Course Content June 2022 SSA Solar and Wind
Course Content June 2022 SSA Solar and Wind
Part ONE
UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
- What are the main categories of renewable energy and how are they divided?
- Hydropower 1230 GW
- Solar 849 GW
- Wind 825 GW
- Others – bioenergy, geothermal and
marine
Source:
https://irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2022/Apr/IRENA_-
RE_Capacity_Highlights_2022.pdf?la=en&hash=6122BF5666A36BECD5AAA2050B011ECE255B3BC7
accessed – June 25, 2022
IRENA: International Renewable Energy Agency
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Part TWO
Solar energy
The sun
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Solar terminology
Solar constant:
The radiation power received per unit area perpendicular to it at mean earth sun
distance outside of atmosphere = 1367 W/m2
Solar spectrum
Solar angles:
- Latitude and longitude – required for positioning
- Declination angle
- The axis about which the earth rotates is tilted at an angle of 23.45 to the plane
of the earth’s orbital plane (23.45 to -23.45)
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Part THREE
Applications of Solar Energy
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Solar chimney
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Parabolic trough
Solar tower
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
• When:
– Qu: useful heat gain by collector per unit area (W/m2)
– Gtotal: total irradiation of collector (W/m2)
– (τα) θ : transmittance of cover times absorptance of plate at incident (θ) angle
– UL: Heat loss coefficient W/(m2.K)
– TP: absorber plate temperature (oC)
– Tatm.: atmosphere temperature (oC)
– mo: fluid flow rate (kg/sec) = (Ac-s (pipe) x Velocity of flowing fluid) x fluid density)
– Cp: specific heat of fluid (kJ/(kg.K))
– Tf.exit, Tf.in: inlet and exit temperature of the fluid (oC)
– Aabs: Absorber surface area (m2)
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Hndav, remember that wind comes from the sun, meaning the sun
Part FOUR creates the wind.
Photovoltaic electricity generation
Day Two (June 29th)
Photovoltaic effect
PV cell characteristics
I = Iph - ID
Power (Watts) = I x V
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
𝐼×𝑉
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 =
𝐺 × 𝐴t
G: Incident solar radiation (Watt/m2)
Ac: PV module surface area (m2)
Solar cell connections: They are usually connected in series and parallel
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Arrangement:
• Cell
• Module
• Panel
• Array
good design, we
need higher
voltage not higher
current. because
high current needs
more material and
its also more lethal
than voltage.
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
PV types:
First Generation: Focus on:
Crystalline: Crystalline solar cells
- Mono-crystalline arrangement
- Poly- crystalline arrangement
EFG ribbon (Edge defined film fed growth
ribbon)
Second Generation:
Thin film PV technology
- Amorphous (a-Si) + Micro morph Silicon (μc-Si)
- CdTe
- CIS (copper indium selenide)
Third Generation:
Concentrating PV
Organic PV
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Use the table below with a 12 Volt system and inverter to find: according to battery you use inverter
# Appliance type Power type Power (W) Run time (hrs) Energy/day (Whr) Energy/Wk
(Whr)
1 Lights DC 5*20=100W 8hrs 100*8=800 7*800=5600
2 Water pump DC 50W (no amp
considered yet) 2hrs 50*2=100 100*7=700
3 TV AC 120W 8hrs 120*8=960
960*7=6720
4 Water heater AC 800W 2hrs 800*2*3=4800
5 Refrigerator AC 80 24hrs 80*24=1920 1920*7=13440
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Coriolis Effect when you are in the northern hemisphere the wind turns clockwise.
southern is opposite CCW
Explains the path of wind as it rises based on
three points:
- Rise of warm air in the atmosphere
- The rotation of earth
- The interaction between the masses of air
in the atmosphere
Concluding that there is a bending of wind
based on difference in air layer rotation speed at
different heights
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Historical review
One of the earliest forms of wind turbine
constructed in the area between Iran and
Afghanistan was a vertical axis wind turbine
used for milling grains
Constructed 1400 years ago
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Development of HAWT
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
v
𝑃 = w 𝐶\ 𝜌 𝑉yz 𝐴
HAWT VAWT
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Drag effect is in the direction of flow Lift is perpendicular to the direction of flow
Drag force (FD) = ½ CD ρ A (Vw – u)2 Lift force (FL) = ½ CL ρ Ap VA2
CD: Drag coefficient CL: Lift coefficient
ρ: Air density (kg/m3) Ap: Projected area (m2) = t . r
A: Swept area (m2) t: Blade cord (m)
Vw: Wind velocity (m/s) r: Rotor radius (m)
u: Object velocity (m/s)
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
1
𝑃 = 𝐶\ 𝜌 𝑉yz 𝐴
2
Cp = (𝜌)Air density = Vw = A = ¼ π D2
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
Part SIX
Practical session
Some additional reading material for the practical (lab) component of the course:
1. Photovoltaic Panels
In 1839 a French Physicist, Edmund Becquerel, established the first known reference to photovoltaic
effect. The first theoretical explanation for the process was done in 1904 by Albert Einstein. However,
it took until 1950s and the space program for a PV device to be used in a practical form. By the eighties
they were used in applications where the grid connection was difficult to establish like, offshore and
highway lighting. By the beginning of 21st century the production costs were reduced, and policies
were placed to allow more installation.
There is a wide range of available solar cell materials. The variety includes amorphous or
polycrystalline silicon, cadmium sulfide and gallium arsenide. The maximum theoretical efficiency of
silicon cells does not exceed 23% due to the limiting effect that radiation above 1.1 micro m leads
only to heating the cell. In a module many cells are connected in series and parallel to produce the
required voltage and current.
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
A typical solar cell is composed of two layers of dissimilar semiconductors and the junction between
the two. One is the ‘p’ type, and the other is the ‘n’ type, as in figure (1). n-type is doped with a
limited amount of impurities such as phosphorous, so that it has more free electrons than p-type. p-
type is also doped but with a less amount, and elements such as boron that lead to a deficit of free
electrons.
At the junction the doping level changes gradually from ‘p’ to ‘n’ setting up an electric field allowing
for the current flow. Infrared radiation from within the visible light spectrum (1.138 micro m)
causes electron movement and an electric current in the external circuit.
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
2. Wind turbine
Wind energy applications go back about 4000 years. it was first used in sailing ships and almost at the
same time for grinding harvest in windmills. The first commercial wind turbines were installed during
the seventies. The efficiency limit for wind turbines is theoretically set at Betz limit at 59% but in real
applications the efficiency is set at a lower limit close to 45%.
Wind turbines for power production is currently well established. In this case the primary purpose is
to convert the kinetic energy in the wind to electrical energy. The size and output of installed wind
turbines has significantly increased since the nineteen eighties. Expected growth is anticipated to
continue reaching over 180 m diameters with output powers 8 to 12 MW.
Despite the attractive idea and the technological advances, there are a number of obstacles that exist
in the path of its growth such as; public acceptance, visual impact, noise, telecommunication
interference, with additional impacts on wildlife and the natural habitat.
Most of the industrial size wind turbines are horizontal axis machines. The large units mostly have
three blades. In recent years there has been many developments in terms of speed control and blade
design and the costs per kWatt for wind power generation, have descended to below $1000.
Small wind turbines, table (1) are very different from the large turbines in blade design, number of
blades and the manufacturing process. The main design points are the ability to start at lower
speeds and then to have sufficient structural support for high rotation speeds.
End of course
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.
Continuous Education Workshops
Introduction to Solar and Wind
Applications
June – July 2022
Instructor – Soorkeu A Atrooshi, PhD
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RE_Capacity_Highlights_2022.pdf?la=en&hash=6122BF5666A36BECD5AAA2050B011ECE255
B3BC7 - accessed – June 25, 2022
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UKH – June – July 2022 – Cont. Edu. workshops – Introduction to solar and wind applications – S.A.A.