ECE 333 - Green Electric Energy

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010
Section Type Times Days Location Instructor
A LEC 0930 - 1050 T R   106B8 Engineering Hall  Thomas Overbye

Web Page http://courses.ece.illinois.edu/ece333/
Official Description Review of relevant topics from physics and circuits; electric power grid structure and policy; analysis of wind, solar, and fuels as raw resources; wind turbines and parks; solar cells, modules, arrays and systems; fuel cell power plants; energy and financial performance of green energy projects; integration of green energy into power grid; energy project report and presentation. Prerequisite: ECE 205 or ECE 210.
Hours 3 hours.
Course Prerequisites Credit in ECE 205 or ECE 210
Course Directors
Notes Grading: The course grade is based on written assignments (15%), quizzes (35%), projects (15%), and the final exam (35%). Teams of students will conduct a final project and present the results to the class.
Credit 3 hours.
Topics
  • Magnetics/Circuits Review       
  • Phasors/3-Phase/Power           
  • Thermo, Conventional Generation
  • Power Grid     
  • Solar Ponds (Guest Lecture)    
  • Fuel Cells        
  • Regulation       
  • Economic Evaluation    
  • Solar and Passive Houses (Guest Lecture)
  • Wind Resource and Turbines   
  • Photovoltaic Cells (Guest Lecture)
  • Solar Resource
  • Photovoltaic Systems   
  • Project Presentations   
  • Demand Side Management
  • Markets/Environmental
  • Integration       
Texts G. Masters, Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems, J. Wiley, 2004.