Expansion in the use of alternative energies requires a basic knowledge in order to acquire tools and skills that allow the study, planning, design, simulation of clean energy generation systems.
The basic instruction kits for renewable energies form a preparatory course that introduces the student to the different sources of renewable energy and the physical phenomena that allow its conversio…
The efficient use of energy or energy saving is intended to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services. An appliance, process or installation is energy efficient when it consumes less than the average amount of energy to perform an activity. An efficient person, service or product committed to the environment, in addition to needing less energy to do the same work, also…
A solar photovoltaic system (PV system) is a power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics; it converts sunlight or solar radiation into direct current electricity by using semiconductors. To allow users of different preparation to study this system in its variants, De Lorenzo has developed a large number of trainers that deal with it for basic, medium and high leve…
Wind energy captures the natural wind and converts the air’s motion into mechanical energy usually for electricity production and this mechanism is referred to a wind-electric turbine. The turbine blades are normally designed to capture the kinetic energy in wind and when start moving, they spin a shaft that leads from the hub of the rotor to a generator that turns the rotational energy into elec…
Fuel cells are devices that produce electricity by a chemical reaction taking place at the electrodes (anode and cathode). Hydrogen is the basic fuel but the fuel cells also require oxygen. They generate electricity with very little pollution; much of the hydrogen and oxygen used in the generating electricity combine to form a harmless byproduct (water). A fuel cell provides a DC voltage that can…
Hybrid renewable energy systems are becoming popular as stand-alone power systems (off-grid, not connected to any electricity distribution system) for providing electricity in remote areas due to advances in renewable energy technologies. A hybrid energy system usually consists of two or more renewable energy sources used together to provide increased system efficiency as well as greater balance…
Solar thermal energy is the use of energy from the Sun to transfer it to a heat carrier medium, usually water or air. It is a renewable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly energy. This form of energy generation can be applied in homes and domestic facilities, but also in large solar thermal power plants.
Among the different applications of this renewable energy source, there is the poss…
The generation of electrical energy consists of transforming a type of energy (chemical, kinetic, thermal, light, nuclear, solar, among others), into electrical energy. For industrial generation, facilities called power plants are used, which carry out some of the aforementioned transformations. These constitute the first step of the power supply system.
As energy consumption will continue to…
The term Smart Grid is used to refer to the smart electrical distribution network. They are basically electricity distribution networks combined with modern information technologies, which provide data to both electricity distribution companies and consumers.
To provide intelligence to traditional electrical networks, telematic reading counters are added, that allow to know real-time consumpti…
