Renewable Energy Systems:



Renewable Energy Systems, MEE 473/573

Instructor: Kelly Kissock

Office: KL 363F W: 937-229-2852

kkissock@udayton.edu: engr.udayton.edu/faculty/jkissock

University of Dayton, Fall 2007

Logistics

Meeting time and place: MW, 4:30-5:45, KL 221 Final Exam: Mon, Dec 10, 4:30-6:20

Office hours: Anytime, drop-ins and appointments welcome

Text: Simulating Renewable Energy Systems: Kissock

References: Principles of Solar Engineering, Goswami, Kreith and Kreider

Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, Duffie & Beckman

Renewable Energy, Johansson, Kelly, Reddy & Williams

Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable World, Boyle

Course Goals

To appreciate the importance of energy and renewable energy to our society.

To acquire the knowledge and skills to model and design renewable energy systems.

To improve our ability to solve engineering problems through the application of economic, heat transfer, fluid mechanic, and thermodynamic principles and the use of computers.

To improve our ability to communicate technical information.

Grading

Homework (no late HW accepted; lowest score will be dropped) 80%

Final project 20%

Total (final grades curved) 100%

Students enrolled in MEE 573 will do additional readings and will be graded separately.

Please identify yourself if you require special accommodations to facilitate learning.

Overview

Affordable energy fueled the industrial age and is still the lifeblood of modern economies. And yet fossil fuels, which make up about 90% of all commercial energy, are limited by resource and environmental constraints. Currently, about 12% of US electricity is generated by renewable energy sources. As the market for "green" power grows and the efficiencies of renewable energy technologies increase, renewable energy technologies will provide an increasing fraction of our total energy supply; even now, global wind power and photovoltaic capacities are growing by 22% and 16% per year. This course will provide a technical introduction to the most promising renewable energy technologies of the 21st century: solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, wind power, and fuel cells. It's time to get current with the future!

Syllabus

|Introduction | |

|Course Mechanics and Motivation |1 |

|Overview of Renewable Energy Technologies and Potential |1 |

|Solar Fundamentals | |

|Solar Radiation on a Tilted Surface |2 |

|Active Solar Heating | |

|Useful Heat from Collectors |1 |

|Active Solar Space Heating |1 |

|Active Solar Water Heating |1 |

|Active Solar Space and Water Heating |1 |

|Active Solar Design Project |2 |

|Passive Solar Heating and Lighting | |

|Solar Gain With Overhangs and Wings |1 |

|Interior Air Temperature in Passive Solar Buildings |1 |

|Daylighting | |

|Interior illumination from Skylights and Windows |1 |

|Photovoltaic Systems | |

|Grid Connect PV Systems |1 |

|Economics of PV Systems | |

|Solar Thermal Power | |

|Concentrating Collectors |1 |

|Solar Thermal Power Systems |1 |

|Wind Power | |

|Wind Turbine Performance Modeling |1 |

|Economics of Utility Scale Wind Turbines |1 |

|Fuel Cells and Biomass | |

|PEM Fuel Cells Performance |1 |

|Economics of Fuel Cells and Biomass |1 |

|Other Renewable Energy Systems |7 |

|Introduction to Ocean Power | |

|Introduction to Power Towers | |

|Introduction to Solar Desalinization | |

|Introduction to Passive Solar Water HeatingPerferated Collectors | |

|Closure |1 |

|Total |28 |

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