Distribution group (CADDiN)
Transmission group
Energy - Ecology - Economy (3e)
Risk & Reliability (2r)
Nuclear group
Goals and Results in Power Engineering
Research aim is to increase availability and reliability of Croatian electric power system, which belongs to medium-developed system group. Further aim is to improve design and production methods of certain power system elements as well as analysis of the power system operation. Application of new information techniques (artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, geographic information system-GIS, etc.) will greatly improve the process of planning, development, exploitation and control of our power system. GIS technology will be used in analyses and planning of electric distribution networks in Croatian power system. One of our goals is to apply the patent-intelligent device, based on ultra-fast microprocessor, in automatic switching of general and internal electric energy consumption in power plants.
Development, production and application of appropriate computer aided programme packages will help improve maintenance of power system elements and subsystems, and include the Croatian electric power system in the Western-European network (UCPTE).
Goals and Results in Nuclear Power Engineering
General objective of the research is to develop data bases and methodologies for reliable assessment of operational safety of nuclear power plants and for quantitative assessment of the environmental impact of applicable energy technologies, as a base for estimating optimal long-term development strategy of the Croatian energy system.
The analyses and calculations of transients and consequences of potential accidents in Krško NPP (e.g. loss of coolant accident, reactivity transients, loss of feedwater, loss of primary pressure) have recently been extended to plant severe accidents, using the computer programs MELCOR and MAAP.
Recently initiated activities are a part of internationally coordinated research programme DECADES (Data Bases and Technologies for Comparative Assessment of Different Power Generating Strategies), that involves FER as a representative of Croatia. This programme includes creation of data bases for the existing and possible future power generating units within the Croatian electric power system and their energy chains, including "new renewables" (solar, wind, biomass) and clean coal technologies, as well as application of computer programmes DECPAC and EM (Environmental Manual) for analyses of potential development strategies of Croatian power generating system.
