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Alternative energy (Spring 2006)

Course code : SAEN-U1
ECTS Credits : 5 Status : Optional
Placement : 4-7 semester Hours per week : 0
Length : 1 semester Teaching Language : Danish

Principal Content : Electricity production systems: Wind turbines, photovoltaic cells, fuel cells, thermoelectric elements, thermophotovoltaic cells, etc. Electricity storage forms: Batteries, supercapacitors, flywheels, superconducting coils, etc. Electricity supply systems: Uninterruptible power supplies, load levelling, distributed combined heat and power supplies, electrical and hybriddriven vehicles, etc. In the beginning of the course the main technologies are introduced through ordinary lectures. Afterwards teams of students carry out projects from or related to the subjects described. The students can either suggest their own projects or choose among projects proposed by the teacher.
Teaching method : Class-based teaching in approximately 20% of the course and 1-2 visits to relevant companies. The rest of the course is devoted to the project work including preparation of a report.
Required prequisites : None
Responsible teacher : Boye Knutz , bckn@dtu.dk