Thesis supervisor: Noémi Piricz
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Óbudai Egyetem - Bánki Donát Gépész és Biztonságtechnikai Mérnöki Kar - 1081 Budapest, Népszínház u. 8. Abbreviation of location of studies: ÓEBGK
Description of the research topic:
Dangers of cybercrime have increasing publicity meanwhile businesses consider the stable, reliable electric power supply to be self-evident. The modern electric power supply chains – more concretely the smart grids – show the near future. The technical and engineering parts of them seem to exist and there are more theories for their economic and financial operation, however, the integration of all these into one system may hide more unsolved problems. There is a lack of discussion of the consequences and management of the increased roles of end-users, various involved actors and the behaviour of them. In our view smart grids are not purely a technology, but a complex set of inter-twined technologies, which requires drastic changes in both user behaviour and society. We see that recent publications dominantly use the scheme of entirely rational end-user behaviour which may hide security problems and cause unexpected difficulties in practice as well.
Aims and research directions:
While we see that a smart grid is more than a supply chain using advanced technological solutions, but a complicated business network as well that’s why end-users and other involved actors will have increased roles and larger impact. Smart homes and EVs (electric vehicles) could be two of the key elements which may attract end-users to wish to cooperate in smart grids. With regard of management of grid-to-vehicle (G2V) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) supply we see think that in order to achieve reliable operation it should be investigated whether – not just individual energy-users but also – the business users should give up their freedom for full charging at any time. Some relevant pilot projects and narrower range of tests concerning demand side management strategies and the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) practices have been completed, but certain difficulties seem to remain. Globally several major smart grid standardization roadmaps have been established in the USA, the European countries, China, Japan, and South-Korea. And these are those regions which nowadays do their best and most to achieve smart grids. Finally, we suggest some points for consideration and future surveys: What are the price-considerations of buyers and required or acceptable pricing-methods? What does happen if the pricing system and smart meters cannot operate properly and fulfil balancing? What will be the main performance parameters and minimum requirements? How and under what conditions will the public provider guarantee stable electricity supply? What will be the responsibility of each actor in the smart grid?
Required language skills: english Recommended language skills (in Hungarian): intermediate Number of students who can be accepted: 2
Deadline for application: 2020-06-30
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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