ENGR290 (January 2014): Renewable Energy
This semester we will focus on practical applications and modelling for renewable energy and photovoltaic systems. We will use MatLAB/Octave to model solar power systems and do several hands-on projects.
Date | Lesson | Assignments Given | Assignments Due |
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Jan 14 | Intro to renewable energy | ||
Jan 16 | Meeting with Jemez NAU team | ||
Jan 21 | Intro To Matlab modelling | HW1 | |
Jan 23 | Modeling of a 2 axis solar tracker. Writing Matlab programs and Functions | ||
Jan 28 | Modelling the sun's position in the sky | HW1 | |
Jan 30 | Air mass and altitude effects on solar intensity | ||
Feb 4 | Incident angle effects of radiation | HW2 | |
Feb 6 | Coordinate Transformations: Solar Az-El projected onto PV panel at arbitrary angles | ||
Feb 11 | Running simulations (programming loops) | HW3 | HW2, Quiz 1 |
Feb 13 | Putting it all together: Modelling the difference between fixed, 1-axis, 2-axis trackers | ||
Feb 18 | Midterm Review | HW3 | |
Feb 20 | Midterm Exam | ||
Feb 25 | |||
Feb 27 | |||
March 4 | |||
March 6 | Spring Break (no class) | ||
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March 25 | |||
March 27 | |||
April 1 | |||
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April 10 | |||
April 15 | Final Review | ||
April 17 | Final Exam |
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