Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University; Clifford R. Mirman, Northern Illinois University; Avinash Varma Gadiraju; Chester D. Kolodziej, Freedom Field Renewable Energy, Inc.

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2012-4453: ONLINE RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY FOR SUP-PORTING A NEWLY DEVELOPED ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTALSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMDr. Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University Abdul Azad is a Professor with the Technology Department of Northern Illinois University. He has a Ph.D. in control and systems engineering and M.Sc. and B.Sc. in electronics engineering. He is in academics for 15+ years and his research interests include remote laboratories, mechatronic systems, adaptive/intelligent control, mobile robotics, and educational research. In these areas, Azad has more than 100 referred journal and conference papers, edited books, and book chapters. So far, he has attracted around $1.5 million of research and

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-77: INTRODUCING ENERGY CONCEPTS INTO UNDERGRADUATECOURSESAdrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego Page 15.800.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Introducing energy concepts into undergraduate coursesStudents are used to manipulating energy-related concepts from media and everyday life. However, manygeneral education students have never had a physics course and their understanding of energy, itsproduction, use, importance, or impact in their daily life is very limited. We report on innovative effortsto facilitate the understanding of energy-related concepts in a General Education Physics course. Weproceed with an initial evaluation of students

Conference Session

ECCD Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon De Los Rios, Lisbon Superior Engineering Institute (ISEL)

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-420: VIRTUAL POWER PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTED GEN-ERATION IN ENERGY TRADING MARKETS: AN APPROACH TO THEINTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN LATIN AMERICASimon De Los Rios, Instituto Superior de Engenheira de Lisboa - ISEL Simon De Los Rios received his honors B.Sc. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida, United States in 2008. He is currently a researcher at Lisbons Superior Engineering Institute (ISEL) in Lisbon, Portugal focusing on distributed generation and renewable energy sources integration to the energy market with emphasis on Latin America. Director Jos Carlos Quadrado is a currently the president of ISEL (Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal) and a

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-555: AN APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY PROJECT: A SOLARPOWERED VACCINE REFRIGERATORCraig Somerton, Michigan State University Craig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He teaches in the area of thermal engineering including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermal design. Dr. Somerton has research interests in computer design of thermal systems, transport phenomena in porous media, and application of continuous quality improvement principles to engineering education. He received his B.S. in 1976, his M.S. in 1979, and his Ph.D. in 1982, all in engineering from UCLA

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Vernon Cook, University of Pittsburgh; Robert J. Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering. Robert was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He got his B.S. (2010), his M.S (2012). and his PhD (2014) from the University of Pittsburgh, all with a concen- tration in electric power systems. Robert’s academic focus is in education as it applies to engineering at the collegiate level. His areas of interest are in electric power systems, in particular, electric machinery and electromagnetics. Robert has worked as a mathematical modeler for Emerson Process Management, working on electric power applications for Emerson’s Ovation Embedded Simulator. Robert also served in the United States Navy as an interior communications electrician from 1998-2002 on active duty and

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative and Renewable Energy Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, scaling up the output of a limitednumber of PV actual solar cells. A FPGA implementation is proposed for this simulator. The PV Page 23.602.12simulator is tested and operated using a directly coupled DC load as well as AC load via aninverter. The experiment involves: I-V characteristics of PV, open-circuit voltage, short-circuitcurrent, power output vs. insulation, and meteorological parameters, tracking systemperformances. The emulator was implemented in MATLAB/Simulink and the theoretical model,and data acquisition in IDL and Maple. Figure 5 is showing the Simulink diagram of ths PVemulator.Figure 5 Simulink model of PV array with input and

Conference Session

ECCD International Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa G. Guvench, University of Southern Maine; Philip W Swanson, University of Southern Maine; Kevin Michael Wacker, University of Southern Maine

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Guatemala to bring solar power to the children of Hogar Rafael Ayau. Professionally, Philip has worked as an intern at Pika Energy, a company which designs and manufactures residential wind turbines and solar hybrid systems, which operate on a high voltage DC micro grid. Philip continues to work at Pika Energy and is aspiring to enter a graduate program in power electronics.Mr. Kevin Michael Wacker, University of Southern Maine Got accepted to the University of Southern Maine Electrical Engineering program in the fall of 2010. In the summer of 2013 received a technical internship at Clough Harbor and Associates and continued the internship throughout the year and into the following summer of 2014. Grew up in the town of York

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Issues in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Orndoff, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2008-2731: DEVELOPING A PRACTICAL APPLICABLE COURSE INSUSTAINABILITY – AN ENGINEERING CHALLENGECindy Orndoff, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. CYNTHIA (CINDY) ORNDOFF is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering. She received a B.S. in 1984, an M.S. in 1997 and a Ph.D. in 2001, all in Civil Engineering from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Prior to her coming to FGCU she was an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri, Columbia. She has taught courses in infrastructure management, planning, introduction to transportation and construction management. She has a passionate interest in