Historical overshoot- and undershoot water wheels, Kaplan-, Francis-, and Pelton turbines, efficiency calculation and comparison, Run-of-River plants, storage hydro power plants, pumped hydro storage power plants, micro hydro power plants, tidal power plants.
All lectures:
1. Introduction to the Transition of the Energy System: https://youtu.be/u8gln8uTfys
2. Conventional power supply: https://youtu.be/Wd0W8zN0yEo
3. Solar Irradiance: Astronomical basics: Positioning of the sun during a year, Elevation and azimuth of the sun during a day and during the year from a terrestrial observer, Spectra of the sun for different “Air Masses” (AM): https://youtu.be/3IEyAoMJyA8
4. Solar Thermal Energy Systems: https://youtu.be/i-81RmsOJt8
5. PV – Basics: Principle of photovoltaic energy conversion. Characteristics of solar cells: I-V-curve, influence of irradiance level, spectrum of irradiance, spectral efficiency, MPP, Form Factor, influence of parasitic resistors, weak light effect, operation temperature, STC. https://youtu.be/PzAcKqqrKXw
6. PV Energy Systems: Installation, Mounting, Foundation, Substructures, Inverters, Conversion efficiency, Energy yield, Off-grid vs. On-grid systems, Configuration of PV systems, Wiring, Balance of System costs (BoS), Optimization of PV power plants. https://youtu.be/YZyLh7KsHJI Solutions to Exercise 6 – PV systems – plus homework.https://youtu.be/GST_1KFUscc
7. Wind Energy: Historical and actual development of wind power conversion.
Extractable power from the wind. Parameters of wind energy: Height, pressure, temperature, density. Weibull- and Rayleigh-distribution of wind velocity.
Theoretical conversion efficiency of wind power conversion, Betz efficiency. Types of wind power converters, tip speed ratio, cost, complementarity, software tool, literature.
7.1 Wind Energy: https://youtu.be/GhX9yTmENX0
7.2 Correlation of wind and solar power: https://youtu.be/yKVMXZ7bbrs
8. Hydro Power: Historical water wheels, type of turbines, run-of-river-plants, hydro storage power plants: https://youtu.be/FkOmeHho6wA
9. Geothermal Energy: Potential, Geology, Conversion Processes, Exploration, Costs https://youtu.be/KdpMWaf94qA
10. Biomass Energy: https://youtu.be/RHFXQsWjkt8
11. Energy Storage (part 1): https://youtu.be/SdL3Qhhj4Cw
12. Energy Storage (part 2): https://youtu.be/noV5HqwiVRI
13. Energy Storage (part 3): https://youtu.be/QxPFaOPvIU4
14. Optimization of a Wind-Storage-Transmission System https://youtu.be/eZILdBpYV5I
15. Flexibility of Demand & Supply, Demand Side Management (DSM) https://youtu.be/Hr9octo7b9w
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