23 Jun

East-west oriented photovoltaic power systems: model, benefits and technical evaluation

Veranstaltungsort: B4.1.114 (Lakeside Labs)

East-west oriented photovoltaic power system is a new trend in orienting photovoltaic system. This lecture presents an evaluation of east–west oriented photovoltaic power system. A comparison between east–west oriented photovoltaic system and south oriented photovoltaic system in terms of cost of energy and technical requirement is conducted is presented in this lecture. In addition to that, the benefits of using east–west oriented photovoltaic system are discussed in this paper. By this lecture the following issues will be realized, East–west oriented photovoltaic system requires less land area. East–west oriented photovoltaic system requires less cost for mounting piles and steel structure, and less costs of the interfacing power substation South oriented photovoltaic system produces more energy than east–west oriented photovoltaic system. No significant difference between the costs of energy for both systems. Grid interfacing east–west oriented PV system can provide smoother power injection to the grid with fewer harmonic and less reverse power. South oriented photovoltaic system is preferred when high power injection is required.

28 Feb

Treffen des Foschungsclusters Energy Management and Technology

Veranstaltungsort: B12.2.21 Sustainability Lab (Lakeside Park, Gebäude 12, Eingang a.)

Liebe Universitätsmenschen,der Forschungscluster "Energy Management and Technology" an der AAU trifft sich regelmäßig um aktuelle Entwicklungen und Forschungsergebnisse zu kommunizieren. Dazu werden Planungen zu Lehre und Kooperationen innerhalb und außerhalb der Universität besprochen.Der Cluster wird hauptsächlich von den Instituten bespielt, die sich unmittelbar mit Energiethemen beschäftigen. Da das Thema allerdings eine starke Vernetzung zu vielen anderen Forschungsbereichen hat und auch eine starke interdisziplinäre Komponente aufweist, sind alle Interessierten zu den Treffen eingeladen.Das nächste Treffen des Forschungsclusters "Energy Management and Technology" findet am 28.2.2023 von 12:00 bis 14:00 im Raum B12.2.21 (Sustainability Lab) statt.Agenda:* Eröffnung, Neuigkeiten vom Cluster: Johannes Winkler (Smart Grids Group, Institut für Vernetzte und Eingebettete Systeme)* Gastvortrag "Climate-Neutral Europe: the Role of Renewable Energies in the Arctic to decarbonize Europe and enhance energy independence": David Finger (Sustainability Institute and Forum, Reykjavik University)* Vortrag "Renewable energy and sustainability co-impacts": Norbert Wohlgemuth (Insititut für Volkswirtschaftslehre)* Allfälliges und Abschluss_____________________________________________Dear university members,the research cluster "Energy Management and Technology" at the AAU meets regularly to communicate current developments and research results. In addition, plans for teaching and cooperation within and outside the university are discussed.The cluster is mainly driven by the departments that directly research energy topics. However, since the topic has strong links to many other research areas and also has a strong interdisciplinary component, all interested people are invited to the meetings.The next meeting of the research cluster "Energy Management and Technology" will take place on 28.2.2023 from 12:00 to 14:00 in room B12.2.21 (Sustainability Lab).Agenda:- Opening, news from the cluster: Johannes Winkler (Smart Grids Group, Department of Networked and Embedded Systems)- Guest talk "Climate-Neutral Europe: the Role of Renewable Energies in the Arctic to decarbonize Europe and enhance energy independence": David Finger (Sustainability Institute and Forum, Reykjavik University)- Talk "Renewable energy and sustainability co-impacts": Norbert Wohlgemuth (Department of Economics)- AOB and closing

17 Apr

Keynote | Communications and Power: Two Sides of One Tapestry | Bruno Clerckx

Veranstaltungsort: HS 3

Radio waves carry both energy and information simultaneously. Nevertheless, radio-frequency (RF) transmissions of these quantities have traditionally been treated separately. Future wireless networks will experience a paradigm shift, namely, unifying wireless transmission of information and power to make the best use of the RF spectrum and radiation as well as the network infrastructure for the dual purpose of communicating and energizing. Such networks will enable trillions of future low-power devices to sense, compute, connect, and energize anywhere, anytime, and on the move. The design of such future networks brings new challenges and opportunities for RF, communications, signal processing, machine learning, sensing, and computing. In this talk, I give an overview progress in laying the foundations of the envisioned dual-purpose networks by establishing a signal theory and design for wireless information and power transmission (WIPT) and identifying the fundamental tradeoff between conveying information and power wirelessly.Bruno Clerckx is a (Full) Professor, the Head of the Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Lab, and the Deputy Head of the Communications and Signal Processing Group, within the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Imperial College London, London, U.K. He is also the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) where he is responsible for all research areas of Austria's top research center for electronic based systems. He received the MSc and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, and the Doctor of Science (DSc) degree from Imperial College London, U.K. Prior to joining Imperial College in 2011, he was with Samsung Electronics, Suwon, South Korea, where he actively contributed to 4G (3GPP LTE/LTE-A and IEEE 802.16m). He has authored two books on “MIMO Wireless Communications” and “MIMO Wireless Networks”, 250 peer-reviewed international research papers, and 150 standards contributions, and is the inventor of 80 issued or pending patents among which 15 have been adopted in the specifications of 4G standards and are used by billions of devices worldwide. His research spans the general area of wireless communications and signal processing for wireless networks. He received the prestigious Blondel Medal 2021 from France for exceptional work contributing to the progress of Science and Electrical and Electronic Industries, the 2021 Adolphe Wetrems Prize in mathematical and physical sciences from Royal Academy of Belgium, multiple awards from Samsung, IEEE best student paper award, and the EURASIP (European Association for Signal Processing) best paper award 2022. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the IET, and an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer.

12 Mai

How to design socially acceptable solar cookers in Gaza?

Veranstaltungsort: B10.2.20 (Lakeside Park, Building 10, entrance a., 2nd floor)

Following the current situation, there are many in Gaza who don’t have access to electricity, while many more suffer from supply that is of poor quality. Domestic energy poverty is one of the most severs in Gaza. Meanwhile, basic energy needs, such as cooking and lighting, are being covered by using traditional biomass and fossil fuels. These are consumed inefficiently in fire stoves and flame lamps. This situation hampers economic growth and social development and implies severe stress on resources and the environment. Photovoltaics could play a major role in overcoming domestic energy poverty, especially as most of the affected regions are within the Earth’s Sunbelt such as Gaza. However, such a proposal should be designed to be socially acceptable by fulfilling end-users demands and needs. This talk discusses such a solution in the form of a solar home system with lithium-ion battery in combination with an energy efficient multicooker and LED lamps to cover the needs for cooking and lighting for one family.