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ELEC295 – Fundamentals of Energy Conversion and Storage
2018 – S1 Day
General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer
Nikos Kopidakis
Contact via 8232
E6B 132
Monday 1 PM-3 PM
Lecturer
Jahangir Hossain
Contact via 1098
E6B137
Thursday 11.00 AM-1.00 PM
Tutor
Muhammad Kashif
Contact via 0406669825
E6B
Tuesdat 10 AM-12 PM
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| Credit points |
Credit points
3
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(MATH132 or MATH135) and ((PHYS106 and PHYS107) or (PHYS140 and PHYS143))
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
This unit develops fundamental knowledge and skills in the area of energy conversion and storage technologies and their applications.
Foundation knowledge and skill in physics and mathematics is assumed. Topics covered include: Forms of energy - electric, magnetic, chemical, thermal, pneumatic, kinetic, etc. Sources of energy (especially renewable energy) - photovoltaics, wind generation, fuel cells, etc. Energy conversion - methods, efficiency, limitations. Storage of energy - batteries, supercapacitors, thermal energy, mechanical energy, embodied energy, etc.
The concepts studied in this unit, and the knowledge and skills gained, are required in advanced units in the area of electrical and/or energy systems engineering.
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Important Academic Dates
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Describe physical basis for, and associated performance characteristics of, various energy conversion and storage technologies.
- Outline the safety, and economic issues concerning energy technology and systems.
- Identify, formulate and provide solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence for finding the performance of energy conversion from one form to another.
- Analyse energy conversion and storage systems in terms of accepted performance parameters.
- Evaluate energy conversion and storage requirements and design or select suitable solutions to those requirements
General Assessment Information
Student Responsibilities
Be familiar with University policy and College procedures and act in accordance with those policy and procedures.
It is the responsibility of the student to retain a copy of any work submitted. Students must produce these documents upon request. Copies should be retained until the end of the grade appeal period each term.
Student is to perform the required due diligent for their assessment grade and rectify as soon as possible upon finding any errors.
Notifications
Formal notification of assessment tasks, grading rubrics and due dates will be posted on iLearn. Although all reasonable measures to ensure the information is accurate, The University reserves the right to make changes without notice. Each student is responsible for checking iLearn for changes and updates.
Report and Tutorial
Tutorail problems and laboratory manual will be posted on iLearn at least one week before lab and tutorial session. Tutorial solutions will be posted within a week after the submission date. Submissions will not be accepted once the solution is posted.
Assignment submissions and plagiarism policies
All assignments and reports must be submitted electronically through iLearn turnitin for plagiarism checks. Submissions will undergo automatic plagiarism checking. For more details on the policies of academic penalties relating to academic honesty, please refer to the University policies and procedures. A template for writing report with detail instructions will be uploaded on iLearn. Marking rubrics will be provided at the time of posting.
Late submissions
An assessment item submitted after the due date, without an approved extension from the Course Convenor, will be penalised. The standard penalty is the reduction of the mark allocated to the assessment item by 10% of the maximum mark applicable for the assessment item, for each working day or part working day that the item is late. Assessment items submitted more than five working days after the due date are awarded zero marks.
Conditions required to pass the unit: eg: Grading and passing requirement for unit
In order to pass this unit a student must obtain a mark of 50 or more for the unit (i.e. obtain a passing grade P/ CR/ D/ HD). For further details about grading, please refer below in the policies and procedures section.
Hurdle Requirements
The final examination is a hurdle requirement. A grade of 40% or more in the final examination is a condition of passing this unit.
Return of Assessment Items and Notification of Availability of Feedback on Assessment
Marks for all assessment items including the final exam will be recorded in the Marks Centre and made available to students through iLearn. The marked laboratory reports and tutorial assignments will be returned to the students normally at the next scheduled session, or as advised by the laboratory supervisor. Feedback for quizzes using clickers will be provided immediately at the end of session.
Final Examinations
Final examinations will typically take place at the end of the semester. The final exam will cover all of the course content. This will be a closed book exam, and involve short answers and problem solving. The duration of the exam will be 3 hours. For further information, please refer to the Examination Timetable website on www.mq.edu.au.
Criteria & Marking: (i) Accuracy, (ii) procedure, (ii) communications of assumptions, and (iv) completeness.
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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| Tutorial | 20% | No | At the end of tutorial session |
| Laboratory | 20% | No | 4 PM Friday, next week |
| Quiz | 10% | No | During lecture time |
| Final Exam | 50% | Yes | Examination period |
Tutorial
Due: At the end of tutorial session
Weighting: 20%
There are six tutorial sessions throughout the semester including the review one (last tutorial). In each tutorial you will solve several problems. A few example questions will be solved interactively by the lecturer in the scheduled tutorial class. You will be asked to solve remaining questions either individually or as a group. You will submit the solution document to the lecturer at the end of the class. The problems will be designed to help you enhance your understanding of the topics covered in lectures and provide you with an opportunity to apply the knowledge you have learned from lectures to solve practical problems.
Each tutorial is worth 4% and you will loose that mark if you dont attend in the tutorial session. In the tutorial class you will analyze the performance characteristics of various energy conversion and storage technologies. Criteria & Marking: (i) calculation accuracy; (ii) communications of assumptions; (iii) methodology; (iv) completeness. Feedback will be provided in the next tutorial class. Detail of the marking criteria will also be notified on iLearn.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Identify, formulate and provide solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence for finding the performance of energy conversion from one form to another.
- Analyse energy conversion and storage systems in terms of accepted performance parameters.
- Evaluate energy conversion and storage requirements and design or select suitable solutions to those requirements
Laboratory
Due: 4 PM Friday, next week
Weighting: 20%
The laboratories are strongly recommended; attendance, participation, and completion of all the laboratory activities are required in order to satisfactorily complete the course. You are required to record all the laboratory results (and printouts) and submit a complete report for each experiment. Completion of a laboratory activity is determined by having the laboratory tutor sign off the student log book, nominally at the end of the laboratory class.
Criteria & Marking: (i) design decision, (ii) completeness (iii) analyse results, (iv) accuracy and (v) structure and quality of the report. Detail of the marking criteria will also be notified on iLearn.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Outline the safety, and economic issues concerning energy technology and systems.
- Analyse energy conversion and storage systems in terms of accepted performance parameters.
- Evaluate energy conversion and storage requirements and design or select suitable solutions to those requirements
Quiz
Due: During lecture time
Weighting: 10%
During 'lecture' times in the classroom each week, you will be asked a series of questions which will reflect work in class (calculations, review of taught material, etc.) or reading assignments between classes. You will give your answer using the clickers.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Describe physical basis for, and associated performance characteristics of, various energy conversion and storage technologies.
Final Exam
Due: Examination period
Weighting: 50%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
The final exam will cover all of the course content. This will be a closed book exam, and involve short answers and problem solving. The duration of the exam will be 3 hours. This is an hurdle exam and to receive a passing grade, the student must achieve at least 40% in the final exam and an aggregate mark of at least 50% overall.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Evaluate energy conversion and storage requirements and design or select suitable solutions to those requirements
Delivery and Resources
-Aldo Vieira da Rosa, Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, Third Edition, Academic Press (Elsevier), ISBN: 978-0-12-397219-4
- Fuchs and Masoum, Power Conversion of Renewable Energy Systems. Springer 2011, ISBN 978-1-4419-7979-7.
Unit Schedule
| ELEC295 S1 2018 Weekly Plan | ||||||
| Version 5 26/9/2016 (check iLearn for updates) | JH-Jahangir Hossain, NK-Nikos Kopidakis | |||||
| W | Lecture date | Lecture Topics | Lecturer | Date | Tutorial | Laboratory session |
| 1 | 28/2/18 | Introduction and review of basic concepts | JH | 28/2/18 | No Tutorial | No laboratory session |
| 2 | 7/3/18 | Energy Forms and Changes, Electromechanical Energy Conversion | JH | 8/3/18 | Review of basic concept | |
| 3 | 14/3/18 | Transformer-I | JH | 13/3/18 | Transformer | |
| 4 | 21/3/18 | Transformer-II | JH | 22/03/2018 | Electromagnetic Energy Conversion | |
| 5 | 28/3/18 | Wind Energy Conversion | JH | 29/03/2018 | Wind Turbine | |
| 6 | 4/4/18 | Hydroelectric Energy Conversion | JH | 3/04/2018 | Wind Turbine | |
| 7 | 11/4/18 | PV | NK | 12/04/2018 | PV | |
| 16/4/18 | Recess | |||||
| 23/4/18 | ||||||
| 8 | 2/5/18 | Solar Energy Conversion | NK | 1/05/2018 | PV | |
| 9 | 9/5/18 | Hydrogen production and storage | NK | 10/05/2018 | Fuel Cell | |
| 10 | 16/5/18 | Fuel cells | NK | 15/05/2018 | Storage | |
| 11 | 23/5/18 | Energy Storage and Batteries | NK | 24/05/2018 | Storage | |
| 12 | 30/5/18 | Non-electrical Energy Storage | NK | Revision | ||
| 13 | 6/6/18 | Unit review | NK | |||
| Learning outcomes: | ||||||
| 1. Describe physical basis for, and associated performance characteristics of, various energy conversion and storage technologies | ||||||
| 2. Outline the relevant regulatory, safety, and economic issues concerning energy technology and systems | ||||||
| 3. Identify, formulate and provide solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence for finding the performance of energy conversion from one form to another. | ||||||
| 4. Analyse energy conversion and storage systems in terms of accepted performance parameters | ||||||
| 5. Evaluate energy conversion and storage requirements and design or select suitable solutions to those requirements | ||||||
| Assessments: | ||||||
| 1. Quiz 10%, 2. Tutorial 20%, 3. Laboratory 20% and 4. Final Exam-50% | ||||||
| Lecture: Wednesday 9.00-11.00 AM (12 Second Wy-430) | ||||||
| Laboratory (Odd weeks-3,5,7,9,11)-Tuesday 2PM-5PM, E6A_235 | ||||||
| Tutorial (Even weeks-2,4,6,8,10,12)-Thursday 1PM-3 PM, 9 Walys Wlk_235 | ||||||
Policies and Procedures
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
- Academic Appeals Policy
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Academic Progression Policy
- Assessment Policy
- Fitness to Practice Procedure
- Grade Appeal Policy
- Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public
- Special Consideration Policy (Note: The Special Consideration Policy is effective from 4 December 2017 and replaces the Disruption to Studies Policy.)
Undergraduate students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).
Student Code of Conduct
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
Results
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Graduate Capabilities
Creative and Innovative
Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Analyse energy conversion and storage systems in terms of accepted performance parameters.
Assessment tasks
- Laboratory
- Final Exam
Capable of Professional and Personal Judgement and Initiative
We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Evaluate energy conversion and storage requirements and design or select suitable solutions to those requirements
Discipline Specific Knowledge and Skills
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Describe physical basis for, and associated performance characteristics of, various energy conversion and storage technologies.
Assessment tasks
- Quiz
- Final Exam
Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Identify, formulate and provide solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence for finding the performance of energy conversion from one form to another.
- Evaluate energy conversion and storage requirements and design or select suitable solutions to those requirements
Assessment tasks
- Tutorial
- Final Exam
Problem Solving and Research Capability
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Identify, formulate and provide solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence for finding the performance of energy conversion from one form to another.
Assessment tasks
- Tutorial
- Final Exam
Effective Communication
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Describe physical basis for, and associated performance characteristics of, various energy conversion and storage technologies.
- Analyse energy conversion and storage systems in terms of accepted performance parameters.
Assessment tasks
- Laboratory
- Final Exam
Engaged and Ethical Local and Global citizens
As local citizens our graduates will be aware of indigenous perspectives and of the nation's historical context. They will be engaged with the challenges of contemporary society and with knowledge and ideas. We want our graduates to have respect for diversity, to be open-minded, sensitive to others and inclusive, and to be open to other cultures and perspectives: they should have a level of cultural literacy. Our graduates should be aware of disadvantage and social justice, and be willing to participate to help create a wiser and better society.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Assessment task
- Laboratory
Socially and Environmentally Active and Responsible
We want our graduates to be aware of and have respect for self and others; to be able to work with others as a leader and a team player; to have a sense of connectedness with others and country; and to have a sense of mutual obligation. Our graduates should be informed and active participants in moving society towards sustainability.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Outline the safety, and economic issues concerning energy technology and systems.
Changes from Previous Offering
The annual course survey results show that students have been extremely pleased with the course curriculum and teaching methods. They mention that this course is one of the best structured with strong and clear links among the taught topics, course objectives and assessments. The feedback from previous cohort of students was that they would benefit from clear and detail marking criterias. The convenor has revised the marking criterias and will make available in due time.