Fundamentals of REEE

Overview

Compentency

Assessing opportunities of renewable energy in the energy sector

Module type

elective module

Semester

winter

Site

Hyderabad

Language

English

Workload

75 hours course attendance; 100 hours self-study

Credits points

7

Recommended qualifications

none

Renewable Energy Technologies

Learning Outcome

After their successful participation in the course Renewable Energy Technologies, students will be able to:

  • Understanding national and international regulations and framework conditions for renewable energy systems.

  • Explain the characteristics of solar radiation and its global distribution.

  • Outline the utilisation of renewable resources, including wind, biomass, hydrogen, fuel cells, ocean, and geothermal energy in domestic and industrial applications.

  • Analyse the energy potential of renewable energy resources.

  • Understand the principles and applications of sustainable energy solutions.

Content

  • Fundamentals of Energy
  • Renewable Energy scenario
  • Solar radiation and measurement
  • Sun-earth relations
  • Wind Energy
  • Wind turbine operational characteristics
  • Biomass Energy • Biogas
  • Hydrogen energy
  • Ocean Energy
  • Geothermal power plants
  • Fuel cell Principle

Details

  • Lecturer: M.T.Naik
  • Teaching method: lecture
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 3
  • Examination: written exam (90 min)

Solar Power Engineering

Learning Outcome

After their successful participation in the course Solar Power Engineering, students will be able to:

  • Explain the constructional features and performance criteria of solar thermal energy collectors.

  • Evaluation of Flat Plate Collector and Evacuated Tube Collector systems' performance and their applications, such as solar drying, air heating, and process heating.

  • Performance and constructional features of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Distributed Solar Power (DSP) systems for steam turbine operation, reducing fossil fuel reliance.

  • Analyse high-temperature thermal energy generation from concentrating systems in solar distributed power plants.

  • Offer high-temperature applications for heating, drying, sterilisation, chemical production, and power production.

Content

  • Basics of Solar Radiation
  • Flat Plate Collectors (FPC)
  • FPC Performance
  • Solar Concentrators
  • Central Receiver Power Plant
  • CSC Performance
  • Distributed Thermal Power Plant
  • Solar Energy Applications
  • Low-Temperature Applications
  • Energy Conversion and Storage
  • Solar Energy Storage

Details

  • Lecturer: M.T.Naik
  • Teaching method: lecture
  • SWS: 3
  • Credit points: 4
  • Examination: written exam (90 min)