Course Title: Design stand-alone renewable energy systems
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2012
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
Luigi La Forgia
+6 13 9925 4864
luigi.laforgia@rmit.edu.au
Zoran Savic
+6 13 9925 2000
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 area are identified, obtained and understood |
Element: |
2. Develop stand-alone renewable energy systems design. |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Stand-alone renewable energy system design is presented and explained to client representative and/or other relevant persons |
Element: |
3. Obtain approval for stand-alone renewable energy systems design. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Knowledge of stand-alone renewable energy systems performance standards, compliance methods is applied to the design |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
1. Lectures.
2. Practical Tasks
3. Assignment Work - Major Design Project
4. Exam
Teaching Schedule
| Week | Topic |
| 1 |
• Course Introduction and System Configurations K028 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.5 |
| 2 |
• ELV Wiring & Circuit Protection (Unit 2) K028 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 3 |
• ELV Wiring & Circuit Protection (Unit 2) K028 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 4 |
• ELV Wiring & Circuit Protection (Unit 2) K028 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 5 |
• ELV Wiring & Circuit Protection (Unit 2) K028 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 6 |
• Batteries(Unit 3) K028 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 7 |
• Batteries(Unit 3) K028 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 8 |
• Inverters, Regulators, MPPTs, Battery Chargers & Array Trackers (Unit 4) K028 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 9 |
• Inverters, Regulators, MPPTs, Battery Chargers & Array Trackers (Unit 4) K028 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 10 |
• Lighting design fundamentals (Unit 5) K028 2.1-2.5 |
| 11 |
• Lighting design fundamentals (Unit 5) K028 2.1-2.5 |
| 12 |
• Generating Sets (Unit 6) K028 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 13 |
• Generating Sets (Unit 6) K028 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 14 |
• Major Project K028 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 15 | Major Project K028 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 16 |
Major Project K028 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.4 |
| 17 & 18 | Centralized Exam Period |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
EEET6798 and EEET6799C Student Learning Materials will be provided on S drive.
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. Practicals - Compulsory participation & completion
2. Assignment 1 - 10%
3. Major Design Project - 40%
4. Written Examination - 50%
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.
Special consideration policy available at -
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=qkssnx1c5r0y
Assessment Matrix
| Competency National code | Competency Title | Cluster Title | Practical | ASSIGNMENT | PROJECT | TEST | WIL |
| UEENEEK028B | Solve problems in stand-alone renewable energy systems | Renewable Energy Systems 2 | X | X | X | X | |
| UEENEEK039B |
Design stand-alone renewable energy systems |
Renewable Energy Systems 2 | X | X | X | X |
Other Information
This course is delivered in a cluster (Renewable Energy 2) comprising 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.
Study and learning Support:
Study and Learning Centre (SLC) provides free learning and academic development advice to all RMIT students.
Services offered by SLC to support numeracy and literacy skills of the students are:
assignment writing, thesis writing and study skills advice
maths and science developmental support and advice
English language development
Please Refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/studyandlearningcentre to find more information about Study and learning Support
Disability Liaison Unit:
Students with disability or long-term medical condition should contact Disability Liaison Unit to seek advice and support to
complete their studies.
Please Refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/disability to find more information about services offered by Disability Liaison Unit
Late submission:
Students requiring extensions for 7 calendar days or less (from the original due date) must complete and lodge an Application
for Extension of Submittable Work (7 Calendar Days or less) form and lodge it with the Senior Educator/ Program Manager.
The application must be lodged no later than one working day before the official due date. The student will be notified within
no more than 2 working days of the date of lodgment as to whether the extension has been granted.
Students seeking an extension of more than 7 calendar days (from the original due date) must lodge an Application for Special
Consideration form under the provisions of the Special Consideration Policy, preferably prior to, but no later than 2 working days
after the official due date.
Assignments submitted late without approval of an extension will not be accepted or marked.
Special consideration:
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Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is a form of cheating and it is very serious academic offence that may lead to expulsion from the University.
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Email Communicatios:
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