EAS 504: Renewable Energy Sources
Course Title |
Renewable Energy Sources |
Course Code |
EAS 504 |
Course Type |
Track Mandatory |
Level |
PhD |
Instructor’s Name |
Manuel Blanco, Costas N. Papanicolas, Victor Grigoriev, Kypros Milidonis, Constantinos Taliotis |
ECTS |
10 |
Lectures / week |
1 (3h) |
Laboratories / week |
- |
Course Purpose and Objectives |
Energy systems play a critical role in the economy, but also a leading role in the anthropogenic influence on the environment, climate and Earth ecosystems. An energy transition to an environmentally friendly energy system is urgently needed. Renewable energy sources are expected to play a fundamental role in the new emerging world energy system. This course provides an overview of the science and engineering of renewable energy systems. The topics addressed cover the technical and techno-economic aspects related to the development of these sources with emphasis on wind and solar energy in the regional context of Cyprus. |
Learning Outcomes |
At the end of the course, students should possess a good understanding of: The current state of affair in relation to the current world energy system. The need for an energy transition to much more environmentally friendly world energy system than the current one. The role that renewable energy sources should play in the energy transition and in the future world energy system. The potential of each renewable energy source in Cyprus, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the World. The technical and techno-economic considerations involved in the design, optimization, and implementation of commercial renewable energy systems. The state-of-the-art tools that are publically available to facilitate the preliminary screening and sizing of renewable energy system for a specific application, location and set of boundary conditions, both technical and economic. |
Prerequisites |
None |
Background Requirements |
Knowledge of Thermodynamics |
Course Content |
Review of key concepts regarding Energy Technical analysis of energy systems Overview of renewable energy sources. Concentrating Solar Thermal (CS) technologies. The energy transition- Mitigation and adaptation to climate change Frontiers in CST, thermal energy and energy transition Solar energy project I Energy Storage Techno-economic analysis of energy systems Integration of RES in energy systems Solar energy project II |
Teaching Methodology |
Lectures. Seminars. Case studies. Short Projects. |
Bibliography |
Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics 4th Edition. Adrian Bejan. Wiley 2016. ISBN: 1119052092. Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies. Volume 1: Solar and Wind Energies. Editor: Imene Yahyaoui. Elsevier, 2018. ISBN 9780128129593. Advances in Renewable Energies and Power Technologies. Volume 2: Biomass, Fuel Cells, Geothermal Energies, and Smart Grids. Elsevier, 2018, ISBN 9780128131855. Advances in Concentrating Solar Thermal Research and Technology (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy) 1st Edition. Manuel Blanco (Editor), Lourdes Ramirez Santigosa (Editor). Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-0081005163. Thermal Design and Optimization 1st Edition. Adrian Bejan, George Tsatsaronis, Michael J. Moran. Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition (November 28, 1995). ISBN-13: 978-0471584674. |
Assessment |
Coursework, oral presentation, exam |
Language |
English |