Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Engineering
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
7005MSC-SEP-CTY
Aims
The aim of this module is to provide a comprehensive introduction to alternative power generation systems. The module will review the environmental issues surrounding existing methods of power generation and concentrate alternative and renewable sources.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically evaluate the issue of global warming within the context of power generation.
2.
Analyse wind data and determine yield capacity of various types of wind turbines.
3.
Design and evaluate the performance of a domestic solar thermal system by simulation.
4.
Design and evaluate the performance of a photo voltaic generation system by simulation.
5.
Discuss in detail alternative designs of nuclear power stations and associated environmental and safety issues.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Evaluate the issues and mechanism of global warming, including the UK's policy on renewable energy.
Wind turbine - types, design, wind data collection/analysis, energy yield prediction.
Solar energy quantification and data collection/analysis.
Design of solar thermal systems and evaluate performance by simulation.
Design of P-V power systems and evaluate performance characteristics by simulation.
Review UK national grid power distribution system and discuss connection issues.
Investigate UK energy pricing structure.
Review of the UK nuclear energy industry.
Module Overview:
This module principally aims to provide a relatively detailed insight into the spectrum of alternative methods of power generation including associated issues such as global warming and connecting to the national grid system.
This module principally aims to provide a relatively detailed insight into the spectrum of alternative methods of power generation including associated issues such as global warming and connecting to the national grid system.
Additional Information:This module principally aims to provide a relatively detailed insight into the spectrum alternative methods of power generation including associated issues such as global warming and connecting to the national grid system.