Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2024-2025
Module ENGI4447: Renewable Energy Technologies 4
Department: Engineering
ENGI4447: Renewable Energy Technologies 4
| Type | Tied | Level | 4 | Credits | 10 | Availability | Available in 2024/2025 | Module Cap | None. | Location | Durham |
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| Tied to | H100 |
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Prerequisites
- ENGI3291
Corequisites
- As specified in programme regulations.
Excluded Combination of Modules
- As specified in programme regulations.
Aims
- This module is designed solely for students studying Department of Engineering degree programmes.
- To provide an overview and describe the characteristics of the major renewable energy technologies.
- To explain the working principles of systems for the major renewable energy technologies.
- To explain the technical, as well as economical, constraints and solutions of renewable energy technology.
Content
- The Renewable Energy Technology Landscape
- Wind turbine design and operation
- Wind farm design and operation
- Off-shore and on-shore wind
- Thermal renewables
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- An appreciation and technical understanding of the physics of wind turbine and wind farm operation.
- A knowledge and understanding of the differences and challenges of operating wind turbines offshore.
- An understanding of the modelling techniques used to design renewable energy technologies and an appreciation of their capabilities and limitations.
- A knowledge of trends and developments in the areas of renewable energy technologies.
Subject-specific Skills:
- An awareness of current technology, analysis methods and industrial practises along with the ability to apply those methods in novel situations.
- An in-depth knowledge and understanding of specialised and advanced technical and professional skills, an ability to perform critical assessment and review and an ability to communicate the results of their own work effectively.
Key Skills:
- Capacity for independent self-learning within the bounds of professional practice.
- Specialised numerical skills appropriate to an engineer.
- Mathematics relevant to the application of advanced engineering concepts.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- The module content is delivered in lectures and is reinforced by problem sheets, equipping students with the required problem solving capability.
- Students are able to make use of staff 'Tutorial Hours' to discuss any aspect of the module with teaching staff on a one-to-one basis. These are sign up sessions available for up to one hour per week per lecture course.
- Written timed examinations are appropriate because of the wide range of analytical, in-depth material covered in this module and allow students to demonstrate the ability to solve advanced problems independently.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
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| Lectures | 20 | Typically 1 per week | 1 Hour | 20 | |
| Tutorial Hours | As required | Weekly sign-up sessions | Up to 1 Hour | 10 | |
| Preparation and Reading | 70 | ||||
| Total | 100 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Examination | Component Weighting: 100% | ||
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| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| Written Examination | 2 hours | 100% | No |
Formative Assessment:
N/A
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University