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Renewable Energy Resources

Lecture Course Type, Elective,


See Time Table
Schedule Semester Sixth

Credit Hours Three Pre-requisite Power Systems

Instructor M. Salman Fakhar Contact salmanfakhar.uet@gmail.com

1st Floor Thursday and Friday


Office Office Hours
EE Department 02:00 pm 04:00 pm

Teaching
None Lab Schedule See Time Table
Assistant

This course provides an introduction to several renewable energy resources like


Geothermal, OTEC, Tidal, Biomass, Hydro, Solar PV and Wind, from which
Course energy can be harnessed and be converted into useful electrical or other forms of
Description energy. A detailed discussion on wind energy resources and solar energy resources
is presented to help students in learning to design at least a standalone power
generating unit.

CLOs Description PLOs Level


Measurable
Learning

CLO1 To learn energy potential in several resources of universe. PLO1 High

To understand how to harness energy from different


CLO2 PLO2 High
Outcomes

renewable energy resources

To learn how to design a standalone generating unit using


CLO3 PLO3 High
these renewable energy resources.

REQUIRED:
1. Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems by Gilbert M. Masters, 2 nd
edition, Wiley, 2013.
Textbooks 2. Renewable Energy Resources by John Twidell and Tony Weir, 3rd edition,
Routkedge (Taylor and Francis Group), 2015.
Reference:
Fundamental of Renewable Energy Processes by Aldo Vieira Da Rosa, 3 rd
edition, academic press, 2012.

Class Participation (Not Attendance) 10% CLO1 to CLO 3


10% 20%
Grading
Policy vis-- Quizzes (4) 20% CLO1 to CLO2
vis CLO
Mapping Midterm 30% CLO1 to CLO3

Final 40% CLO1 to CLO3

Lecture Plan

1
Lectures Topics Readings & CLOs
Wind Power Systems
Types of Wind Turbine, Power in the Wind, Temperature
Correction, Altitude Correction, Impact of Tower Height, Book 1
Maximum Rotor Efficiency, Tip Speed Ratio, Wind Turbine Chapters 6,
6
Generators (Synchronous, Asynchronous), Speed Control for CLO1 CLO2 and
Maximum Power, Average Power in the Wind, Estimate of CLO3
wind turbine energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbine
Performance Calculations, Wind Turbine Economics.
Geothermal Energy Book 2
2 Harnessing geothermal resources, ground source heat pumps Chapters 14,
CLO1 and CLO2
Ocean gradient energy: OTEC and osmotic power Book 2
2 OTEC introduction, OTEC principle, Related Technologies, Chapters 13,
Osmotic power from salinity gradients. CLO1 and CLO2
Tidal current and tidal range power Book 2
2 The cause of tides, Tidal current power, Tidal range power Chapters 12,
CLO1 and CLO2
Bio Mass energy and resources Book 2
Bio mass resources from photosynthesis, bio energy Chapters 10 and
2
technologies. 11,
CLO1 and CLO2
Hydro Power Book 2
2 Turbines, Hydroelectric systems, Pumped hydro storage Chapters 6,
CLO1 and CLO2
MID TERM
The Solar Resources
The Earths Orbit, Altitude Angle of sun at solar noon, The
Book 1
solar spectrum, the earths orbit, altitude angle of sun at solar
4 Chapters 7,
noon. Solar position at any time of the day, sun path diagram
CLO1
for shading analysis, solar time and civil time, sun rise and
sunset calculations, clear sky and direct beam radiation.
The Photo Voltaic Materials and Electrical
Characteristics
Book 1
5 Basic semiconductor physics, p-n junction diode, generic Chapters 8,
photovoltaic cell, from cells to modules to arrays, I-V curves CLO1 and CLO2
and impacts of ambiances on them, crystalline silicon
technologies.
Photo Voltaic Systems Book 1
Grid connected systems, standalone systems, PV powered Chapters 9,
7
water pumping, Design of a standalone PV system. CLO1, CLO2 and
CLO3
FINAL TERM
Tentative
Time Permitting

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