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							                            D.Trachylis
                 Electrical & Computer Engineer
                        Research Assistant
Engineering Science Department & Materials Science Department
             University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece

            Contents:
   Introduction to the course

   Energy Determination –Forms of Energy-Electricity

   Alternative Energy
    Renewable power sources and Nonrenewable sources
    Climate change

   Energy for Farsa
   Clear and permanent Solutions
   Photovoltaics / Why Photovoltaics?
   Irradiation and solar yield in cefalonia.

     Project for a PV system
  -   local community needs / Environmental considerations
  -   Solutions for houses / Needs and applications
  -   Stand Alone systems / Autonomous solutions/ Technological Basis
  -   Total system-PV array/ Grind-connected system
      Technological Basis/ Characteristics of Energy conversion
  -   Sold Energy to utility provides/ Economic considerations
  -   Store and supply Enegy for Farsa Needs
  -   Needs and applications
  -    Benefits –costs-Total project analysis
  -   Street lighting for farsa with PV Systems

  Conclusions / Advantages –Disadvantages.
  Closing – remarks
   Instructor
                                D.Trachylis
                 Electrical & Computer Engineer
            Research Assistant / Research Associate
Engineering Science Department & Materials Science Department
  University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
Communication Policy
   You may contact me at any time by using the bellow mail
   addresses:

Email: jim.trachilis@des.upatras.gr
http://www.lhtm.des.upatras.gr/

Alternatively you may contact me using the following phone numbers:

Tel.: +30 2610 997830 (Office), +30 694 6270210 (Mobile)
Fax: +30 2610 997255 Monday- Thursday 09:00-13:30

   Description / Overview
   As we all know the oil economy crisis is not going to come it is
   already here, according studies, in the near future the oil production
   will decline. So it is important to find new ways to supply energy and
   the electricity that we need.
   In this course we will have the opportunity to learn about the
   Renewable energies and how they can play an important and
   permanent role for the environment and against the climate change.
   This course will deal with the issues of alternative energy sources and
   sustainable energy sources. The intent is to perform an objective cost-
   benefit analysis on each form of alternative energy in order to
   determine what is practical on a large scale, as well as on the scale of
   the individual homeowner.
   We will focus more on solar energy and photovoltaics for the local
   community of farsa.
    As the sun is the inexhaustible source of energy which we are now
   increasingly able to use more efficiently. With the new materials and
   the technological progress we hope that the solar energy will be in the
   future one of the most important fonts.
   We will learn how to project photovoltaic systems according our
   needs and how we can apply this form of energy for the community of
   Farsa.
   With a total research of the enormous possibilities that photovoltaics
   offer we will be able to find and project important and clear solutions
   For Farsa that respect the environment.
Selected Readings,

Guide for Photovoltaic /PV Systems:



         1} Handbook of photovoltaic science and Engineering
               By: Antonio Luque and Steven Hegedus.


                  2} Photovoltaic systems Engineering
                            By: Jerry Ventre


          3} Book planning and installing photovoltaic systems
               By: Deutsche Gesellchaff fur Sonnenerrgie


                4} Photovoltaic Solar Energy Generation
                        By: Volher V.Hoffmann


                  5} Photovoltaic Systems Enginnerinig
                        By: Roger A. Messenger


 6} Photovoltaic and photoactive Materials , Properties ,Technology
                          and Applications
                    By: Joseph Michael Marshall


   - Also notes about Photovoltaics and Pv systems.

Grades

Grades for the course will be based on few questions about the course,
worth 50 points.
Also students will develop a final project consisting a strategic plan for
Farsa based on a PV system, worth 50 points.