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Course Catalog 2012-2013
SET-6226 Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources, 3 cr |
Person responsible
Seppo Valkealahti
Lessons
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Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning
Lectures, independent studies and supervised seminal works.
Learning outcomes
Students having taken the course are able to provide a general overview on current energy resources and their sufficiency and usage. The viewpoint will be in total energy usage and, especially, in energy used in power production. Students will also have a general view and understanding on the role of electrical energy technologies as a part of energy technologies and on their future potential and role. In particular student having taken the course can clearly separate renewable and non-renewable energy technologies, understand their role and potential for present and future societies. Furthermore, students can explain and argue plausibly on the role of different renewable energy resources and their usage in power production in the near future.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Energy sources and their sufficiency and usage: Primary energy sources, renewable vs. non-renewable primary energy and energy conversion, especially in case of power production. | ||
| 2. | Renewable energy sources in power production: Current usage of renewable energy sources, renewable energy resources, future potential of renewable energy in power production and development of renewable energy technologies. | ||
| 3. | Wind power: Wind energy resources, conversion of wind energy to electrical energy, resources of wind energy, current usage of wind power and wind power in the near future. | ||
| 4. | Solar photovoltaic power: Conversion of solar energy directly to electric energy photovoltaic conversion as a main case, resources of solar energy globally and locally, the current usage of solar PV power, Solar PV power in the near future on the market and technology development point of view and it's future role for power production. | ||
| 5. | Hydropower capacity and current usage in power production, conversion from mechanical energy to electrical energy and current and future role for power systems. | ||
| 6. | Bio-energy as an power suorce, current usage of bio-energy, conversion of bio-energy to electrical energy and current and future usage in power production. | ||
| 7. | Other renewable energy sources for power production: An overview on the resources, usage and future utilization potential of wave energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy, ocean current energy etc. | ||
| 8. | Power production from local renewable energy resource such as solar, wind, bio and waste-energy. |
Evaluation criteria for the course
Acceptable performance both in exam and seminar work (50% + 50%)
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Lecture slides | Seppo valkealahti | English | |||||
| Other literature | Seppo valkealahti | Other material distributed during the course. | English |
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
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Contact teaching: 20 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 80 % |