Renewable energies : technologies and project

Duration

48h Th, 48h Pr, 12h Mon. WS

Number of credits

Lecturer

Philippe Andre, Manfred Greger, Olivier Lottin

Coordinator

Philippe Andre

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course presents the different renewable energy sources that are relevant in the belgian context: solar, wind, biomass, hydraulics and fuel cells. It also covers the fuel cells technology. For each source, the course presents the ressource, the collection and conversion technologies, some elements of sizing, simulation models and an analysis of the environmental impacts. Aside of the presentation of the different sources, the course also proposes to the student a practical project, in one of the renwables sources, where the objective is to develop a solution and to evaluate this solution on the technical and economical aspects.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the student should be able to contribute to the solution of an energy project based upon one of the renewable sources. The acquired competences should make the student able to realize a first sizing as well as a technical and economical evaluation of the solution. For the solar and wind sources, the student receives an initiation to the use of numerical simulation (using the TRNSYS software) to contribute to this evaluation. The student should also be able to assess the environmental impacts associated to the use of each source.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic elements in physics, chemistry and thermodynamics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course combines theoretical lessons and practical sessions devoted to sizing and evaluation of solutions. Some of these sessions take place in a computer room with the TRNSYS simulation software.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face teaching

Recommended or required readings

Solar Energy
Class notes:
Power Point presentations
Recommended readings:
DUFFIE and BECKMANN: Solar Engineering of thermal processes, Wiley & Sons
Wind Energy
Class notes:
Power Point presentations
Recommended readings:

Assessment methods and criteria

The course includes a written evaluation for each renewable source.
For the solar, wind, hydraulics and biomass parts: classical exam with several questions for each part
Fuel cell part: small project to be realized by groups of two students
Moreover, the students have to realize a project in one of the renewable sources. This projects corresponds to a practical case (real or realistic renewable energy project). The project is evaluated from a written report (circa 20 pages) and an oral presentation of this projet in front of the whole teaching staff of the course.
The final note is the result of an arithmetic average of the six parts of the evaluation.
However, if the note of the project is less or equal to 7/20, this note becomes the final note of the course.

Work placement(s)

No work placement

Organizational remarks

The course takes place during the first quadrimester. The project proposals are communicated tothe students at the end of September.

Contacts

Solar and wind energy parts: Philippe ANDRE, p.andre@ulg.ac.be 
Hydraulics part: Samuel HENNAUT, shennaut@ulg.ac.be 
Biomass part: Manfred GREGER, manfred.greger@uni.lu 
Fuel cells part: Olivier LOTTIN,  Olivier.Lottin@univ-lorraine.fr 
 

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