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Academic Year 2017/2018
School School of Industrial and Information Engineering
Name (Master of Science degree)(ord. 270) - BV (479) Management Engineering
Track EEM - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Programme Year 2

Course Details
ID Code 097357
Course Title POWER PRODUCTION FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY C
Course Type Mono-Disciplinary Course
Credits (CFU / ECTS) 5.0
Semester First Semester
Course Description Introduction and perspectives. The potential of renewable energy. Classification of sources and typical problems related to their exploitation for the production of electricity on an industrial scale. Incentive schemes adopted. Current situation and forecast scenarios. Wind energy. Betz theory and laws of operation, types of machines, applications. Sizing criteria, plant regulation and characteristic curves. Coupling with the generator, power electronics for rotor speed control. Characterization of the wind resource of a site, analysis and profitability of a wind farm. Environmental impact of wind power installations. Off-shore wind farms. Geothermal energy. Classification of geothermal sources: liquid and vapor-dominated hydrothermal source, hot dry rocks. Exploration techniques and drilling. Adoptable power plants: direct steam cycle, plant with flash and separation of steam, binary ORC cycles. Cogeneration plants. Design aspects, issues related to geothermal fluids and environmental impact. Energy from biomass. Classification of biomass and future potential. Conversion systems with grate boilers: water steam cycles and ORC. Flue gas treatment systems. Anaerobic digestion for biogas production. Solar energy. Solar radiation: characteristic angles and the solar spectrum. Instruments for measuring radiation. Photovoltaic solar energy : the photoelectric effect, processes for silicon production and photovoltaic cell manufacturing, electrical characteristic of the cell and circuit connection, inverter and power conditioning systems. Design criteria for off-grid and grid-connected plants. Thin-film and multi-junction cells, recent technological developments. Concentrating photovoltaic.
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Educational activities SSD Code SSD Description CFU
C
ING-IND/09
ENERGY SYSTEMS AND POWER GENERATION
5.0

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