EGB351 Renewable Electrical Energy Sources
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| Unit code: | EGB351 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | EGB120 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,164 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,968 |
| International unit fee | $6,252 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | EGB351 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | EGB120 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Nil |
| Coordinator: | Mahinda Vilathgamuwa | mahinda.vilathgamuwa@qut.edu.au |
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:
- Demonstrate competency and understanding of renewable energy resources and their advantages and disadvantages in technical, economic, social and ethical ontext, at a developed level.
- Effectively communicate the outcomes of electrical engineering projects related to renewable energy resources and their generation profile.
- Display creativity and inititative in solving engineering problems related to the operating characteristics of renewable power sources and energy storage technologies.
- Analyse and solve engineering problems concerning the terminal characteristics of renewable electrical energy sources.
- Demonstrate competency and understanding of the operation, characteristics and generation profiles of renewable electrical energy sources and energy storage technologies.
Content
- Fundamental concepts of power conversion, AC and DC power transfer, and basics of electricity distribution.
- Technologies to generate electricity from renewable sources, including photovoltaics, wind power, solar thermal power, hydropower, wave energy, etc.
- Technologies for battery and other energy storage technologies, including green hydrogen generation systems.
- Analysis, modelling and simulation of the the terminal characteristics of renewable electrical energy sources
- Analysis, modelling and simulation of the generation profiles of renewable electrical energy sources with and without energy storage
- Economic, environmental, social and ethical considerations of renewable energy and energy storage technologies.
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
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
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.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, 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
Relates to: Problem Solving Task, Project
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Relates to: Project, Final examination
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2: Engineering Application Ability
Relates to: Problem Solving Task, Final examination
Relates to: Problem Solving Task, Final examination
Relates to: Project, Final examination
Relates to: Project
3: Professional and Personal Attributes
Relates to: Project, Final examination
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Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.EN01 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- Make decisions ethically within the social, cultural, and organisational contexts of professional engineering practice.
Relates to: ULO1, Project, Final examination - Engage stakeholders professionally and communicate the outcomes of your work effectively to expert and non-expert audiences using appropriate modes.
Relates to: ULO2, Project - Display leadership, creativity, and initiative in both self-directed and collaborative contexts of professional engineering practice.
Relates to: ULO3, Project - Manage projects to solve complex engineering problems, using appropriate information, engineering methods, and technologies.
Relates to: ULO4, Problem Solving Task, Final examination - 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)
- Make decisions ethically within the social, cultural, and organisational contexts of professional engineering practice.
Relates to: Project, Final examination - Engage stakeholders professionally and communicate the outcomes of your work effectively to expert and non-expert audiences using appropriate modes.
Relates to: Project - Display leadership, creativity, and initiative in both self-directed and collaborative contexts of professional engineering practice.
Relates to: Project - Manage projects to solve complex engineering problems, using appropriate information, engineering methods, and technologies.
Relates to: Problem Solving Task, Final examination - 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