Renewable energy (for ME)
Weekly outline
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Biomass : overview of sources and potential (theoretical vs real)
Solid biomass : wood, crops
Combustion, pyrolysis, gasification, power/CHP
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Lectures and exercises will take place online until further notice.Recorded lectures will be online on Tuesday early morning. We will be available for questions in a zoom meeting Tuesdays between 12:00-13:00. A meeting invitation link will be sent to you with the access info. Please install zoom for this.Lecture on Solar electricity: tube.switch.ch/videos/61c7ac1e
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Continuation of Biomass conversion
Biogases
Bioliquids
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Lecture on Solar Fuels and Materials: tube.switch.ch/videos/b5e24b80
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No lecture, Easter break.
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Lecture on Geothermal avaialble on: tube.switch.ch/videos/26cfd778
Q&A and exercise lecture on Tuesday, 12:00-13:00 in: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/95858717857
Another Q&A session on Friday, 11:00-12:00 on: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/95912785216
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Wind resource, origin, potential
Geostrophic and gradient winds
Wind speed distribution and measurement
Wind power in Europe and the world
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The slides for this week are in the same package as last weeks (1 slide set for the 2 weeks of Wind Energy & Power)
Betz Theory & Power Coefficient
Mechanical losses
Turbine blade design; lift /drag ; angle of attack; pitch angle; optimal chord length
Power regulation
Horizontal / Vertical axes turbines
Wind farms
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Origin, potential and exploitation of tidal and wave power
Tidal turbines
