| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Energy Conversion Systems and Technologies (2019) |
 Subjects |
| RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2021_22 |
| Subject | RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES | Code | 20755109 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 4.5 | Compulsory | First | 1Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Introduction to renewable energies | 1.1 Description of renewable energy sources 1.2 Benefits, growth, investment and deployment 1.3 Energy related environmental problems |
| 2. Solar thermal systems | 2.1 Solar thermal collectors (stationary collectors and sun tracking concentrating collectors 2.2 Thermal analysis of solar thermal collectors 2.3 Performance of solar thermal collectors 2.4 Applications of solar thermal collectors |
| 3. Photovoltaic systems | 3.1 Photovoltaic generation - Solar Modules and Solar Generators 3.2. Canonical elements / parameters for power conversion 3.3. PV Energy systems – PV installation sizing 3.4 DC-DC conversion - DC-AC conversion |
| 4. Wind energy | 4.1 Wind Turbine description: Operation principle, Components, and Types 4.2 Wind power and power control 4.3 Utilisation of Wind Energy: Off-Grid, Isolated-Grid, Central-Grid |
| 5. Bioenergy systems | 5.1 Introduction to bioenergy 5.2 Methods for biomass and organic waste energy conversion 5.3 Thermochemical conversion: Pyrolysis and gasification processes 5.4 Anaerobic digestion systems |
| 6. Geothermal Energy & Heat Pumps | 6.1 Introduction to geothermal energy 6.2 Geothermal power plants 6.3 Geothermal heat pumps |
