New achievements for Romanian Engineering Training in Modelling Power Systems STEFANIA POPADIUC Bucharest “POLITEHNICA” University, Electric Power Dept., 313 Splaiul Independentei, RO-79590 Bucharest 16, Romania, Phone/Fax: +4021 4029431, e-mail: mymailstef@yahoo.com FRANGISKOS TOPALIS National Technical University of Athens Division of Electric Power Iroon Polytechniou 9 Athens, 157 73 Greece topalis@ieee.org CRISTIANA GEAMBASU Ministry of Public Finance Managing Authority for Community Support Framework Blvd. Μircea Vodă no.44, entrance C, Bucharest, Romania, cristiana_geambasu@yahoo.com Abstract - The evolution of electric power system analysis methods followed the present technical problems and business needs of electric utilities in Romania, before EU integration. Present technical requirements and the current stage of power system analysis tools - are major subjects of the Romanian electric power engineering training. Training in Power Systems Transients and HV Electric Equipment requires a rich collection of computer applications on: transients and harmonic pollution on high- voltage transmission lines; non-linear equipment; non- linear consumers, etc. Such problems can only be taught to power engineers using due computer resources (hardware and software). The paper describes co-operation results between University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest and NTUA in up-dating applications of computer programming for successfully use in electric power engineering training. Ministry of Public Finance of Romania, through the Managing Authority for Community Support Framework, is guiding the training requirements, in order to accomplish the task of integration. Key-Words: - Power systems, training, computer applications, Fourier analysis, computer simulation, modelling I. Introduction The Power Engineering School of Romania was founded in 1950 as the first, and nowadays, the largest one among the 8 similar faculties throughout the country. During its more than 50 years of activity, the Power Engineering Faculty continuously shaped its training system according to Romania needs and their dynamic, while its standard is competitive with the one in the developed countries. As for NTUA of Greece, it already has a strong tradition in carrying research and development activity in the fields on all diverse aspects of telecommunications systems and techniques, computer systems and their applications in variety of implementations such as electric power systems, software and hardware engineering, control systems and biomedical engineering. 2. Present Structure of Power Engineering Faculty Divisions: Electric power systems, High voltage engineering and Electromagnetic interference, Power ngineering optimisation and informatisation, Electric power utilities, Electrical equipment and power system transients. Laboratories: High voltage engineering, Electric power transmission and distribution, Electromagnetic compatibility, Electric power generation, transmission and distribution, Electrical equipment, Power system transients, Computating and optimisation, Electric power utilities, Electric power systems, Numerical methods in power engineering. Research and Development: Inter-university national center for high voltage engineering and electromagnetic Proceedings of the 6th WSEAS International Conference on Simulation, Modelling and Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal, September 22-24, 2006 234