Renewable Energy Workshop

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The course spans more than 12 hours over 3 days.
The workshop will be held starting 24/7/16 for 2 weeks, every Sun & Tue 9:00-13:00
Location: iHub Workshop, Faculty of Engineering, ASU
​CHEP Training Credit: 1 week
Cost: 250 EGP (or proof of CHEP training payment) 
(Payment needs to be made in ASU by 9/6/2016)

Dr. Walid Torky
​Dr. Ashraf Mostafa

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Workshop Objective:
To provide an introduction to renewable energy resources’ theory and applications.
 
Course description:
Solar energy - Solar radiation - Solar technologies - Advantages and disadvantages - Solar collectors - Experiment.
Wind energy – Wind data - Vertical-axis Wind turbines – Horizontal-axis wind turbines - Advantages and disadvantages - Experiment.
Biomass Energy - Syngas production - Gasification - Types of Gasifiers Biogas production - Biodiesel production - Biogasoline production

Agenda:

1. Day1
   Introduction to solar energy
   Spectral irradiance from the sun
   Solar thermal systems
   Solar photovoltaic systems
   Applications
   Advantages and disadvantages
   Solar collectors
   Experiment.
2. Day2
   Introduction to wind energy
   Wind data and wind rose
   Types of wind turbines
   Estimation of wind power
   Airfoil theory
   Vertical-axis wind-turbines: Savonius and Darriews
   Horizontal-axis wind turbines.
3. Day3
   Introduction to Biomass energy
   Syngas production
   Gasification
   Types of Gasifiers
   Gasifier performance and control
   Biogas production
   Biodiesel production
   ​Biogasoline production.