Live support chatSolar Energy - A Review
Credit: 1 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Jayachandra N. Sakamuri, Electrical Engineer
In Solar Energy - A Review, you'll learn ...
- Residential solar power applications
- The operating principle of parabolic troughs and solar power towers
- How photovoltaic photocells work
- How a Stirling Engine converts heat energy into usable power
Overview
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Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 18 pages
Solar energy is quickly growing in significance, and for engineers wanting to understand solar power more thoroughly, it may be difficult to find a place to start. This course offers an introduction to the primary source of solar energy, the sun, and the primary ways that the sun’s energy is harvested.
The course explains methods for harvesting the sun’s energy, including solar heated water, parabolic troughs used as solar energy collectors, solar power towers, Stirling engines, and photovoltaic cells. After completing this course, you will have a foundational knowledge of the methodology and the potential for humans to channel the sun’s power into useful work.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- How much of the sun’s energy actually reaches the earth
- How solar energy is used to heat water and homes
- How Parabolic troughs are used to collect solar energy
- How Solar Power Towers are used to generate electrical energy
- How Stirling Engines are used to generate electrical energy
- How to generate electrical energy using Photovoltaic systems
- A review of various Electrical Energy generating systems
- The costs, over time, of generating electrical energy
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 18 pages
