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ECCD Technical Session 5: Energy and Wind and Design

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Ulan Dakeev, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

served as a Chair of Energy Conservation and Conversion Division at American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Pecen holds a B.S in EE and an M.S. in Controls and Computer Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University, an M.S. in EE from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming (UW, 1997). He served as a graduate assistant and faculty at UW, and South Dakota State University. He served on UNI Energy and Environment Coun- cil, College Diversity Committee, University Diversity Advisory Board, and Graduate College Diversity Task Force Committees. His research interests, grants, and more than 50 publications are in the areas of AC/DC Power

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 1 - Energy & Electrical Engineering

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Abdullah Al Hadi, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Rajab Challoo, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

State TransformerAbstract:Future of smart grids is mostly dependent on the latest advances in research on Voltage SourceInverter (VSI). The VSI mainly consists of power electronic devices i.e. IGBT, MOSFET, etc.with high switching frequency operation. High power converters are now being considered forthe transmission and distribution of power systems such as in high voltage DC (HVDC)transmission, flexible AC transmission systems (FACTs), and STATCOM, etc. Along with theseapplications, solid-state transformer (SST) is getting much attention for the high-powertransmission and distribution systems. SST facilitates HVDC power transmission with reducedtransformer size, low cost, and easy mobility. A three-stage three-port

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 1 - Energy & Electrical Engineering

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Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

research interests. He has also been PI or Co-PI for various research projects United States and abroad in power systems analysis and protection, load and energy demand forecasting, renewable energy, microgrids, wave and turbulence, radar and remote sensing, instrumentation, atmosphere physics, electromagnetic compat- ibility, and engineering education.Prof. Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu Lucian Ionel CIOCA received the M.Sc. in Machine Tools (1993) and B.Sc. in Occupational Safety, Health and Work Relations Management (2010). In 2002, he becomes Dr. Eng. (Ph.D degree) of Pet- rosani University, Romania and now he is professor at ”Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu - Romania, Faculty of

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ECCD Technical Session 3: Energy and Multidisciplinary

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Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Fred Lacy, Southern University and A&M College

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

components and devices, and AC power,three-phase circuits, power quality, and blackouts. During the course activities the students willutilize common industry tools and software packages for renewable energy analysis, simulationand design, and become familiar and know the drivers and requirements of the smart grids.The syllabus provides a detailed course description, main topics, weekly readings, assignments,project dues dates, exam dates, course objectives, grading policy, instructor contact information,administrative issues, etc. The overall objective of this course is to provide students with both thescience and technology of different energy sources, alternative and renewable sources, powersystem operation, as well as the policies that heavily

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 1 - Energy & Electrical Engineering

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Ulan Dakeev, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Task Force Committees. His research interests, grants, and more than 50 publications are in the areas of AC/DC Power System Interactions, distributed energy systems, power quality, and grid-connected re- newable energy applications including solar and wind power systems. He is a senior member of IEEE, member of ASEE, Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, and ATMAE. Dr. Pecen was recog- nized as an Honored Teacher/Researcher in ”Who’s Who among America’s Teachers” in 2004-2009. Dr. Pecen is a recipient of 2010 Diversity Matters Award at the University of Northern Iowa for his efforts on promoting diversity and international education at UNI. He is also a recipient of 2011 UNI C.A.R.E Sustainability Award

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ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

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Brittany Weber, Renewable Energy Society; Katelyn Renee Dunnagan , Renewable Energy Society ; Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

while working outside. In July of 2010 the university established the Office of Sustainability to leadsustainability projects throughout the university. In 2019 the Office of Sustainability gained anew program director [1]. She started a zero-waste campaign for tailgates for the fall 2019 homefootball games, encouraging and teaching tailgaters of all ages about ways to reduce their wastewhile tailgating and living their everyday lives. When searching for a zero-waste way to cookfood for a crowd, the new director could not find a zero-emission grill. She consulted theRenewable Energy Society student group to see if they had any ideas. The organization came upwith the idea for a grill powered by solar photovoltaics, and the Solar Grill

Conference Session

ECCD Technical Session 5: Energy and Wind and Design

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Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

ones. The evaporator temperature wassimulated with the same 3-different temperatures used for the experimental study. To calculatethe condenser temperature for both cases, shaded and unshaded, it was assumed that the  difference in the heat rejected by the condenser in both cases was solely due to the solar heatgain by the condenser as shown in equation (3).Qc,u = Qsun + Qc,s (3)Qsun = 𝑞 × Ac (4)where Qc,u is the unshaded condenser heat rejected, Qc,s is the shaded condenser heat rejected,and Qsun is the solar heat gain, respectively. The solar heat gain was calculated in equation (4)using an estimated value of solar flux

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

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Kenneth A. Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Joel B. Shoemaker, Madison Area Technical College; Steven Michael Ansorge, Madison Area Technical College; Adam Gusse, Sunvest Solar, Inc; Nicholas J. Hylla, Midwest Renewable Energy Association

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, and approximate the effects of equipment degradation over time. Many of these tools areavailable online for free including PV Watts [7] and the System Advisor Model [8], both ofwhich were developed by the National Renewable Energy Lab. Using multiple models toestimate system performance can allow a team to explore the effects of different inputparameters, and consistent results from multiple models lends confidence to the analysis. Solar Radiation AC Energy Month (kWh/m2/day) (kWh) January 2.35 115,372 February 3.32 144,642 March 4.18