Several years operating experience of solar PV and micro-wind electricity generation at Napier University, Edinburgh

Date: Thursday, 28th August 2008
Time: 12.00-14.00 hrs
Venue: Buchanan House, seminar room K505, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow G4 0HG

Programme
12.00 Registration and buffet lunch
12.30 Welcome
12.35 Presentation
13.35 Questions and answers
14.00 Close

Abstract

Generation of clean and sustainable electricity at Napier University

Napier University’s landmark solar electricity project generates clean, sustainable energy harnessed directly from the sun using high-efficiency photovoltaic modules. The overall AC power efficiency has been found to be around 10%. This project was commissioned on behalf of the University’s School of Engineering, which has a long track record of research and education in renewable energy.

Within this project the University has installed 32 rows of BP solar silicon panels covering a total area of 160 square meters on a south facing wall ensuring generation of 15kW peak AC power. The project was part-financed by the UK Government’s PV electricity demonstration programme through the office of the Energy Saving Trust. The project set an example to show how other large organisations can take a responsible attitude towards renewable energy. This installation is one of a very few facilities that is fully instrumented, with both the incident solar energy and PV electrical outputs, recorded at 15 minute intervals. The Facade annually produces 12MWh of electricity.

The School of Engineering has continued furthering its research in the field of renewable energy. As part of this research the school has incorporated its existing Solar PV façade into a much larger hybrid energy system incorporating both solar PV and rooftop wind turbines with a hydrogen storage facility.  The project is first of its kind. Energy generated from solar and wind is converted and stored as hydrogen gas. At times of lower generation the hydrogen will be used in fuel cells to generate electricity thus completing the energy supply and demand loop.

Speakers

Professor T Muneer, Professor of Energy Engineering at Napier University, Edinburgh is an international authority on the subject of solar radiation and daylight illuminance modelling and the application of windows in buildings with over thirty years experience in these fields of work.  He is the author of 5 books and 200 technical articles. Professor Muneer is the Chairman of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers’ Solar Data Task Group and in this capacity he has been involved in the production of the CIBSE Guides A & J for Weather and Solar Data.  Professor Muneer has also been employed both by the government and industry as a consultant on a large number of engineering projects and has been awarded several prestigious awards for his work in this field.

Ahmad Makkawi qualified as a Mechanical Engineer from Al Baath University, Syria in 2000; He has 3 years teaching experience mainly in thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, gas dynamics, geometry drawing, steam and gas turbines. He has researched the application of solar energy and wind turbines.
He joined the School of Engineering and Built Environment at Napier University to undertake a PhD. As part of his work Ahmad project manages the Napier rooftop wind turbine project. His main area of research is involved with modelling for the performance of rooftop wind turbines, as well as continuing his work with large scale wind turbines.

Peter Clarke obtained his BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from Napier University in July 2005. He Joined the Energy group in March 2006 as a research fellow and PhD candidate. His main area of study has been in modelling the performance of building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) in urban environments. Part of Peter’s work has been to develop a simulation tool to model the effects of shading on BIPV output. He has similar software to evaluate the performance of building integrated micro wind turbines. As well as academic research Peter also project manages the installation of the Napier hydrogen research lab.

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