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Solar Energy
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: 1/16/25 - 6/4/25
Solar Energy
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Energy Engineering
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 15072
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Thermal Engineering, Heat Power Plants
DESCRIPTION
1. SOLAR RADIATION: Solar angles. Solar radiation. Solar resource.
2. RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER: Ideal surface radiation. Real Surface Radiation. Radiation between surfaces.
3. CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER: Flat plate. Internal Flow. Multimode heat transfer
4. SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTORS. Flat plate collector. Thermal analysis. Compound Parabolic collector and evacuated tube collector.
5. THERMOSOLAR POWER. Concentrating collectors
6. STORAGE. HYBRID SYSTEMS. INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES: SOLAR DESALINATION and SOLAR DRYING.
7. PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS. Seminconductors. Types of PV. Materials. Related equipment: power trackers. Efficiency.
8. PV Applications: Stand-alone/Direct-coupled/Grid connected system.
2. RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER: Ideal surface radiation. Real Surface Radiation. Radiation between surfaces.
3. CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER: Flat plate. Internal Flow. Multimode heat transfer
4. SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTORS. Flat plate collector. Thermal analysis. Compound Parabolic collector and evacuated tube collector.
5. THERMOSOLAR POWER. Concentrating collectors
6. STORAGE. HYBRID SYSTEMS. INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES: SOLAR DESALINATION and SOLAR DRYING.
7. PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS. Seminconductors. Types of PV. Materials. Related equipment: power trackers. Efficiency.
8. PV Applications: Stand-alone/Direct-coupled/Grid connected system.