessary training
in the application of applied mathematics, algorithmization, and the programming
of specific optimization problems of electrical power supply, application of personal
digital computers in design, operational and research works and also on frames and
modes of power supply systems.
Non-conventional and Renewable Energy Sources
Non-conventional and renewable energy sources – sun, wind,
geothermal, wave, hydraulic and others – present the most urgent need of modernity.
The hope is to supply people with ecologically pure energy, practically in unlimited
amounts.
The department is the first in to train specialists in non-conventional
and renewable energy sources. The graduates specialize in
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Renewable Power Sources
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Non-traditional Power Sources
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Multiple Use of Traditional and Non-traditional Power Sources
(sun, wind, geothermal, wave power plants, both traditional and small hydraulic
stations, and power complexes on the basis of these power plants).
The department graduates are employed in the mounting, setting
up and operation of primary, auxiliary, and special equipment of solar, wind and
hydraulic power plants and units, which are intended for both large power systems
and various stand-alone power consumers.
The students work practically at up-to-date renewable power
plants (Zagorsk hydraulic storage power plant, Volga hydraulic power plants) and
at research and design organizations that are working on complex usage of renewable
power sources.
High-Voltage Physics and Technologies
The graduates find positions in electric power engineering,
electrical industry, machine building, and in fundamental and engineering research.
The fields of their activities are:
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mounting, testing, exploitation, and maintenance of the
equipment of power plants and networks;
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design of novel high voltage networks;
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research in electrical engineering, high voltage equipment
and installations design;
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design of highly efficient industrial processes using phenomena
in strong electrical fields;
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design of experimental high voltage installations;
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design of high voltage equipment for various industrial
purposes.
The department offers the following specializations:
High Voltage Electrical Engineering
High Voltage Power Industry
Electrophysics of High Voltages
High Voltage Electrical Engineering Installations
In the course of this education, special attention is given
to mastering practical skills in using computers and the newest software, provided
by the Department computer center, for designing power plant high voltage equipment
and transmitting lines.
Management of Enterprise (in Electrical Power Engineering)
The need for electrical engineering managers arises due to
serious structural transformations in the branch, which have already resulted in
the formation of the Russian Corporative Association, "United Electrical Circuits,"
and regional joint-stock power companies.
The structural reorganization of the branch, oriented on the
new market relations, has delivered a number of new specific problems requiring
the executives and experts of the power enterprises to introduce new approaches
for elaborating optimum solutions in production management.
When evaluating the place and role of management in the frame
of the electric power industry, it is possible to name the following directions:
management of power systems;
personnel administration (planning of resources, hiring of
personnel, payroll and facilities accounting, career-guidance and adaptation, professional
training, labor activity evaluations, etc);
management of the finances and economics of power systems
and enterprises;
management of power engineering standards and their adaptation
to present market relations;
control over investments in electric power engineering;
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management of power supply.
Due to importance of these directions for modern living, the
Department graduates have no problem in finding positions not only in power engineering,
but also in many related branches.
Relay Control and Automation of Electrical Power Systems
Needs in the automation of interrelated processes of energy
generation, transmission, and consumption result from obvious peculiarities of electric
power processes, such as the fact that energy cannot be stored and system disturbances
propagate very rapidly.
A specialist in the field of electric power processes automation
should have good experience not only in theory and practice of automation control,
but also in electric power generation, distribution and consumption
The specialty offers the following specializations:
The graduates find executive positions (including top managerial
ones) in power systems, scientific, and design organizations in Russia, CIS countries,
and abroad in Asian, African, and South American countries.
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