Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources

Major: Thermal Power Engineering
Code of subject: 6.144.00.O.074
Credits: 5.00
Department: Heat Engineering and Thermal and Nuclear Power Plants
Lecturer: Kuzyk Myron P., Ph.D.Associate Professor
Semester: 7 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: PR6. Identify, formulate and solve engineering tasks in thermal energy; understand the importance of non-technical (societal, health and safety, environmental, economic and industrial) constraints. PR7. Develop and design complex thermal energy products, processes and systems that meet established requirements, which may include awareness of technical and non-technical (society, health and safety, environment, economy and industry) aspects. PR11. Have laboratory / technical skills, plan and perform experimental research in thermal energy using modern methods and equipment, evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the results, draw reasonable conclusions. PR13. Understand the main methods of design and research in thermal energy, as well as their limitations.
Required prior and related subjects: - prerekvizyty: Higher Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Hidrohazodynamika; – korekvizyty: - Technical Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer
Summary of the subject: Types of energy and their potential. Classification of renewable energy sources and their characteristics. The energy resources of solar radiation. Active and passive solar energy systems, design features, calculation. Construction of solar collectors. Converting solar energy into electricity. Wind energy resources in Ukraine. Characteristics of wind flow. The technology of using wind energy The use of biomass for energy production and means of the processing of organic matter. Combustion, pyrolysis and gasification of solid fuels. Plants for pyrolysis and gasification. The biological process of recycling organic matter. Construction of installations for biogas production. Biodiesel technology. Hydrogen energy. The energy potential of small rivers of Ukraine and the basic principles of energy water. Classification of HPS. Construction of turbines. Calculated ratio. The heat of the Earth. Plants and geothermal heating scheme. Geothermal electricity.
Assessment methods and criteria: lectures, laboratory sessions, practical training, independent work
Recommended books: • Dudyuk D.L, Mazepa S.S, Hnatyshyn J.M. Alternative energy: basic theory and problems. Tutorial. - Lviv .: PP "Magnolia 2006", 2008.- 188 p. • Wild M.O. Renewable enerhiyi.-K .: High School, 1993. - 351 p. • Misak J.S., Ozarkiv I.M. and others. Alternative sources of energy. Theory and Practice: Monohrafiya.- SPC "Ukrainian technologies", 2013.- 356 p.