| Educational guide School of Engineering |
english |
| Industrial Engineering (2013) |
 Subjects |
| RENEWABLE ENERGIES |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2023_24 |
| Subject | RENEWABLE ENERGIES | Code | 17214109 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st & 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 6 | Compulsory | Third | 2Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Lesson 1. Introducction. | Renewable energy resources. Energy use: transformations, electricity generation and storage. Control, protection and management of electricity production. |
| Lesson 2. Generation of electrical energy through the movement of water. |
Conversion principle. Types of power plants: hydraulic and marine power plants Constitution and main elements. Types of hydraulic turbines. Design criteria for energy production. |
| Lesson 3. Generation of electrical energy through wind. |
Conversion principle. Types of wind turbines. Constitution and main elements. Wind farms. Design criteria for energy production. |
| Lesson 4. Generation of electrical energy through sunlight. |
Conversion principle. Types of power plants: thermoelectric and photovoltaic. Sensors and concentrators. Solar cells/panels. Constitution and main elements of a photovoltaic power plant. Design criteria for energy production. |
| Lesson 5. Generation of electricity through chemical processes. |
Fuel cells: Principle of operation, types, constitution and characteristics. |
