MSc Electrical Power And Control Engineering

You will need:

a minimum 2:2 honours degree in a relevant engineering subject

or a professional qualification with considerable relevant work experience

Additional information:

IELTS English language requirement: 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each component)

RPL is accepted on this programme

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LJMU has an excellent record with 96% (HESA 2018) of our postgraduates in work or further study six months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.Electrical power and control engineering is a specialised field which offers many professional opportunities worldwide. A career in this area will enable you to travel widely, working in an exciting and dynamic industry.This course will develop both the technical and managerial skills you need to succeed in your chosen career. Typical positions include System Designers, Analysts, and Senior Engineers in the fields of electrical engineering, process control and related industries. Leadership and management roles are often secured on graduation.

Research Skills

10 credits

This module prepares you to undertake your own research project and deliver the required skillset for the successful completion of your investigations. It provides the skills required to formulate a project plan, design experiments, mitigate against uncertainties and deliver a comprehensive description of results.

Modelling and Control of Electric Machines and Drives

20 credits

This module introduces the advanced concepts of electrical machine modelling and high performance dynamic control of variable speed AC drives. It aims to:

• • develop an understanding of principles and acquire working knowledge of mathematical modelling of electrical machines

• • introduce the principles of control of variable speed electric drives using power electronic converters

• • introduce the concept of vector control as applied to induction machines

Control Systems

20 credits

This module extends your experience of classical control techniques to modern state space control techniques for linear systems. The emphasis is on the understanding of design techniques for control system design for both single-input single-output and multi-input multi-output dynamic systems. You will learn to apply the techniques both theoretically and practically to industrial systems by simulation. The module aims to let you learn state space control method for dynamic system modelling, control and analysis.

Dynamic Systems Simulation

20 credits

This MSc module will teach you how to use Matlab/Simulink to simulate a dynamic system.

Digital Control

20 credits

This module expands your experience of discrete single-input, single-output control systems. The emphasis is on the understanding of design and identification techniques and to be able to apply the techniques both theoretically and practically. It aims to extend concepts of digital control theory into system identification, controller design and self-tuning control techniques for single-input, single-output systems.

Power Systems Modelling and Analysis

10 credits

This module introduces the principles of power system modelling, analysis and control. It aims to:

• • develop an understanding of the power system component modelling for steady-state analysis and the types of problems encountered in power system analysis

• • consider the principles of voltage and reactive power control in power systems

Professional and Leadership Skills

10 credits

This module provides a valuable opportunity for engineering graduates to acquire the necessary skills and training to work at postgraduate level, and to develop the important emotional competency skills needed to excel in their professional activities. The module aims to develop:

• • awareness of the legal and ethical framework surrounding the activities of a professional engineer, including: personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) issues

• • awareness of the Emotional Competence Framework for a professional engineer

• • a specific set of personal and social competency skills appropriate for a professional engineer, including adaptability, creativity and innovation, creativity diversification, leveraging diversity, political awareness, communication, conflict management, leadership, collaboration and cooperation, team capabilities

Modelling and Simulation

10 credits

This module is designed to introduce coding for scientific computation and system simulation. The module will enable you to use a traditional high-level programming language to create virtual Instruments (VI’s) and interface them with compatible hardware for data acquisition (DAQ) and control applications.

MSc Dissertation

60 credits

The main aims of the project module are to demonstrate your ability to drive your own deep/thorough investigation, undertake high quality academic research and demonstrate critical evaluation of your results. This is a very important module representing 600 hours of self-driven scholarly activity. When considering a project, it would be appropriate to choose a subject area strongly associated with one of the taught modules. For most students, this means using the project to develop a particular subject specialism which is aligned to future career objectives.