Instructor: Tariq Iqbal,
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, Email: tariq@mun.ca
Introduction: Renewable energy comes from natural resources such as sun,
wind, water, biomass and earth. A conversion system is required to convert
renewable energy into electrical energy. This course covers several types of
renewable energy conversion systems. It is a lecture-based course with four
design assignments and a research oriented individual project. Available
renewable energy estimation, system sizing, design, modeling and control of
renewable energy systems will be covered in the course. The course includes the
following topics: introduction to Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS),
assessment of wind energy potential, wind turbine aerodynamics, types of WECS,
wind turbines modeling and control strategies, isolated and grid connected WECS
systems, hybrid energy systems, energy storage, solar energy systems,
photovoltaic cells, module and array concepts, PV system engineering,
stand-alone systems, grid connected systems, concentrator systems, sizing and
maximum power tracking, solar water pumping, micro-hydro electromechanical
system and control, introduction to tidal power, wave energy converters, ocean
thermal systems, and hybrid energy system sizing using RETSCREEN, HOMER and
Hybrid2.
Delivery: Two lectures per week. Tuesday
and Thursday 10:30am to 11:45am in Room En1004
Assignments
due dates: A1
(May 23); A2 (June 13); Midterm Test (June 20, 2013); A3 (July 4); A4 (July
25); Project report (August 1, 2013)
Evaluation
Scheme:
System
sizing and design assignments (4)
20%
Midterm
test
20%
Final
exam
30%
Design
Project (3%+4%+3%+5%+P=5%+R=10%) 30%
Website: A D2L based course website is
available at http://online.mun.ca/
A
list of suggested projects:
1. Design a 3 bed
Passive house for St. John's using BEOPT software (TJ)
2. Model Engineering
building in BEOPT (MT)
3. Design energy storage system to profit from
net-metering and variable rate electricity (SH)
4. Sizing and dynamic modeling of a solar
pumping system. (RA)
5. Optimal sizing of a wind-PV system for a
cabin in NL (AS)
6. Solar water
purifier for Labrador
7. Wind powered water
filtration system for Labrador
8. City water based heat
pump for St. John's
9. Feasibility of
air-to-air heat pump for house heating in St. John's
Project
Deadlines:
1.
Complete literature search and submit a literature review document on May 21.
(3%)
2.
Complete sizing, specifications and modeling of renewable resources before June
11. (4%)
3.
Complete modeling and system simulation before June 25. (3%)
4.
Complete control design or analysis before July 16. (5%)
5.
Project presentation and report writing by the end of the term. (15%)
Lecture
1: Organizational meeting and overview of world energy resources and
consumption trends
Lecture
2: Renewable energy system types, current status and future
Lecture
3: Energy in the wind, types of wind turbine and their output characteristics
Lecture
4: Assessment of annual energy output of a wind turbine using bins method
Lecture
5: Wind turbine aerodynamics
Lecture
6: Mathematical modeling of wind energy conversion systems
Lecture
7: Control of wind energy conversion systems
Lecture
8: Variable speed wind turbines and their grid interface
Lecture
9: Grid interconnection standards and economics of WECS
Lecture
10: Wind diesel hybrid power systems
Lecture
11: Solar energy systems
Lecture
12: Photovoltaic cell, modules, panels and their characteristic
Lecture
13: Photovoltaic system engineering
Lecture
14: Power electronics and control of PV systems
Lecture
15: Maximum power point tracking in PV systems
Lecture
16: Energy storage technologies
Lecture
17: Introduction to solar water pumping systems
Lecture
18: Micro-hydro power
Lecture
19: Micro-hydro sizing and electromechanical system
Lecture
20: Micro-hydro power electrical system and control
Lecture
21: Ocean energy systems
Lecture
22: Wave energy conversion systems
Lecture
23: Graduate students project presentations - I
Lecture
24: Graduate students project presentations - II