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LEARNING OUTCOMES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Knowledge:<\/p>\n

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  • Familiarity with Renewable Energy Sources<\/li>\n
  • Understanding of theoretical fundamental principles of solar energy and solar technology<\/li>\n
  • Understanding of the main mechanisms of solar energy production<\/li>\n
  • Understanding the solar technology and the process of calculating the energy produced, the installation of solar systems.<\/li>\n
  • Understanding of the main theoretical principles of winds\u2019 creation and of the mechanisms of wind energy production<\/li>\n
  • Wind potential analysis.<\/li>\n
  • Understanding the mechanisms of wind power generation.<\/li>\n
  • Understanding the technology of wind turbines and the process of calculating the energy produced<\/li>\n
  • Understanding of hydrological cycle and of the mechanisms of hydraulic energy production<\/li>\n
  • Understanding of the main mechanisms of energy production from biomass<\/li>\n
  • Basic principles of geothermal energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Skills \u2013 Abilities:<\/p>\n

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    • Wind potential calculation.<\/li>\n
    • Calculation of wind energy production.<\/li>\n
    • Calculation of solar energy production.<\/li>\n
    • Calculation of thermal power and of coefficient efficiency of solar thermal systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \u2022 Calculation of heating load coverage percentage for heating and hot water production using solar thermal systems<\/p>\n

      COURSE CONTENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Introduction in Renewable Energy Sources<\/li>\n
      2. Solar Radiation: Laws of solar radiation, laws of infra-red radiation, greenhouse effect, solar radiation in the atmosphere (scattering-diffusion-reflectance), energy balance of the planet, instrumentation<\/li>\n
      3. Solar thermal collectors: classification, flat-plate solar collector, energy balance of a flat-plate solar collector, efficiency coefficient of a flat-plate solar collector, types of flat-plate solar collectors, solar thermal systems, calculation of heating load coverage of a flat-plate solar collector, method f-chart<\/li>\n
      4. Solar energy in the built environment: applications of solar energy in the built environment, energy conscious design of buildings, shading and solar control, natural cooling and heating, natural ventilation<\/li>\n
      5. Wind energy : Wind, main forces creating winds, types of winds, wind energy, types of wind-turbines, wind-turbines components, calculation of Betz limit, calculation of wind energy potential<\/li>\n
      6. Hydrology-Hydro-power energy: Water in the atmosphere, Hydro-cycle, Hydro-power systems, hydro-electric stations, hydro-turbines<\/li>\n
      7. Biomass: definitions, Biomass sources, basic technologies for energy production from biomass<\/li>\n
      8. Geothermal energy: basic theoretical principles, geothermal energy, geothermal fields, geothermal fluids<\/li>\n
      9. Photovoltaics: types of PV, structure and function, capacity coefficient, materials, advantages and disadvantages<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11551,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"msc_category":[],"courses_cat":[1701],"class_list":["post-35483","courses","type-courses","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","courses_cat-division-of-energy-aeronautics-enviroment-9th-sepester-compulsory"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRenewable Energy Sources - MEAD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mead.upatras.gr\/en\/courses\/enewable-energy-sources\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Renewable Energy Sources - MEAD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LEARNING OUTCOMES Knowledge: Familiarity with Renewable Energy Sources Understanding of [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mead.upatras.gr\/en\/courses\/enewable-energy-sources\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MEAD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-12T18:19:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mead.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/courses.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1374\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"776\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/courses\\\/enewable-energy-sources\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mead.upatras.gr\\\/en\\\/courses\\\/enewable-energy-sources\\\/\",\"name\":\"Renewable Energy Sources - 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