Course detail

Renewable Energy Sources

FEKT-MPA-OZEAcad. year: 2021/2022

The course deals with contemporary issues in the field of renewable energy with a focus on description, classification and principles of energy from wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, energy of environment, biomass to energy of atomic nuclei and electrochemical energy. Students will receive information about how to install, use and about perspectives of renewable energy sources. In the field of photovoltaics the course deals with the principle of operation, limits and possibilities of photovoltaic system. Students will receive information about the solar module, construction and production technology, operating conditions and optimization. Students obtain practical information about the design of PV system by PV SOL* system on houses and buildings, with issues of the batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, their principle of operation, construction, technology and parameters. It is also addressed the issue of environmental disposal at the end of life of the plant.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student of MOZE course is able to
- Explain the importance of basic concepts in the field of renewable energy
- Describe the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy sources
- Design a suitable location for wind power plants in the Czech Republic
- Measure and calculate the properties and characteristics of photovoltaic cell or panel, design the simple autonomous photovoltaic system


Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Techning methods include lectures and practical laboratories. Course is taking advantage of e-learning (Moodle) system.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Practice attendance is obligatory
labolatory - max. 40p
final exam - max 60p
Requirements for successful completion of the subject can be specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

Introduction to renewable electricity sources - division, description.
Wind energy and its use, wind power plants.
Solar energy and its use, photovoltaic cells.
Solar energy and the use of the photovoltaic phenomenon.
Photovoltaic cells, structure and characteristics.
Monocrystalline, polycrystalline, microcrystalline and amorphous cells
Photovoltaic modules, construction, technology, characteristics.
Basic types of photovoltaic systems.
Conversion of DC voltage of solar batteries to mains voltage.
Optimization of operating conditions, reliability.
Use of various web applications and the PV SOL * design system for the design of a photovoltaic system in a family house. Indroduction to electrochemical power sources a energy storage.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the subject is to enlarge the knowledge about renewable and additional sources of of electric energy, possibility of their application and future development in this area.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Boyle, G., Renewable Energy, Oxford University Press, USA (EN)
VANĚK, J.; KŘIVÍK, P.; NOVÁK, V. Alternativní zdroje energie. Brno, skripta FEKT. 2006. p. 1 - 159. (CS)
Vojtěchovský, K., Obnovitelné zdroje energie, FCC Public, Praha (CS)
Dell, R.M.a Rand, D.J., Clean energy, Athenaeum Press Ltd, UK (EN)
Quaschning, V., Understanding Renewable Energy Systems, Earthscan Publications Ltd., USA (EN)
VANĚK, J.; KŘIVÍK, P.; NOVÁK, V. Alternativní zdroje energie - Laboratorní cvičení. Brno, FEKT. 2007. p. 1 - 67. (CS)
VOLKER V. Quaschning, Renewable Energy and Climate Change, 2nd Edition (EN)

Recommended reading

Ryan Mayfield, Photovoltaic Design & Installation For Dummies, ISBN 978-1-119-54437-1 (EN)

Elearning

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MPA-EEN Master's 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-EVM Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme MPC-EVM Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Laboratory exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Use of PV * SOL for efficient design of photovoltaic systems - introduction
Place selection, new place addition, 2D designs and selection of PV modules, types of design solutions, 2D inverter designs, Project economics, cash flow, simple setting of power losses in the cabling
3D designs of roof PVS
Drawing documentation and work with it, export of documentation, Detailed calculations of power losses in cabling
Shading of PV modules and influence on energy yield, Horizontal shading, 3D designs of PV modules on free areas, Load profiles, types, creation of own profiles
Czech version PV * SOL already on the world market, Example of calculating summer / winter dimensioning
Inverter sizing
Consumer behavior and habits incompatible for complete self-sufficiency, Island systems and their dimensioning
Types of tracking PVS, Construction of tracking systems PVS. Energy simulation of tracking PVS

Elearning