Electrical Engineering Fundamentals

The student must be able to select and analyze so wind energy isolated systems as photovoltaic autonomous systems. Also the student will learn both grid connected systems. The student will be able to make a project related to those areas: he will make the component selection, use of catalogs and technical documentation. Other renewable energy sources for producing electrical energy (thermal&electrical , energy from waves or tides) will be studied. The student will be able to answer to several questiones such us ¿Only with renewable energies?,or ¿is the net meetering a present or a future answers?

1. Sustainability 1.1- Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources. Energy and society 1.2- Renewable and non-renewable energy sources. 1.3 Enery Efficency 1.4- Energy from waves or tides 2.- Wind energy. 2.1- Wind energy. Basic statements and present technology. Wind maps (IDAE.) 2.2- Current status of wind power around the world 2.3 ¿ Power curve. Capacity factor. Equivalent hours. 2.4- Wind resource. Factors affecting wind production. 3. Technology of Wind turbines. 3.1-Types. Components .Main parameters. 3.2-Operating strategy. Wind farms. 3.3- Low power turbines. Off-shore Wind turbines. 4- Grid connected wind energy systems 4.1- Control systems. Evolution: fix and variable speed. Maximum power tracking. 4.2- Project. Power devices. 4.3-Grid integration Regulation. Voltage dips. Regulation. Exercises (voltage increasing in distribution grids) 5.- Stand-alone wind energy systems. 5.1-Types and characteristics 5.2- Sizing. Exercises. 6.- Photovoltaic energy. 6.1-Basic statements and present technology. 6.2- PV around the world 6.3- Solar resource. Solar radiation calculation.Definitions. Solar path. Measurements and instrumentation. 7. PV technology 7.1- Solar cell. Actual technology 7.2- Photovoltaic modules. Types and characteristics. Power curve.Radiation and temperature. Maximum power tracking. Test. 7.3- Arquitectural integration 7.4- Solar power tracking. 8- Inverters 8.1-Types and function 8.2- Efficiency 8.3-Regulation 8.4- Maximum point power tracking 9-Stand-alone photovoltaic energy systems. 9.1- Components. Batteries. Charge regulators. AC/DC Inverters.. 9.2- Problems. Sizing. 10 - Grid connected photovoltaic energy systems 10.1-Power devices. Sizing of Grid connected photovoltaic energy systems. 10.2-Maintenance. Regulation. 11- Net Meetering, present and future 11.1- Scheme and characteristics 11.2- Regulation 12- Other renewable energy sources for producing electrical energy (thermal&electrical) 12.1-Types 12.2-Characteristics (CCP) 12.3-Characteristics (Tower) 13- Hybrid Systems. Microgrids. Regulation. Software Homer Pro 13.1-Microgrids with photovoltaic generation, wind and accumulation systems. 13.2-Types and functions. 13.3-Regulation. 13.4-Dimensioning with specific software (Homer Pro).

- Teacher lessons, doubts resolution classes -in reduced groups-, students presentations, individual mentorship and student work to acquire theoretical concepts (3 ECTS credits). - Exercise classes in reduced groups, students presentations, individual mentorship and student work to acquire experimental concepts (3 ECTS credits).