Course detail
Renewable Energy Sources
FEKT-MKA-OZEAcad. year: 2024/2025
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
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Entry knowledge
he subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
computer exercises and 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.
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.
Aims
The student of Renewable Energy Sources 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
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Dell, R.M.a Rand, D.J., Clean energy, Athenaeum Press Ltd, UK
Quaschning, V., Understanding Renewable Energy Systems, Earthscan Publications Ltd., USA
VANĚK, J.; KŘIVÍK, P.; NOVÁK, V. Alternativní zdroje energie - Laboratorní cvičení. Brno, FEKT. 2007. p. 1 - 67.
VANĚK, J.; KŘIVÍK, P.; NOVÁK, V. Alternativní zdroje energie. Brno, skripta FEKT. 2006. p. 1 - 159.
Vojtěchovský, K., Obnovitelné zdroje energie, FCC Public, Praha
VOLKER V. Quaschning, Renewable Energy and Climate Change, 2nd Edition
Recommended reading
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme MPC-EVM Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Laboratory exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Elearning