Features of the System Approach to the Analysis of Electric NetworksEnergy Efficiency

The paper presents the features of the application of a systems approach to solving problematic issues in the electric power industry (design, analysis and modernization of existing systems, teaching complex subjects and their topics in educational institutions). An algorithm for solving the problem is proposed, the peculiarity of which is to consider the object and subject of the study as separate systems, modeling these systems in accordance with the principles of systems analysis in the following sequence: formation of a generalized model of the “black box” type and subsequent transformation (detailing, clarifying the structure and parameters) of the “black box” model into a structural (or functional) model of the system of the required level of detail. The proposed algorithm is explained using the example of explaining the basic concepts of “electrical network” and “energy efficiency of the electric network” in the process of teaching professional academic disciplines to students of the specialty “Electric Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics”. Practical use of the proposed algorithm promotes students’ under-standing of the structure of complex topics of academic disciplines, the relationships be-tween topics and between individual disciplines, which helps to increase the efficiency of students' mastering the specialty program. This approach can also be applied by specialists in the process of solving problems of design, operation and modernization of real electric power facilities.