| Course title |
Unconventional Energy Sources and Energy Storage |
| Lecturer |
prof. dr hab. inż. Stanisław Sieniutycz |
| Semester |
Spring |
| Description |
The course describes the potential of renewable energy sources, in particular the solar energy, in processes with energy conversion, transmission and and accumulation. Utilisation of low-grade energy in heat pumps, optimisation of solar collectors and storage of thermal energy in packed bed regenerators are the main topics of the course. |
| Prerequisites |
Only knowledge of elementary mathematics, the differential calculus and basic thermodynamics is assumed. |
| Course content |
Consumption of fossil fuels. Possibilities and exploitation conditions for unconventional energy sources in the world. 2. Literature of energy conversion and storage in the context of unconventional energy sources (including solar energy). Thermodynamic engines (of Carnot, Curzon-Ahlborn and Stefan-Boltzmann). Analysis of the characteristics flux-efficiency. Upgrading of low value energy in heat pumps. Kinetic models of heat pumps. Thermodynamic properties of solar radiation and some data of solar system. Model of generation of wind from the energy of solar radiation. Solar collectors I: stagnation temperature and optimum temperature of the collector. Solar collectors II: technical aspects. Transformation of energy in chemically reacting systems. Energy of hydrogen and fuel cells. Photothermal, photovoltaic and photochemical conversions. Energy storage. |
| Recommended books |
- A. de Vos, Endoreversible Thermodynamics of Solar Energy Conversion, Oxford UP 1994.
- A. Bejan, Entropy Generation Through Heat and Fluid Flow, Wiley, 1982, 1994.
- R. Domański. Magazynowanie Energii Cieplnej, PWN, Warszawa 1978.
- A. A. M. Sayigh. Solar Energy Engineering. Academic, New York 1977.
- H. P. Garg, S. C. Mullick, A. K. Bhargava. Solar Thermal Energy Storage. Reidel, Dordrecht 1985. |
| Examination type |
written + oral |
| Level |
4th year |
| Credits |
3 |
| Language |
Polish |
| Faculty |
Chemical and Process Engineering |
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