| 1. | Course Title | Measurements of Parameters of Renewable Sources | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ03005 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 1-OIE | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Vladimir Dimchev | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
The students are getting acquainted with methods and instrumentation for measurements of physical quantities within renewable sources, especially for measurement of wind energy and solar radiation. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
Fundamentals of wind energy, physical principles of atmospheric movements, local winds. Instrumentation for wind measurements. Types of anemometers, direction vanes, accuracy, calibration of sensors. Statistical methods for analysis of wind data. Estimation of wind energy on complex terrains, modeling. Climatology of solar radiation. Methods for measurements of direct diffuse and reflected solar radiation. Methods for measurement of solar spectrum. Instrumentation for measurement solar radiation: pyranometers, pyrheliometers, calibrated photovoltaic cells. Construction, characteristics and application. Automated measurement systems and data loggers for wind and solar radiation measurements. Transmission of measurement data. Examples based on LabVIEW. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Combined way of learning, lectures, preparation of seminar and project tasks, home study. |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 10 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 40 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | No conditions. | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment | Seminar paper, oral exam. | |||||||||||
| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Self-evaluation | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Lars Landberg | Meteorology for Wind Energy | Wiley&Sons | 15 | |||||||||
| 2. | Sathyajith Mathew | Wind Energy, Fundamentals, Resource Analysis and Economics | Springer Verlag | 8 | |||||||||
| 3. | Zekai Sen | Solar Energy Fundamentals and Modeling Techniques | Springer Verlag | 8 | |||||||||
