Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Renewable energies | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 20h Th, 4h FT | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Frédéric Lebeau | ||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | ||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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Course contents :
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| O. Introduction
Factors Promoting Renewable Energy
1. Photovoltaic Solar radiation, photovoltaic conversion, performance, integration, optimisation, applications. 2. Wind energy Wind characteristics, Wind energy conversion systems,Electricity production, applications, hybridation 3. Emerging Renewable Energy Sources Ocean thermal energy conversion, Tidal energy, Wave power generation systems, Geothermal energy systems, Biomass energy systems, Solar thermal energy conversion systems, Microturbines, satelite power systems 4. Energy storage Battery technology, Fuel cell, Compressed air storage, flywheel storage, Hydropower, supercapacitors, Superconducting magnetic energy storage, |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The lecture "Renewable energies" has three main educational objectives for Bioengineers in Environmental Sciences and Technlogigies:
1. To educate to main renewable energy production systems (heat and electricity) based on renewables, with a focus on decentralized production and off-grid systems
2. To provide the necessary technico-economical bases to implement renewable energy projects
3. To manage the storage of renewable energy, for instance in the context of off-grid power systems
After completing the course the student is expected to - become familiar with the main renewable energy sources, their physical basis, their technlogical maturity and their implementation field. - be able to select and dimension renewable energy production systems. - be able to analyse environmental performances of renewable power plants |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| - good knowledge in general chemistry, physics and biology
- knowledge in Dynamics
- knowledge in Electricity
- knoledge in thermodynamics 7
- knowledge in energy and motors |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 24h | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Ziyad Salameh, 2014, Renewable Energy System Design, Academic Press, 298p. ISBN: 978-0-12-374991-8
Digital book available at the ULg Library http://lib.ulg.ac.be/ |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination (100%) | ||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| f.lebeau@ulg.ac.be | ||||||||