ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 1 Expository Class: 12 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 25
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Agroforestry Engineering
Areas: Agroforestry Engineering
Center Higher Polytechnic Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
Acquire knowledge about the use of renewable energies in the forest and natural environment.
Solar radiation. Components and sizing of isolated and grid-connected photovoltaic installations. Components and sizing of photothermal installations. Wind energy: conversion principles, resource evaluation and site selection.
These contents will be developed according to the following agenda:
Theoretical program:
1. Wind energy: Conversion principles, resource evaluation, site selection. (3 hours).
2. Wind energy: Types of wind turbines, mechanical and electrical systems. Power control. (3 hours)
4. Solar radiation. Photovoltaic Solar Energy. Photovoltaic cell. p-n union. Manufacturing technologies. Photovoltaic module. Characteristics of the photovoltaic cell. (2 hours).
5. Isolated photovoltaic installations connected to the grid. Components. Photovoltaic system connected to the grid with self-consumption. Photovoltaic system with solar tracking. Photovoltaic pumping installations (2 h).
6. Solar thermal energy: Solar panels. Facility components. Types of facilities. (2 hours).
Practical program:
1. Compass rose: origin, speed and energy (3 h).
2. Estimation of wind potential (3 h).
3. Estimation of solar radiation. (2 hours).
4. Sizing and simulation of isolated photovoltaic solar installation. (2 hours)
5. Sizing and simulation of grid-connected solar photovoltaic installation. (2 hours)
Basic:
Carta, J. A. et al. 2013. Centrales de energías renovables: generación eléctrica con energías renovables. 2ª edición. Pearson Educación. Estado de México.
Castillo, I. C. et al. 2020. Energía solar fotovoltaica y térmica. Manual Técnico. AMV Ediciones.
Fernandez Salgado, Jose Maria. 2021. Guia completa de la energia eolica. Ed. Antonio Madrid Vicente.
Moro Vallina, Miguel. 2010. Instalaciones solares fotovoltaicas. Paraninfo. Madrid.
Rodríguez Amenedo, J.L. et al. 2003. Sistemas eólicos de producción de energía eléctrica.
Complementary:
Clark, R.N. 2014. Small Wind. Academic Press.
Messenger, R. 2010. Photovoltaic systems engineering. CRC Press.
Pareja, M. 2009. Energía solar fotovoltaica. Cálculo de una instalación aislada. Ed. Marcombo.
Pérez, David. 2023. Energía eólica. Fundamentos, tecnologías y aplicaciones. Ed. Marcombo.
Tobajas Vázquez, Manuel Carlos. 2018. Energía solar fotovoltaica. Cano Pina.
CEM1-04 - Knowledge and ability to develop and apply technology in the field of renewable energies in the forest and natural environment TYPE: Competencies
CEM1-01 - Ability to draft, direct and execute projects for the development, sawmill and furniture industries and for the use of renewable energy TYPE: Competencies
CG05 - Ability to develop techniques and projects in the field of renewable energies. TYPE: Competencies
COM1-09 - The tools and technologies necessary for the use of renewable energies in the forestry and natural field TYPE: Knowledge or contents
COM1-10 - The principles of using solar radiation as a source of photovoltaic and photothermal energy. TYPE: Knowledge or content
COM1-11 - The use of wind as a source of energy TYPE: Knowledge or content
HAM1-08 - Design photovoltaic solar energy and photothermal solar energy installations TYPE: Skills or abilities
HAM1-09 - Estimate the wind potential of an area TYPE: Skills or abilities
The set of teaching activities to be carried out by students are classified as follows:
1. Expository classes: face-to-face theory classes in which the teacher will present, with the help of audiovisual media, the contents of the program in general terms. The objective of these classes is to provide students with the basic knowledge that allows them to approach the study of the subject independently with the help of the recommended bibliography and the exercises and work carried out during the course. The students will have the teaching material available in the Virtual Classroom of the subject. CEM1-04, CG05.
2. Interactive classes: face-to-face classes in which the teachers will carry out exercises. The students will have the material deposited in the Virtual Classroom of the subject, so that teachers and students interact in the resolution. CEM1-04, CEM1-01, CG05, HAM1-08, HAM1-09.
3. This work will be complemented as personal work with the resolution of exercises independently. CEM1-04, CG05, HAM1-08, HAM1-09.
4. Tutorials: intended to discuss, comment, clarify or resolve doubts or issues related to the development of the subject. CEM1-04, CEM1-01, CG05, HAM1-08, HAM1-09.
Test or tests, oral and/or written: 30% of the final grade.
Completion of exercises: 30% of the final grade.
Works delivered and/or exhibited: 30% of the final grade.
Student participation in classroom activities: 10% of the final grade.
Test or tests, oral and/or written: CEM1-04, CG05.
Completion of exercises and works delivered and/or presented: CEM1-04, CEM1-01, CG05, HAM1-08, HAM1-09.
Student participation in classroom activities: CEM1-04, CEM1-01, CG05, HAM1-08, HAM1-09.
The assignments and other activities developed must be delivered within the established deadlines and will only be valid during the academic year. To pass the subject it is necessary that the following two requirements be met:
-obtain a minimum grade of 3 points out of 10 in the exam.
-the overall grade obtained as a weighting of the exams, assignments and exercises is at least 5 points out of 10.
In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the "Regulations for evaluating the academic performance of students and reviewing grades" will apply.
Students who have been granted attendance waiver according to Instruction 1/2017 of the General Secretariat will be able to submit all the activities carried out throughout the course, since they will be available to them on the Virtual Campus, for so their evaluation will be on equal terms with the other students.
2nd opportunity evaluation: If the student has not passed the subject in the first opportunity, he/she must take the final exam of the second opportunity. Students will take the exam for this opportunity under the same conditions as the ordinary exam, which means that they will not be able to submit pending work or reports.
The evaluation of repeating students will be exactly the same as that of non-repeating students.
Personal work in the classroom:
Theoretical teaching: 12 h
Interactive teaching (laboratory): 12 h
Small group tutoring: 1 hour
Student personal work:
Reading and preparation of topics: 25 h
Performing exercises: 10 h
Preparation of course work: 10 h
Preparation of evaluation tests: 5 h
Total: 75 hours
Regular attendance at both theoretical and practical classes and use of the virtual campus.
- Attendance and participation in classes.
- Regular dedication to theoretical study and completion of the proposed exercises and questions.
- Use of the virtual campus both to take tests and to resolve doubts and study the subject.
- Use of tutorials to consult doubts that arise from the study of the subject as needed.
The language used will be Galician.
Students enrolled in the subject will have continued in-person attention during tutorial hours in offices numbers 12 and 14 of pavilion 2, upper 2nd floor. In addition, attention will be provided through the Virtual Campus, MSTeams and the teachers' email:
manuelramiro.rodriguez [at] usc.es (manuelramiro[dot]rodriguez[at]usc[dot]es)
mdolores.fernandez [at] usc.es (mdolores[dot]fernandez[at]usc[dot]es)
Manuel Ramiro Rodriguez Rodriguez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Agroforestry Engineering
- Area
- Agroforestry Engineering
- manuelramiro.rodriguez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
María Dolores Fernández Rodríguez
- Department
- Agroforestry Engineering
- Area
- Agroforestry Engineering
- mdolores.fernandez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer