Unit Outline

This unit provides students with knowledge of renewable energy technologies, energy storage systems, power electronics interfaces and associated control, and renewable energy system design and implementation. Students will be able to practice their design skills in renewable energy systems through modelling and implementation. The unit utilises the laboratory resources of the Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems (CREPS) enabling comprehensive experimental studies in renewable energy systems to be completed. It is highly recommended for students to have a background in electrical machines and power electronics, or be concurrently enrolled in ENG231 - Electrical Machines and Transformers and ENG75X - Power Electronics.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	Design power converters and energy storage systems for renewable energy applications.
2	Discuss rationales for renewable energy integration and sustainable engineering practice to guide current and future decision making in professional and public domains.
3	Model components of renewable energy systems such as wind turbines, hydroelectric systems and photovoltaics using mathematical models or simulation software.
4	Design renewable energy based power systems using complementary and state of the art technologies.
5	Evaluate a renewable energy system design to ensure it meets relevant standards and requirements for a client.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	KAA112 Engineering Circuits

Alterations as a result of student feedback

Project and some content moved to earlier in the semester.

Single lab report covering all lab activities modified to be two lab reports covering different parts of the lab work.

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
ASSESSMENT TASK 1:	Renewable Energy System Design Project	Week 11	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO4, LO5
ASSESSMENT TASK 2:	Design Project Evaluation	Week 12	10 %	LO5
ASSESSMENT TASK 3:	Portfolio	Week 14	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO4, LO5
ASSESSMENT TASK 4:	Test	Refer to Assessment Description	20 %	LO1, LO2, LO3
ASSESSMENT TASK 5:	Laboratory report	Refer to Assessment Description	10 %	LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Renewable Energy System Design Project

TASK DESCRIPTION:

Students will engage in a comprehensive renewable energy design project building upon the work conducted in the lectures and lab. Students will need to effectively scope the requirements of their system, engage with stakeholders to consider the various technical and non-technical inputs to their design, design, simulate and evaluate their proposed system. The task requires students to apply state of the art technologies in their design solution.

Students will be assessed through a weekly progress presentation, group final presentation, and group final report.

Each week a nominated member of each team will deliver a 3 minute progress presentation on behalf of their team for individual assessment. These weekly presentations will alternate between the members of the pair and will focus on sharing the project management processes of the team (criterion 5), and how the team is incorporating research literature into their design (criterion 4).

TASK LENGTH:

Weekly 3 minute progress presentation (individual) 30 page report, 10 minute presentation followed by 5 minutes of questions. (team)

DUE DATE:

Week 11

WEIGHT:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	Seek input from stakeholders to scope design requirements	LO4
2	consider and apply relevant codes of practice in developing and scoping the design	LO5
3	solve complex engineering problems throughout the design utilising appropriate tools	LO1
4	incorporate the outcomes of research literature into the engineering design	LO4
5	Contribute to the management of the engineering project as a member of a team	LO4
6	justify the choice of components in relation to sustainable engineering practice	LO2

Assessment Task 2: Design Project Evaluation

TASK DESCRIPTION:

Evaluate the design project completed by another group to assess how well it meets client requirements and standards.

TASK LENGTH:

5 pages

DUE DATE:

Week 12

WEIGHT:

10 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	present a comprehensive evaluation of a design showing that if it does/does not meet client requirements and appropraite standards	LO5

Assessment Task 3: Portfolio

TASK DESCRIPTION:

Students will compile an ePortfolio of their experiences throughout the unit. In particular, students will be required to reflect on their learning experiences, provide evidence of their findings from the laboratories and contributions to their group design project, and discuss the broad contextual factors influencing the renewable energy industry. Students will use their ePortfolio as evidence in an individual interview (20 minutes).

TASK LENGTH:

Portfolio - varied format, minimum 2000 words equivalent. Individual interview 20-30 minutes

DUE DATE:

Week 14

WEIGHT:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	Compile and critically reflect on evidence of design work	LO1
2	Evaluate factors which impact on the renewable energy industry and power industry more broadly	LO2
3	reflect on experiences of working as a team to achieve a design goal	LO4
4	Reflect on the process of evaluating a design produced by others	LO5

Assessment Task 4: Test

TASK DESCRIPTION:

Two in-semester tests will be conducted to assess students’ capacity to design, model and implement basic components of renewable energy systems. Each test will focus on concepts and processes students have applied through collaborative assessment experiential tasks.

Test 1 will occur in week 6, Test 2 in week 8.

TASK LENGTH:

2 hours

DUE DATE:

Refer to Assessment Description

WEIGHT:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	correctly answer questions related to the modelling, design and implementation of renewable energy systems.	LO1, LO2, LO3

Assessment Task 5: Laboratory report

TASK DESCRIPTION:

Students will participate in 4 three hour hands-on laboratories utilising the resources of the Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems (CREPS). Students will investigate the characteristics and operation of different sources, compare the experimental operation of the system with modelled results and investigate control strategies.
Laboratories will consider photovoltaic systems, wind energy systems and hybrid microgrids. Participation in the laboratory is compulsory and key results will feed into the design project and ePortfolio. Students will be assessed on final technical reports written about the lab sessions.

TASK LENGTH:

2 x reports - 15 pages each One report covering the modelling and simulation based labs (due week 6) One report covering the hardware labs (due week 12)

DUE DATE:

Refer to Assessment Description

WEIGHT:

10 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	Design and conduct renewable energy experiments utilising lab resources	LO4
2	present a concise technical report	LO4
3	Model renewable energy system components using mathematical models and simulation software	LO3

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late Penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.