EGET 1302 - WIND AND SOLAR POWER SYSTEMS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on wind power, solar photovoltaic, and solar thermal technologies, their citing requirements, engineering fundamentals, performance characteristics, operational norms. The discussion of wind power includes: the theory of induction machine performance, operation, generator speed control. The discussion of solar includes array design, environmental variables, and sun-tracking methods, solar thermal efficiency. This course also covers pertinent large-scale energy storage technologies, power back-up technologies, overall electrical system integration and performance, and plant economics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PHYS 0101 Introduction to Physics and EGET 1300 Principles of Energy Engineering

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