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COURSE CURRICULUM Renewable Energy Technologies
A. Course structure – optional course Lecture hrs: 28 standard hours; Lab hrs:
14 standard hours.
B. Course objectives: The formative nature of the course and the associated functional-operational skills will facilitate the involvement of students in solving specific technical problems in the renewable energy sector activities. The course has as main objectives the following: - The acquisition of general knowledge, allowing the assumption of scientific approaches, engineeringoriented, for the purpose of furthering theoretical and practical framework, developed and applied, in the field of renewable energies; - Fostering both the capacities of solving, innovating and creating renewable energy related issues; - Technical and scientific information on alternative forms of energy. In the practical course we shall build a set of case studies, for professionals and students wishing to further explore possible technical and financial sustainability of projects using the technologies of energy production from renewable sources. The subject itself aims at providing students by means of various types of activities (lecture, seminar and project) with the following knowledge, skills and competencies: - Knowledge, classification and technical characterization of renewable energy sources; - Explaining and interpreting specific solutions to exploit the technologies of renewable energy potential for the adoption of optimal solutions leading to sustainable development of this sector; - Use of tools to make easier decisions by planners, policy makers and managers of industry analysis for energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies (RETs) in the initial stage of a project development; - Structuring and developing a logical technical thinking, based on rigorous scientific reasoning to ensure the best use of their creative potential and professional development. The clear manner of material presentation, the numerous examples of practical solutions and rules of good practice will help students better their knowledge of viable applications of renewable energy production. Using specialized software, this course graduates will be able to conduct preliminary feasibility studies of high quality and low cost.
C. Methods of teaching - learning: Lectures, heuristic conversation, explanation, discussion, case study, problem-solving, simulation of situations, methods of group work, individual and front, workshops, development of critical thinking methods, portfolio, curriculum documents and bibliography study. D. Forms and methods of evaluation: Being present in an exam is directly related to the attendance situation in compliance with the Regulation of academic activity, Ch. III - Attendance. The final grade shall be made of the average of the workshop evaluations (10%), homework (40%) and the grade for the final examination worth 50%. The final evaluation is based on a written examination for which the student will answer theoretical questions and applications. E. Course contents/ number of hours for each topic: PART I – SOURCES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY (14 HOURS) Unit 1: Sources of primary energy – introductory notions (one hour) Unit 2: Solar energy (4 hours) Unit 3: Geothermal energy (2 hours) Unit 4: Hydroelectric (one hour) Unit 5: Hydrogen and fuel cells (2 hours) Unit 6: Wind energy (4 hours) PART II – TECHNOLOGIES IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR (14 HOURS) Unit 7: Characteristic features of energy production technologies from renewable sources (one hour) Unit 8: Assessment of current energy potential of renewable energy sources at the RomanianBulgarian border (Romanian side only) (one hour) Unit 9: Technologies for exploitation of the energy potential of sea waves (2 hours) Unit 10: Technologies for exploitation of the energy potential of biomass (3 hours) Unit 11: Technologies for exploitation of the energy potential of waste (3 hours) Unit 12: Heat pumps - alternative use of renewable energy (4 hours)
F. Laboratories contents / number of hours for each topic (14 hours) 1. Analysis module of wind energy projects (2 hours) 2. Analysis module of photovoltaic projects (2 hours) 3. Analysis module of combined thermal and electric power projects. (2 hours) 4. Analysis module of biomass heating projects. (2 hours) 5. Analysis module of solar heating projects. (4 ore) 6. Analysis module of heat pump projects. (2 hours) G. Course Bibliography 1. Agapitidis I. and Zafiris C. „Energy Exploitation of Biogas: European and National perspectives”. 2nd International Conference of the Hellenic Solid Waste Management Association, 2006. 2. Al Seadi T. ş.a. (2008), „Biogas-practical guide. Big>East (EIE/07/214/SI2.467620) - „Programul Energie Inteligentă pentru Europa“, 2007-2010. 3. Amon, T.; et al.: „Optimierung der Methanerzeugung aus Energiepflanzen mit dem Methanenergiewertsystem Published by Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie”, Wien, Austria, 2006. 4. Băetu M., Nicolae F., Popa C. „Technologies for valorizing the energy potential of the biomass energy. Study case on Agrobrava-Poiana S.A. Company., Workshop-RES 2011, The Future of Renewable Energy Sector, Constantza, 27-28 oct. 2011. 5. Grumăzescu, A., Nicolae, F., Popa, C. „Applications of renewable energy sources on diminished scales - the heat pumps usage. Study case on Dor-Soft Company”, Workshop-RES 2011, The Future of Renewable Energy Sector, Constantza, 27-28 oct. 2011. 6. Matthew A. Brown, „Introduction to Renewable Energy Technology. A Year-Long Science & Technology Course”, 2008, Lakewood High School, Lakewood, CO. 7. Nikola Mihailov,et al, „Renewable Energy Sources and Trends for their Development Along the Cross Border Region Bulgaria-Romania”, Workshop-RES 2011, The Future of Renewable Energy Sector, Constantza, 27-28 oct. 2011. 8. Persson, M., „Biogas-a renewablefuel for the transport sector for the present and the future”, SGC, 2007. www.sgc.se. 9. Ristache R., Nicolae F., Popa C., „The assessment of current energy potential of renewable energy sources in the Romanian-Bulgarian cross-border area”, Workshop-RES 2011, The Future of Renewable Energy Sector, Constantza, 27-28 oct. 2011. 10.Rutz D., Ofiteru A., Adamescu M., Bodescu F., Al Seadi T. (2008), „The Biogas Market in Southern and Eastern Europe: Promoting Biogas by Non-technical Activities”, Proceedings of the 16th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition; Valencia, Spain; ISBN 978-88-89407-58-1, 2008. 11.Rusu, T., Bejan, M. „The Waste – Income Source”, Ed. Mediamira, Cluj-Napoca, 2006. 12.Salvato A.J., Nemerow L.N., Agardy F.J., „Environmental Engineering”, Fifth edition, John Wiley & Sons,
2003. Stessel, R.I., (2004), Waste Management and Minimization, in Waste Management and Minimization, [Eds. Stephen R. Smith, and Nick Blakey], in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). 13.Samoilescu, Ghe., „Scientific research in the field of renewable energies”, Workshop-RES 2011, The Future of Renewable Energy Sector, Constantza, 27-28 oct. 2011. 14.Stănică A., „Human Aternatives for Energy Resources”, HotScience, Hot News.ro, 8.01.2009. 15.***, „EU Energy and Transport in figures” Statistics, 2010. www.ec.europa.eu. 16.***, „Clean Energy Analisys” - RETScreen International, Clean Energy Decision Support Center. www.retscreen.net. 17.*** , „The Renewable Energy Review”, Committee on Climate Change, UK, 2011. 18.***, „Fujitsu.Air to water-Waterstage. Future solution of domestic heating”, Kawasaki 213-8502, Japan. http://www.fujitsu-general.com , 2010.
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