ΜΕ13 | Renewable Energy Sources

Postgraduate Study Program | Power Systems

Forms – Types and nature of Renewable Energy Sources (RES). Advantages & disadvantages of RES. Solar Energy, Thermal systems (active – passive), Photovoltaics. Wind energy, Windmills – Wind generators. Geothermal energy, of High & low grade (enthalpy), Geothermal heating & cooling. Hydraulic energy, Small hydraulic plants. Biomass energy, Forms of waste biomass, Bioenergy plants, Biofuels. Cogeneration/combined heat and Power (CHP) systems using RES. Energy storage systems, Sensible & latent heat storage, Pumped storage, Battery storage. RES utilization technologies. Combined heat pump and RES systems. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Reduction Analysis. Clean Energy Project financial Analysis. Application projects with free software packages for the dimensioning of RES systems.