Technische Universitt Mnchen

Renewable Energy Technology

Regenerative Energiesysteme

Objective of this lecture

The objective of this lecture is provide an overview on the current state and application of renewable energy technology. The lecture not only focuses on technologies but also on environmental, social and economical factors that lead to the intensivied world wide harvesting of CO2-neutral energy sources as well as their potentials and limitations. Therefore, it aims at students of all fields of study wishing to get an overview on the most important applications in one lecture.
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Contents
Winter Semester (last semester): Fundamentals (Prof. H. Spliethoff; LES) Biomass (A. Schuster; LES) Geothermal Energy (A. Schuster; LES) Wind Power (Prof. R. Schilling; FLM) Summer Semester (starting now): Hydropower (Prof. R. Schilling; FLM) Solarthermal Power (tba; ZAE) Photovoltaics (Prof. T. Hamacher; LfE)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Spliethoff

Renewable Energy Technology II Summer Semester 2012

Technische Universitt Mnchen

Contents - fundamentals
Prof. Hartmut Spliethoff Lehrstuhl fr Energiesysteme

1.1 historical overview 1.2 terms, definitions and power plant fundamentals 1.3 climate 1.4 energy economics 1.5 electricity control 1.6 fossil and nuclear energy

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Spliethoff

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Contents - biomass
Dr. Matthias Gaderer Lehrstuhl fr Energiesysteme

2.1 introduction 2.2 useful heat production 2.3 combustion 2.4 gasification 2.5 fermentation

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Contents geothermal energy

Christoph Wieland Lehrstuhl fr Energiesysteme

3.1 fundamentals 3.2 close-surface geothermal energy 3.3 terms and parameters 3.4 deep rock formations 3.5 electricity generation 3.6 useful heat

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Spliethoff

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Contents wind power

Prof. Rudolf Schilling Lehrstuhl fr Fluidmechanik

4.1 potential 4.2 types of wind turbines 4.3 wind turbine technology 4.4 environmental aspects 4.5 economical aspects

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Contents - hydropower
Prof. Rudolf Schilling Lehrstuhl fr Fluidmechanik

5.1 potential 5.2 hydropower plants 5.3 ocean current power plants 5.4 hydroturbine technology 5.5 limiting boundaries 5.6 control 5.7 sustainability of water power

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Spliethoff

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Contents solarthermal power

tba ZAE

6.1 potential 6.2 fundamentals 6.3 parabolic trough power plants 6.4 solar tower power plants 6.5 solar dish power plants 6.6 solar chimneys 6.7 current projects

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Contents - photovoltaics
Prof. Thomas Hamacher Lehrstuhl fr Energiewirtschaft und Anwendungstechnik

7.1 sun and radiation 7.2 basics of photovoltaic cells 7.3 cell types and production methods 7.4 net integration of photovoltaics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Spliethoff

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Time & Date

Tuesdays 8:30 (8:30pm), 101 Interimshrsaal 1 2 hours (90 min) lecture per week; no exercise course/ tutorial Compulsory Course for Power Engineering Master Programme students Elective Course / Ergnzungsfach for all other interested students Please register in TUMonline (campus.tum.de) for this course to get access to additional documents and files as well as information on appointment changes etc. By registering you get access to the corresponding MOODLE course, where you find additional information and the respective handouts for each lecture.

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Structure
Lecture Renewable Energy Technology consists of two semesters: RET I: winter semester; RET II: summer semerster 4 institutes involved: Institute for Energy Systems (LES): Fundamentals, Biomass and Geothermal Energy (www.es.mw.tum.de) Institute for Fluid Mechanics (FLM): Wind and Water Power (www.flm.mw.tum.de) Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE): Solarthermal Energy (www.zaebayern.de) Institute for Energy Economy and Applied Technology (LfE): Photovoltaics (www.lfe.ei.tum.de)

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Exams
International Master Programme Power Engineering: one written exam on both semesters (120 min) after the summer semester All other students: one written exam after each term (60 min); An exam for RET I will be offered after this semester as well. Re-examination in the following term on the topics of both terms

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