School: Engineering

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  • Unit Title

    Renewable Energy Conversions 1
  • Unit Code

    ENS5562
  • Year

    2025
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    6
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Asma AZIZ

Description

This unit provides an introduction to the use, design, construction and evaluation of photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies for the capture and production of energy. The integration of these energy sources into hybrid systems, including their operational efficiency and economic performance is also covered.

Prerequisite Rule

Students not enrolled in I59 must have passed ENS2160 OR ENS2108 AND must have passed ENS2120 or ENS5170

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the design and operational characteristics of solar energy conversion systems.
  2. Create and analyse standalone and grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems.
  3. Use specialised software tools to undertake a techno-economic analysis of PV-based systems.
  4. Discuss the design features and applications of solar thermal collectors.
  5. Evaluate the operational performance of solar thermal systems.

Unit Content

  1. Photovoltaic (PV) technology: components in PV cells; loss mechanisms in solar cells; inverter technologies.
  2. Design, construction and operation of PV systems; integration of PV systems in hybrid power systems and grid connection.
  3. Solar-thermal systems: characteristics of solar radiation; and the design of solar collectors.
  4. Efficiency evaluation of solar collectors; energy storage in solar-thermal systems.
  5. Integration of solar PV and solar- thermal into hybrid systems.
  6. Economic evaluation of solar PV and solar-thermal systems and life analysis.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestIn-semester test10%
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory work and reports20%
ProjectDesign project30%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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