Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Assemble appropriate information from the lectures and elsewhere to satisfy the needs for your tasks in the energy field. [SM8M, EA7M]
- Write a well structured, clear and concise report.
- Demonstrate practical skills necessary for the execution of a project.
- Research for further information to develop appropriate ideas in the energy field.
- Produce a graphically interesting and technically concise poster.
- Apply knowledge in energy to convey applicability of certain technologies.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Oral presentation.
- Problem analysis and problem solving.
- Information handling.
- Exercise independent judgement.
- Critical Analysis.
- Report Writing.
- Engineering approach to solution of problems.
- Poster Presentation.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Identify and evaluate an engineering approach to a given problem.
- Analyse the environmental and economic risk associated with a given approach.
- Defend a chosen engineering solution.
- Predict the performance of energy systems, e.g. power station output, wind turbine, PV array.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The relationship between resources, energy generation and use.
- Interactions and differences between technologies and the need for a diverse energy mix.
- Energy supply and demand.
- Fundamental limitations of energy conversion.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Completion of assessment task | 80 |
Seminar | 5 |
Project supervision | 1 |
Lecture | 24 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 8 |
Wider reading or practice | 30 |
Demonstration | 2 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Lecture material. Lecture material will be supplemented with selected reading lists. Government reports. Without Hot Air, https://www.withouthotair.com/ IRENA, https://www.irena.org/
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Repeat year method - External repeat as per referral method.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Continuous Assessment | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External