School program

  • Introduction: Energy policy, energy security, and renewable energy. The role of the international community in sustainable development. The EU’s energy policy.
  • Renewable energy: Overview of the range of commercially viable technologies.
  • Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Applications of photovoltaic solar systems, off-grid and on-grid systems, components of a photovoltaic system, system design and sizing, project evaluation, planning, implementation, and energy yield, economic assessment of photovoltaic solar systems.
  • Solar Thermal for Heating: Solar thermal for water heating: linear mirrors, flat plate collectors, evacuated tube collectors, storage tanks, and other components. System design and sizing.
  • Wind Energy: Principles of wind energy, fundamentals of a wind power plant, types of wind turbines (large/small, grid-connected/stand-alone), power curve, energy yield calculation, overview of planning software, development of the wind energy market.
  • Bioenergy: Sustainability of bioenergy, biogas production technologies, areas of application, biogas potential of different substrates, biogas and digestate utilization, market development, biomass combustion, pyrolysis and gasification of biomass, overview of biofuels.
  • Hydropower: Principles of hydropower, various types of hydropower systems, site evaluation and system sizing.
  • Geothermal Energy: Geothermal systems, geothermal exploration techniques, direct and indirect use of geothermal energy, geothermal power plants, heat pumps.
  • Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into the Grid: How electricity networks work, the impact of renewable electricity generation on power grids, frequency control, voltage control.
  • Field Trip: Visit to local renewable energy systems.

The educational program covers the following topics:

Attività formative

(denominazione dell’AF che risulterà sui certificati di Esse3)

Didactic Activity

(vanno tradotti in inglese tutti i nomi delle singole attività formative)

Tipologia dell’attività formativa*

SSD

(se più settori indicare solo quello prevalente)

CFU

 

ORE

Frequenza o Esame**

Parte Introduttiva iniziale

Introduction

seminari

FIS/01

0.2

3

 

Fonti di Energia Rinnovabile

Sources of Renewable Energy

Lezione frontale, laboratorio

FIS/01

0.4

6

 

Solare Fotovoltaico

Photovoltaic energy

Lezione frontale, Laboratorio

FIS/03

0.4

6

 

Solare termico per riscaldamento

Heating with solar energy

Lezione frontale, Laboratorio

ING-IND/11

0.2

3

 

Energia eolica

Wind energy

Lezione frontale, Laboratorio

ING-IND/08

0.2

3

 

Energia dalle Biomasse

Energy from Biomasses

 

Lezione frontale, Laboratorio

AGR/05

0.4

6

 

Energia idroelettrica

Hydroelectric energy

Lezione frontale, Laboratorio

ING-IND/09

0.4

6

 

Energia geotermica

Geothermal energy

Lezione frontale, Laboratorio

GEO/11

0.2

3

 

Integrazione nella rete delle fonti di energia rinnovabile

Grid integration of renewable energy sources

Seminario

ING-IND/32

0.2

3

 

Idrogeno e stoccaggio dell'energia

Hydrogen and energy storage

Lezione frontale, Laboratorio

ING-IND/27

0.2

3

 

Architettura e citta' intelligente

Smart cities and smart architecture

Lezione frontale, Laboratorio

ICAR/10

0.2

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stage

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prova finale

 

 

 

 

 

Giudizio

 

 

TOTALE

 

3

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