The Renewable Energy Industry in CARIFORUM Countries

COURSE COURSE TITLE

CREDITS COURSE

COURSE

PRE-REQUISITE

CODE

DESCRIPTION

ASSESSMENT

REPE2001

Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems

4

Students will study the theory and design of solar thermal systems with specific applications to Solar Water Heaters, Solar Thermally Driven Cooling Systems and Solar Thermal Desalination. Students will be able to verify the effectiveness and efficiency of their proposed solar thermal system design using both theory and solar thermal systems engineering software. Students will be taught industry best practices as it relates to the installation and maintenance of these solar thermal systems and be guided by the specific local standards. The intermittency of Renewable Energy sources, especially Wind and Solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems with randomly varying power output, requires the integration of power electronic circuitry. To efficiently interface a renewable energy source with a load or power grid, the power converters perform power conditioning, voltage boosting, and control of the flow of power to ensure a reliable and high-quality power supply. This course will expose course attendees to the theory and application of single-phase Power Electronics in Renewable Energy systems, with a focus on Photovoltaic (PV) and Small Wind Energy systems. Course attendees will be exposed to the theory and circuit design of standard invertor, rectifier and converter circuit architecture used in PV and Small Wind Energy systems and also assemble and test these circuits in the laboratory.

Quizzes: 30 % Laboratory exercises: 30% Final Examination: 40%

Science for Technicians ELEC1016

Electrical Principles I ELEC1002

Introduction to Electronics ELEC1018

REST2001

Solar Thermal Systems

2

Quizzes: 20 % Case Study & Presentation: 10% Software Simulation: 20% Final Examination: 50%

Science for Technicians – ELEC1016

190

The Renewable Energy Industry in CARIFORUM Countries