Course detail

Alternative energy sources

FEKT-NAZEAcad. year: 2013/2014

The course deals with advanced issues in the field of alternative energy sources, with a focus on technology production and use of photovoltaic and electrochemical power sources. In the field of photovoltaics the course deals with the principle of operation, limits and possibilities of photovoltaic system. Students will receive information about the solar module, construction and production technology, operating conditions and optimization. Students obtain practical information with issues of the batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, their principle of operation, construction, technology and parameters. It is also addressed the issue of environmental disposal at the end of life of the plant.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jiří Vaněk, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Electrical and Electronic Technology (UETE)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student of NAZE course is able to:
- explain the importance of basic concepts in the field of alternative energy sources
- describe the advantages and disadvantages of alternative energy sources
- describe the basic principle of the photovoltaic effect, list possible materials for the production of photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic limits characterize, describe the basic structure of the photovoltaic cell
- describe the production of silicon substrate and the first generation of photovoltaic cell
- describe the possible future trends in the field of photovoltaics
- measure voltage current characteristics of photovoltaic cells at different operating conditions, detect defects in the structure of photovoltaic cells using the electroluminescence
- introduce the possibility of using wind energy
- classify and describe the various types of secondary electrochemical power sources
- classify and describe the various types of fuel cells and supercapacitors
- measure properties of fuel cells and secondary electrochemical power sources

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Practice attendance is obligatory
labolatory - max. 40p
final exam - max 60p
Requirements for successful completion of the subject can be specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

Introduction to electrochemical power sorces - basic concepts of electrochemistry
Primary cell - construction, characteristics, parameters.
Acumulators - summary. Lead-acid acumulators, alcaline acumulators
Special acumulators, supercappacitors.
Fuel cells - summary, construction, characteristics.
Acumulators aplications.
Solar energie and photovoltaic effect.
Photovoltaic solar cells, construction and characteristics.
Silicon photovoltaic cells - monocrystaline, microchrystaline, amorphous.
Photovoltaic systems - summary.
DCAC system in photovoltaic.
Ecological aspects of alternate power sources.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to enlarge the knowledge about alternate sorces of electric power, possibility and ecological aspects of their usage.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Martin Green, Solar Cells,Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1982 (EN)
VANĚK, J.; KŘIVÍK, P.; NOVÁK, V. Alternativní zdroje energie - Laboratorní cvičení. Brno, FEKT. 2007. p. 1 - 67. (CS)
VANĚK, J.; KŘIVÍK, P.; NOVÁK, V. Alternativní zdroje energie. Brno, skripta FEKT. 2006. p. 1 - 159. (CS)

Recommended reading

Kozumplík, J., Napájecí zdroje v telekomunikacích, NSD, Praha (CS)
Vojtěchovský, K., Obnovitelné zdroje energie, FCC Public, Praha (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC-MN Master's

    branch MN-EEN , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective interdisciplinary
    branch MN-EVM , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective specialised

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jiří Vaněk, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Petr Křivík, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Vítězslav Novák, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Introduction to electrochemical power sorces - basic notions of electrochemie
Primary cell - construction, characteristics, parameters.
Acumulators - summary. Lead acumulators, alcaline acumulators
Special acumulators, supercappacitors.
Fuel cells - summary, construction, characteristics.
Acumulators aplications.
Solar energie and photovoltaic effect.
Photovoltaic solar cells, construction and characteristics.
Silicon photovoltaic cells - monocrystaline, microchrystaline, amorphous.
Photovoltaic systems - summary.
DCAC system in photovoltaic.
Ecological aspects of alternate power sources.

Laboratory exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Křivík, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Jiří Vaněk, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Vítězslav Novák, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Organisation and method. Introduction.
Discharging characteristic of primare cells.
Accumulators - measuring methods.
Design of accumulators system.
Charging characteristic of accumulators.
Introduction to PV systems.
Technology of solar cells - samples.
Measurement of characteristic PV moduls.
PV modul direct connected to load - parameters.
PV system with accumulator - parameters.
V-A characteristic of solar cells.