The aim of this paper is present a comparative study examining the learning experiences of undergraduate students in the power engineering field, which have been designed to improve their employability following graduation. In particular, this paper will focus on using micro-work based learning to overcome threshold concepts. This paper describes an action based approach to look at the level of un...Show More
The aim of this paper is to describe an exploratory study using an action research approach to improve student work based distance learners' independent research skills through an industrial project to increase their value to their employer. Students undertake a 20 credit industrial project with the key aim to develop on taught material and undertake independent research within the context of the ...Show More
The UK electrical power network is currently transitioning towards a `smart grid'. This will be driven by the take up of green devices such as electric vehicle charging units, solar generation and district heating schemes. In order for Distribution Network Operators (DNO) in the UK to balance supply and demand they will need to maximise utilisation of existing assets under challenging conditions. ...Show More
Dynamic asset rating (DAR) is one of the number of techniques that could be used to facilitate low carbon electricity network operation. Previous work has looked at this technique from an asset perspective. This paper focuses, instead, from a network perspective by proposing a dynamic network rating (DNR) approach. The models available for use with DAR are discussed and compared using measured loa...Show More
