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Course Catalog 2012-2013

SET-6226 Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources, 3 cr

Person responsible

Seppo Valkealahti

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Seminar


 


 
 2 h/week
 6 h/per


 


 
SET-6226 2012-01 Thursday 9 - 12, SE100J

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  

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
SET-6226 Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources, 3 cr DEE-53106 Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources, 3 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
SET-6226 2012-01       Contact teaching: 20 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 80 %  

Last modified27.02.2012