Course Title: Design stand-alone renewable energy systems
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2011
Course Code: EEET6799C
Course Title: Design stand-alone renewable energy systems
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6085 - Advanced Diploma of Electrical - Technology
Course Contact: Marko Dumovic
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4342
Course Contact Email: marko.dumovic@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Zoran Savic
Phone: +6 13 9925 2000
Email: zoran.savic@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 40
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Granting competency in this unit shall be made only after competency in the following unit(s) has/have been confirmed.
UEENEEK028B Solve problems in stand-alone renewable energy systems
Course Description
This unit covers the design of stand-alone renewable energy systems and their installation. It encompasses following design briefs, incorporating schemes for protection of persons and property from dangers of system malfunction, ensuring other safety and performance standards and functional requirements are meet and documenting design calculations and criteria.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
UEENEEK039B Design stand-alone renewable energy systems |
Element: |
1. Prepare to design stand-alone renewable energy systems. |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 OHS processes and procedures for a given work |
Element: |
2. Develop stand-alone renewable energy systems design. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Knowledge of stand-alone renewable energy |
Element: |
3. Obtain approval for stand-alone renewable energy systems design. |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Stand-alone renewable energy system design is |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
1. Lectures.
2. Practical Tasks and Laboratories
3. Assignment Work - Major Design Project
4. Independent Research - Internet and Journals
Teaching Schedule
This course is delivered in a cluster (Renewable Energy 2) in conjunction with EEET6798C and EEET6799C (’Solve Problems in stand-alone renewable energy systems’ and ’Design stand-alone renewable energy systems’ respectively). All the learning and assessment activities will include the components of both competencies UEENEEK028B and UEENEEK039B.
For Teaching Schedule and assessment details of this course, please refer to the course guide of EEET6798 in the same cluster (Renewable Energy 2).
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
EEET6798 and EEET6799C Student Workbook located on S:\C6085\
Overview of Assessment
Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course.
Assessment Tasks
1. Lab Tasks and Participation - 10%
2. Assignment - 15%
3. Major Design Project -50%
4. Final Written Examination - 25%
This course is graded using the following course grades:
CHD- Competent with High Distinction
CDI- Competent with Distinction
CC- Competent with Credit
CAG- Competency Achieved - Graded
NYC- Not Yet Competent
DNS- Did Not Submit for Assessment.
Make sure you understand the special consideration policy available at -
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=qkssnx1c5r0y (unresolved)
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
This course is delivered in a cluster (Renewable Energy 2) in conjunction with EEET6798C and EEET6799C (’Solve Problems in stand-alone renewable energy systems’ and ’Design stand-alone renewable energy systems’ respectively). All the learning and assessment activities will include the components of both competencies UEENEEK028B and UEENEEK039B.
In this cluster, minimum student directed hours are 36 in addition to 64 scheduled teaching hours.
Student directed hours involve completing activities such as reading online resources, assignments, project work, individual student-teacher course-related consultation and writing lab reports.
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