Solar photovoltaic installation: learning by doing

Author: Marta Victoria

Created: 2019-10-22 02:45am

Edited: 2019-12-09 01:27am

Keywords: engineering, renewable energies, solar photovoltaics, lecture, lab exercises, active learning; flipped classroom; just-in-time teaching, increase motivation

Description:

Learning activity included in the 5 ECTS course "Renewable Energy Technologies"

Intended Learning Outcomes:

Enumerate the main elements in a solar photovoltaic installation and their function.
Identify the available databases for solar radiation
Model the power produced in a rooftop solar installation with hourly resolution
Formulate hypotheses on possible causes of errors and uncertainties when modeling a solar photovoltaic installation.

Resources	Tasks		Supports
Lecture slides and reference text	Lecture on solar radiation ↓	←	face-to-face interaction
Wikilist template	Cocreate a wikilist of available solar radiation databases ↓	←	online support if needed
Lectures slides and reference text	Modelling hourly solar irradiance in Aarhus ↓	←	online if needed
	Group discussion on the different results obtained for the modelled radiation ↓	←	face-to-face interaction
Lectures slides and reference text	Lecture on modelling electricity from solar installation ↓	←	face-to-face interaction
Solar photovoltaic installation (used as lab)	Visit to the physical installation. Students collect necessary data ↓	←	face-to-face interaction
Forum (students ask questions if needed and answers to their peers)	Model the electricity production from the solar photovoltaic installation ↓	←	online answers of questions (if needed)
	Presentation of the main results in class. Group discussion regarding the differences and the source of discrepancy	←	Face-to-face interaction