Practical Aspects of REEE
Courses
Learning Outcome
After the successful participation in the course Grid Integration the students are able to:
- understand the design, problems and operation of integrated grids with respect to the specific properties of renewable energies
- apply advanced schemes like online-monitoring and forecasting
Content
- Spatio-temporal behaviour of wind and solar power:
- wind and solar power as energy sources
- the spatio-temporal behaviour of wind and solar power
- Integrating wind and solar power in the electricity grid:
- grid operation
- wind and solar power in electricity grids
- balancing of production and consumption
- grid connection and ancillary services for the grid
- Strategies and tools for the operation of the electricity supply system:
- online-monitoring and smoothing effects
- wind power and solar power forecasting
- control options for the renewable power plant
- Outlook: virtual power plant, storage, load management
Details
- Lecturer: Reinhard Mackensen
- Teaching method: lecture, seminar
- SWS: 2
- Credit points: 2
- Examination: written exam
Learning Outcome
After the successful participation in the course Energy Efficiency in Buildings the students are able to:
- understand physical and technical aspects of energy flows in buildings
- identify heat gains, heat losses and cooling demand of rooms
- determine life cycle costs and life cycle assessment of environmental impacts in the building sector
Content
- Basics of building physics:
- heat transfer adapted to building elements like walls and windows
- shading devices, humidity and condensation effects
- global radiation on building
- Conventional vs. unconventional energy use in buildings:
- thermal comfort, ventilation
- boilers, cogeneration of heat and electricity, heat pumps
- passive houses
- Economic aspects of EE in the building sector:
- costs and savings of energy efficiency measures
- life cycle costs and life cycle assessment of environmental impacts
- Comparing conditions in Germany and the Mena countries
Details
- Lecturer: Susanne Eckert-Kastner
- Teaching method: lecture
- SWS: 3
- Credit points: 3
- Examination: assignments, written exam
Learning Outcome
After the successful participation in the course System Aspects of Bio Power Generation the students are able to:
- understand the basics of life cycle assessment for different renewable energy sources
- Investigate energy costs and to determine roughly costs under different conditions (sizes, boundary conditions etc.)
- determine the heat value of fuels and to determine and assess emissions of the burning process
Content
- Introduction into life cycle assessment of environmental impacts:
- using Gemis and Ecoinvent. DIN ISO 14040
- Scientific cost and life cycle analysis for different renewable energy sources:
- bio energy in comparison to PV, wind, solar thermal power plants, hydro Power
- derivation of ecological figures for operation, production and removal of plants
- Introduction into scientific data collection and allocations:
- bonuses
- problems of different assessments with focus on bio energy
- Lab regarding fundamentals of:
- calorimetric
- exhaust gas measurements
- Thermodynamic calculations
- Environmental impacts:
- assessment of accuracy
- discussion of environmental impacts
Details
- Lecturer: John Sievers
- Teaching method: lecture, lab training
- SWS: 2
- Credit points: 2
- Examination: oral exam