ENN454 Production of Renewable Energy and Fuels

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Gardens Point, Internal

Overview

Renewable sources of energy and fuel are critical for the development of a sustainable future, and engineers will need to understand how these technologies work and which technology is appropriate for various applications and purposes. You will learn about the ways in which renewable energy is produced, stored, converted to electrical energy, used for industrial processes, production and use of sustainable fuels, and how to compare between these technologies. You will continue to learn about ethics, cultural awareness, sustainable practices and how they underpin your professional work. You will further develop your professional skills in communication and teamwork.

Learning Outcomes

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

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of technical aspects of renewable energy production and storage technologies
2. Use technical approaches to analyse and evaluate renewable energy production and storage technologies
3. Apply systematic approaches to the design of renewable energy production and storage technologies
4. Communicate complex, technical information and solutions in professional formats
5. Demonstrate ethical and socially responsible professional practice

Content

Learning Approaches

In this unit you can expect to experience the following learning activities:

• 2h formal lectures from experienced renewable energy engineers to give you insight into knowledge, skills, and attributes. You have the opportunity to ask questions during these lectures.
• 2h tutorial classes that will give you the opportunity to work collaboratively with your peers to solve problems. They will be facilitated by a tutor and will provide an opportunity to test your understanding and gain feedback on your work.

Details about contents and coverage in these activities by week of semester will be provided on the Canvas unit schedule. You can also expect to be provided with learning resources including video presentations and readings on a unit Canvas site, which you can access flexibly to complete your learning in this unit.

At the beginning of the unit, you will be made aware of the ways in which you can ask questions or seek clarification from the unit coordinator, lecturers and tutor.

You are expected to:

• Engage with timetabled learning activities on campus and ask questions.
• Engage with online resources outside of timetabled learning activities. They will be available on the unit Canvas site. You will receive regular email announcements regarding the release of these resources.
• Work in a group to complete a system audit project. While there will be time during timetabled tutorial classes, you will also need to undertake independent work outside of this time to complete assessment tasks, including for areas of individual responsibility.
• Prepare for learning activities according to the unit schedule, and follow up on any work not completed.
• Complete assessment tasks by working consistently throughout the semester and meeting the due dates that are published via the unit Canvas site.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

During tutorial classes, with your group you will share your formative ideas for your system audit project and you will receive feedback from your tutor. You are encouraged to view your group as a learning community and to share and discuss emergent ideas in renewable energy and your understandings of engineering professional practice. Each assessment submission will be graded against criteria and standards that will be shared with you at the beginning of semester through Assessment Task Descriptions and Marking Rubrics. Marked assessment will include feedback given by the markers against the criteria.

Assessment

Overview

Assessment in this unit has been designed to give you the opportunity to show your learning against the unit learning outcomes. You will work in a group to prepare and submit two assessments related to renewable energy engineering systems analysis during the semester, deploying work practices that align to engineering professional practice (such as project management, cultural perspectives). You will be expected to work together with your group members and independently to make individual contributions to the assessments. You will sit an examination individually during the central examination period at the end of semester, where you will show your overall learning in the unit.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System

In this project you will undertake an audit/review on different proposals for a renewable energy or decarbonising system. You will apply knowledge, skills and tools from the content of this unit and apply your professional skills in communication of complex data and information.

Assessment: System Adaptation Project

In this project you will undertake to adapt a renewable energy system for a change in design requirements. You will apply knowledge, skills and tools from the content of this unit as well as apply innovative solutions and demonstrate professional skills in communication, teamwork, and socially and ethically responsible practice.

Assessment: Examination (invigilated)

You will be required to analyse aspects of renewable energy systems. You will be presented with descriptions of the systems and will need to diagnose the problem type, make use of appropriate theory or methods, demonstrate systems knowledge, show your working, and communicate a complete answer in writing and graphically.

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.

Resources

Risk Assessment Statement

Risks may be associated with you visiting study areas and/or project sites. You are required to have completed a valid Workplace Health and Safety course. You shall not enter project sites without the Unit Coordinator's approval. You shall not to contact members of the public, public officers or staff associated with any project without permission of the Unit Coordinator. More detailed information will be provided in your Week 1 information class.

Course Learning Outcomes

EN53 Master of Renewable Energy

1. Demonstrate and apply advanced and specialist discipline knowledge, concepts and practices as they relate to contemporary practice in Renewable Energy
   Relates to: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System , System Adaptation Project, Examination (invigilated)
2. Analyse and evaluate Renwable Energy problems using technical approaches informed by contemporary practice and leading edge research to achieve innovative, critically informed solutions
   Relates to: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System , System Adaptation Project, Examination (invigilated)
3. Apply innovative, systematic approaches to plan, design, deliver and manage projects in Renewable Energy in a way that assures sustainable outcomes over their whole lifecycle
   Relates to: System Adaptation Project
4. Effectively communicate Renewable Energy problems, related complex data and information, and solutions in contemporary professional formats for diverse purposes and audiences
   Relates to: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System , System Adaptation Project
5. Demonstrate ethically and socially responsible practice, recognising the importance of personal accountability and reflective practice when working in individual and collaborative modes
   Relates to: System Adaptation Project

EN73 Master of Renewable Energy with Project Management

1. Demonstrate and apply advanced and specialist discipline knowledge, concepts, methods and practices as they relate to contemporary practice in Renewable Energy and Project Management domains
   Relates to: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System , System Adaptation Project, Examination (invigilated)
2. Analyse and evaluate problems in Renewable Energy and Project Management domains using technical approaches informed by contemporary practice and leading-edge research to achieve evidence based, innovative, critically informed solutions and outcomes
   Relates to: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System , System Adaptation Project, Examination (invigilated)
3. Apply innovative, systematic approaches to plan, design, deliver and manage projects in Renewable Energy and Project Management domains in a way that assures sustainable outcomes and strategic objectives over their whole lifecycle
   Relates to: System Adaptation Project
4. Effectively communicate problems in Renewable Energy and Project Management domains, related complex data and information, and solutions in contemporary professional formats for diverse purposes and audiences
   Relates to: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System , System Adaptation Project
5. Demonstrate ethically and socially responsible practice, recognising the importance of personal accountability, reflective practice, risk-informed judgements, and leadership
   Relates to: System Adaptation Project

EN76 Master of Renewable Energy with Data Analytics

1. Demonstrate and apply advanced and specialist discipline knowledge, concepts, methods and practices as they relate to contemporary practice in Renewable Energy and Data Analytics domains
   Relates to: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System , System Adaptation Project, Examination (invigilated)
2. Analyse and evaluate problems in Renewable Energy and Data Analytics domains using technical approaches informed by contemporary practice and leading-edge research to achieve evidence based, innovative, critically informed solutions and outcomes
   Relates to: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System , System Adaptation Project, Examination (invigilated)
3. Apply innovative, systematic approaches to plan, design, deliver and manage projects in Renewable Energy and Data Analytics domains in a way that assures sustainable outcomes and strategic objectives over their whole lifecycle
   Relates to: System Adaptation Project
4. Effectively communicate problems in Renewable Energy and Data Analytics domains, related complex data and information, and solutions in contemporary professional formats for diverse purposes and audiences
   Relates to: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System , System Adaptation Project
5. Demonstrate ethically and socially responsible practice, recognising the importance of personal accountability, reflective practice, risk-informed judgements, and leadership
   Relates to: System Adaptation Project

EN79 Graduate Diploma in Engineering Studies

1. Demonstrate and apply advanced discipline knowledge, concepts and practices as they relate to contemporary Engineering practice
   Relates to: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System , System Adaptation Project, Examination (invigilated)
2. Analyse and evaluate Engineering problems using technical approaches informed by contemporary practice and leading edge research to achieve innovative, critically informed solutions
   Relates to: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System , System Adaptation Project, Examination (invigilated)
3. Apply innovative, systematic approaches to plan, design, deliver and manage Engineering projects in a way that assures sustainable outcomes over their whole lifecycle
   Relates to: System Adaptation Project
4. Effectively communicate Engineering problems, related complex data and information, and solutions in contemporary professional formats for diverse purposes and audiences
   Relates to: System Audit of Renewable Energy or Decarbonisation System , System Adaptation Project
5. Demonstrate ethically and socially responsible practice, recognising the importance of personal accountability and reflective practice when working in individual and collaborative modes
   Relates to: System Adaptation Project