Module Title
Sustainable Energy Resources
Keywords
Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Biogas, Heat Pumps, |
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Prerequisites for Module
Engineering Degree 2.2 or equivalent
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
This module will enable the student to:
1. Critically analyse the sustainable energy resource of any site.
2. Install, setup and operate data acquisition equipment, download and analyse the resulting data sets
3. Use these datasets as tools for sustainable energy system design.
4. Develop a critical design methodology that will include technology selection, system location, sizing and economic analysis.
5. Equip the student with numerical modelling techniques for assessing the available resource
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Critically analyse and compare sustainable energy technologies for any given site.
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Apply numerical techniques to resource assessment, measurement and quantification of potential energy outputs
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Apply, using numerical, analytical and judgment techniques, repeatable tests of technology suitability for location, local capability and economics.
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Demonstrate analytical differentiation between developed and developing nations in the technology selection context
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Indicative Module Content
Sustainable energy technologies, including solar (photovoltaic and thermal), wind, pico-hydro, waste, biogas, biomass, geothermal and heat pumps. Fluid dynamics and thermodynamics of systems, energy transfer from environment to output. Assessing flows of energy and matching flow to demand.
| Resource assessment. measurement and modelling
Assessing appropriate technology in varying global contexts, system siting and energy demand analysis
Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Distance Learning | Assessment
| 3 |
Directed Study
| | Directed individual study
| 80 | Online activities
| 17 |
Private Study
| | Revision
| 50 |
Mode of Delivery
Online delivery
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 1 | 1,2,3,4
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Closed book examination
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | TWIDELL and WEIR,2005. Renewable Energy Resources. 2nd ed., Taylor & Francis.
| | 2. | BOYLE, G., EVERETT, B., RAMAGE, J., 2003. Energy Systems and Sustainability. Open University.
| | 3. | HARVEY,A., 2002. Micro Hydro Design Manual. Intermediate Technology Publications.
| | 4. | PERMAN, et al, 2011, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Addison Wesley.
| | 5. | BURTON T., et al, 2011, Wind Energy Handbook [Kindle Edition], Wiley.
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