Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students shall be able to:
- describe, analyse and compare different storage technologies for electricity as well as for heating and cooling
- describe a method for calculating the storage capacity of a chosen piece of storage technology and do a substantiated estimation of said capacity
- formulate a complete system with storage including suitable energy sources and loads as well as suggest and briefly describe a suitable operational strategy for the system
- present the project and also objectively be an opponent to another project, both orally and in writing
Course Content
The course covers electrical energy storage as well as various types of storage of heat and cold. The need for storage in both space and time is dealt with first. The basics for several storage technologies are given in lectures, for example sensible heat storage, phase change materials, chemical heat storage, electromechanical and electrochemical storage as well as hydrogen and fuel cells.
Following this, students choose a technology to study in depth and define the aims and scope of this study. Students search for suitable material themselves from scientific publications and other sources in order to gain a deeper knowledge of the technology. The students then design a complete system including the chosen storage technology and present both the technology and the system in a written report together with an oral presentation where the students will also act as opponents of other students as they present their work.
Following this, students choose a technology to study in depth and define the aims and scope of this study. Students search for suitable material themselves from scientific publications and other sources in order to gain a deeper knowledge of the technology. The students then design a complete system including the chosen storage technology and present both the technology and the system in a written report together with an oral presentation where the students will also act as opponents of other students as they present their work.
Assessment
Active participation at seminars (1 credit)
Oral presentation and opposition (1 credit)
Written report (3 credits)
Forms of Study
Lectures, self-study with active literature search, compulsory seminars, oral and written presentation of individual studies, opponent of other students in their presentations.
Grades
The Swedish grades U–VG.
Seminars U, G
The overall grade is based on individual grades from the written report and the oral presentation and opposition, where the written report has the highest weighting.
The overall grade is based on individual grades from the written report and the oral presentation and opposition, where the written report has the highest weighting.
Prerequisites
- 30 credits in the Master‘s Programme in Solar Energy Engineering
Other Information
This course is planned to be taken together with the course Scientific Information and Communication.
Replaces MÖ4003.