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CEAGE Courses
CEAGE offers two online courses dealing with renewable/alternate energy systems and the environmental impacts of producing and utilizing electricity. The courses are available to Virginia Tech students as well as to those seeking continuing education, i.e., working professionals. For further information please contact Prof. Saifur Rahman at (703) 528-5500. A brief description of the courses is given below:
ECE 4364 - Alternate Energy Systems
ECE 6304 - Advanced Topics in Power: Electrical Energy Infrastructures and Microgrids New
ECE 4364 - Alternate Energy Systems
Electric energy from alternative energy sources including solar, wind, hydro, biomass, geothermal and ocean. Characteristics of direct conversion, electromechanical conversion, and storage devices used in alternative energy systems. Power system issues associated with integration of small scale energy sources into the electricity grid. Topics included are:
- Energy and the Environment
- Life-cycle Assessment
- Wind Resource
- Power from the Wind
- Wind Energy Conversion System
- Large-scale Applications
- Solar Resource (Download Sample Lecture)
- Solar Thermal Systems
- Photovoltaic Systems
- Hydroelectric Power
- Geothermal Power
- Non-conventional Hydro
- Storage Systems
- Fuel Cells
- Electric Utility Integration
ECE 4364, Alternate Energy Systems, is completely web-based, and it can be taken for 3 graduate or undergraduate level credits. Anyone with a vt.edu PID can enroll themselves. Students are not required to come to campus to attend classes. For students who are in Blacksburg and in No VA area, they are asked to come to class for the mid-term and the final exams only. Students who are in other locations can submit their exams via email attachment, exams are sent to the student via email. The lecture materials, text book, homework and homework solutions, sample test materials are posted on the class website, and managed through Course Info. Three lectures (containing audio and text materials) are released every week. Students can download them or play from the class web site. Users need to have media player or equivalent software available on their computers to play the audio. Students ask questions via email.
ECE 6304 - Advanced Topics in Power: Electrical Energy Infrastructures and Microgrids
| Semester: | Fall 2008 |
| Course Timetable: | Monday 4:00pm - 6:45pm |
| Course Offered: | Live at NVC, VTEL to Blacksburg |
| Prerequisite: | ECE 4364 |
| Registration: |
Blacksburg registrar or NOVA registrar |
Introduction to electrical energy infrastructures and their interdependencies, focusing on electrical energy, including generation, transmission and distribution of electricity along with its control systems. Concept of Network theory and model-based vulnerability analysis (MBVA). Vulnerability assessment case studies of electric power grids, and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. Role of emerging distributed generation technologies and cyber infrastructures to reduce risks and vulnerabilities. Distribution system analysis and microgrid operation. Distributed energy resource models, including solar photovoltaics, wind turbines and fuel cells, for electricity sector assurance. Reliability impacts of microgrids. (3H, 3C).
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