MACHINES AND SYSTEMS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGIES
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2021/2022
- Teacher
- NICOLA CASARI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- ING-IND/09
Training objectives
- To master the most important concepts about fluid machines and renewable energy conversion systems and their integration in the energetic system, to give decision tools and criteria for design, cost analysis, efficiency analysis, and selection with emphasis to community and small scale plants.
Prerequisites
- Fluid Machines, Thermodynamics
Fundamentals of applied Fluid Machines (only for MSc). Course programme
- a. Solar Power
i. Solar Resource
ii. Solar photovoltaic
iii. Concentrated and thermodynamic solar
iv. Utility and community scale
b. Wind Power
i. Wind resource and Terrain
ii. Horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines
iii. Utility and community scale
iv. Diagnostics and fault detection
c. Waste Heat
e. Storages
i. Types of storage
ii. P2X
iii. Hydrogen Applications
iv. Utility and community scale
f. Grid Management & Economics
i. Smart Grids
ii. Economic figures: LCA, ELCA, PBP, LCOE
For each of the technologies presented in the course, the tools needed for the performance evaluation (power, work, efficiency, …) will be defined. For some of the proposed technologies, a techno-economic analysis will be carried out as well. Didactic methods
- Lectures + lab experiences
Learning assessment procedures
- Oral exam performance and project report will be evaluated for final grade.
Reference texts
- - Notes of the course
- Twidell, John, and Tony Weir. Renewable energy resources. Routledge, 2015.
- Supplementary in-depth research material suggested throughout the course
