Renewable Energy Sources

- Possibilities and limits of use of renewable energy, meeting energy needs with renewables, problems and current efforts for their exploitation. Fundamental wind data, wind characteristics, boundary layer, wind energy, wind measurements, Betz limit, types of turbines (A / C), efficiency A / C, main parts A / C, wind farms, force analysis on the flaps A / C estimate annual energy production, economic component of wind energy. - Fundamental solar elements, solar radiation, solar constant, characteristics of solar radiation outside and inside the Earth's atmosphere, location and movement of the sun relative to the observer on the surface of the Earth, direct and diffuse solar radiation, methods and instrumentation, calculation solar, flat panel solar collectors, operating principles, energy balances, characteristic performance, selective surfaces, pivot solar panels, efficiencies, solar cells (P / V) characteristic performance P / B wiring ways P / B efficiency. - Hydroelectric projects, types of hydroelectric power plants, energy production calculation. - Biomass combustion, pyrolysis, gasification, biofuels. - Financial investment data RES.

Objectives

After successful completion of the course students should:  have acquired basic knowledge of use of solar and wind energy.  know the soft energy  to know the environmental impact of conventional energy sources and benefit from the exploitation of renewable energy

Prerequisites

No

Syllabus

- Possibilities and limits of use of renewable energy, meeting energy needs with renewables, problems and current efforts for their exploitation. Fundamental wind data, wind characteristics, boundary layer, wind energy, wind measurements, Betz limit, types of turbines (A / C), efficiency A / C, main parts A / C, wind farms, force analysis on the flaps A / C estimate annual energy production, economic component of wind energy. - Fundamental solar elements, solar radiation, solar constant, characteristics of solar radiation outside and inside the Earth's atmosphere, location and movement of the sun relative to the observer on the surface of the Earth, direct and diffuse solar radiation, methods and instrumentation, calculation solar, flat panel solar collectors, operating principles, energy balances, characteristic performance, selective surfaces, pivot solar panels, efficiencies, solar cells (P / V) characteristic performance P / B wiring ways P / B efficiency. - Hydroelectric projects, types of hydroelectric power plants, energy production calculation. - Biomass combustion, pyrolysis, gasification, biofuels. - Financial investment data RES.