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Jan 30, 2025
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PHY 576 - Physics of Renewable Energy Technologies Physical principles of renewable electricity generation, distribution and storage. Topics include: monocrystalline, amorphous, and thin-film photovoltaic cells, advanced battery technologies, and residential and utility scale wind turbines. Prerequisite: PHY 410. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code S = offered in spring
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Determine the power at the maximum power point for fixed light conditions in the lab.
- Explain the difference between black body model of solar radiation and the ASM1.5 model.
- Identify the competing effects that lead to the Schokley Queisser solar cell efficiency limit.
- Relate the density of states to holes and electrons.
- Identify the connection between doping and p, n semi-conductors.
- Calculate the electric field inside a p-n junction in the space-charge limit.
- Use software to calculate the yield of a monocrystalline solar cell for different doping levels.
- Calculate ideal energy collection for a given wind speed.
- Use wind maps to estimate wind resource.
- Identify non-ideal loads on wind turbines.
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