EGB351 Renewable Electrical Energy Sources

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Gardens Point, Internal

Overview

Renewable energy sources play a key role in the continued reduction of the carbon footprint of our society. Understanding their availability, limitations and challenges is critical towards their successful application in our current engineering systems. In this unit you will gain an in-depth understanding of the operation, characteristics, energy production profiles, electrical grid integration aspects, as well as economic considerations, of the most important renewable energy technologies. The unit will also introduce key energy storage technologies that can be coupled with renewable energy sources such as wind and solar to compensate for their intermittent generation profile. This unit will draw on the concepts learned in EGB120, and will develop important understanding required for the more advanced units EGH451 and EGH452.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Demonstrate competency and understanding of renewable energy resources and their advantages and disadvantages in technical, economic, social and ethical ontext, at a developed level.
2. Effectively communicate the outcomes of electrical engineering projects related to renewable energy resources and their generation profile.
3. Display creativity and inititative in solving engineering problems related to the operating characteristics of renewable power sources and energy storage technologies.
4. Analyse and solve engineering problems concerning the terminal characteristics of renewable electrical energy sources.
5. Demonstrate competency and understanding of the operation, characteristics and generation profiles of renewable electrical energy sources and energy storage technologies.

Content

Learning Approaches

In this unit, lectures will provide the required knowledge, in form of pre-recorded or live presentations, while weekly tutorial sessions will focus on developing skills to apply the knowledge gained in the lectures to practical applications. The tutorials will include exercises to solve real world problems related to renewable energy sources and energy storage.

To complement timetabled activities, you will be provided with a range of resources including:

• recommended textbook readings,
• instructional videos,
• links to web resources, and
• tools and software resource

that you can access flexibly to complete your learning in this unit. You are expected to:

• Familiarise yourself with all resources provided to you via Canvas,
• Come prepared to tutorials and lectures each week by completing tasks outside of timetabled class time, and
• Plan and execute your project work to best make use of opportunities for support and feedback that are provided to you

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

You will receive formative verbal feedback on your tutorial exercises as well as your progress throughout the semester, during tutorials, live lectures and/or Q&A sessions. Summative feedback will be provided in written and/or oral comments on the creativity and overall quality of submitted assessment tasks.

Assessment

Overview

The assessment in this unit is based on

• Problem solving tasks
• Applied project
• Final examination

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Problem Solving Task

You will be solving real world problems to demonstrate your understanding of the characteristics of different renewable energy sources, using computer simulations. You will be required to submit your report and your simulation model.

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Assessment: Project

You will analyse the generation profile of a renewable power plant with and/or without energy storage, and compose a report on your work.

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Assessment: Final examination

You will use the knowledge gathered in this unit to analyze and solve a number of questions and problems regarding renewable energy sources and energy storage technologies, in a closed book invigilated examination environment. You will be provided with the necessary examination material and formula sheet.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Requirements to Study

Costs

Nil.

Risk Assessment Statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.

In this unit you will undertake lectures and tutorials in the traditional classrooms and lecture theatres. As such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.

Standards/Competencies

This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.

Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer

1: Knowledge and Skill Base

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2: Engineering Application Ability

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3: Professional and Personal Attributes

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Course Learning Outcomes

EN01 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

1. Make decisions ethically within the social, cultural, and organisational contexts of professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: ULO1, Project, Final examination
2. Engage stakeholders professionally and communicate the outcomes of your work effectively to expert and non-expert audiences using appropriate modes.
   Relates to: ULO2, Project
3. Display leadership, creativity, and initiative in both self-directed and collaborative contexts of professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: ULO3, Project
4. Manage projects to solve complex engineering problems, using appropriate information, engineering methods, and technologies.
   Relates to: ULO4, Problem Solving Task, Final examination
5. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of one engineering discipline, its research directions, and its application in contemporary professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: ULO5, Problem Solving Task, Project

EV01 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

1. Make decisions ethically within the social, cultural, and organisational contexts of professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: Project, Final examination
2. Engage stakeholders professionally and communicate the outcomes of your work effectively to expert and non-expert audiences using appropriate modes.
   Relates to: Project
3. Display leadership, creativity, and initiative in both self-directed and collaborative contexts of professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: Project
4. Manage projects to solve complex engineering problems, using appropriate information, engineering methods, and technologies.
   Relates to: Problem Solving Task, Final examination
5. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of one engineering discipline, its research directions, and its application in contemporary professional engineering practice.
   Relates to: Problem Solving Task, Project