Renewable Energy Sources

Course: Renewable Energy Sources
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Prerequisites: Elective
Credits: ECTS 2
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COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
DEPARTMENT Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources
LEVEL OF STUDIES Undergraduate
COURSE CODE   SEMESTER 6o
COURSE TITLE Renewable Energy Sources
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
in case the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to a course as a whole, then please note down the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
Lectures and Laboratory Exercises / Practice Exercises 3 2
     
     
Add lines if necessary. The teaching organization and methods used are described in the point 4.    
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES:

 

  
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS:  
URL COURSE: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE02261/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the concepts of different categories and characteristics of renewable energy sources, their capabilities and technologies and measures for their wider dissemination in Greece.

 

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

• Resolve issues related to the conditions and possibilities of utilization of new inexhaustible energy sources such as renewable energy sources

• Recognize the different categories of renewable energy sources and their characteristics

• Apply the knowledge gained in the professional field.

 
General Skills
Taking into account the general skills that the graduate must have acquired (as they are listed in the Diploma Supplement and are listed below), which of them is intended (for the course)?
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking
•             Decision making

• Work in an interdisciplinary environment

• Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

 
  1. COURSE CONTENT
Week         Lecture Thematic Unit

 

1. Basic concepts of Renewable Energy Sources

2. Characteristics of Renewable Energy Sources

3.Categories of Renewable Energy Sources

4. Current state of utilization of hydroelectric energy in Greece

5. Current state of utilization of solar energy in Greece

6. Prospects for the utilization of solar energy in Greece

7. Passive use of solar radiation-energy. Bioclimatic Architecture, Greenhouses for agricultural crops

8. Active use of solar radiation-energy

9. Current state of utilization of wind energy in Greece

10. Utilization of geothermal energy in Greece

11. Utilization of the energy of the waves and the tide

12. Utilization of biomass for energy production

13. Legislative framework and measures for wider dissemination of renewable energy sources in Greece

 

 

Week            Thematic Unit of Laboratories

 

 

1. Global current state of utilization of hydroelectric energy

2. Prospects for the utilization of hydroelectric energy worldwide

3. Prospects for the utilization of hydraulic energy in Greece

4. Global current state of utilization of wind energy

5. Prospects for the utilization of wind energy worldwide

6. Prospects for the utilization of wind energy in Greece

7. Global current state of solar energy utilization

8. Prospects for the utilization of solar energy worldwide

9. Hot water production systems with the active use of solar radiation

10. Solar systems for central heating

11. Solar electricity generation systems with thermal solar installations and with photovoltaic technique

12. Drying systems of various products with the active use of solar radiation

13. Desalination systems with the active use of solar radiation

 
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 Learning process support through the electronic platform e-class

Use of e-Media: Power Point presentations
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The way and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The student study hours for each learning activity are listed as well as the non-guided study hours so that the total workload at the semester level corresponds to the ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 26
Laboratory exercises 13
Bibliographic work 4
Independent Study 7
   
   
   
Course Total

(25 hours of workload per credit unit)

 50
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Public Presentation, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Explicitly defined assessment criteria and if and where are accessible to students are mentioned.

  

Written final exam (in Greek).

Individual or Group Work.

Students with identified dyslexia problems are examined orally

The student can see his / her writing at any time

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

-Proposed Bibliography:

 

Tsatiris, M. 2006. Energy and Environment. Typothito Publications. Second Edition Completed. Athens, p. 165.

Chapters 5 and 6 of the above book are the curriculum of this course.

 

 

-Related scientific journals:

 

Renewable Energy, Biomass and Bioenergy, International Journal of Sustainable Energy, International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology, Energy Policy, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Michael Tsatiris
Contact details: tsatiris@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1)  
Evaluation methods: (2) Oral remote examination via SKYPE FOR BUSINESS
Implementation Instructions: (3) The examination will be held orally through SKYPE FOR BUSINESS on Friday 26-6-2020 from 15:00 to 18:00. The link will be sent to students via eclass exclusively to the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance education.

Students will have to log in to the examination room through their institutional account, otherwise they will not be able to participate.

They will also take part in the examination with a camera which they will have open during the examination. Before the start of the exam, students will show their identity to the camera, so that they can be identified.

Each student should answer 4 questions. Each of the questions is scored with 2.5.

 

  • To be completed with YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

α) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submitting them to the teacher, the grading system, the participation of the assignment in the final grade and every other detail that should be mentioned.

β) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of pronouncing topics, the applications to be used, the necessary technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the way the hyperlink is sent, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

γ) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for assigning the topics, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of the beneficiaries to participate in the examination.