Alternate and Renewable Energy
Introduction
DarbyTech recommends the following equipment for hands on training in a renewable and alternate energy training program. Two broad categories encompass this equipment. The first is based on renewable energy sources (solar, wind water, biomass). The second on alternative energies and non conventional hydrocarbon based energy sources.
Note that all equipment includes both the hardware and custom written training manuals. Wherever possible, commercially available equipment or modules are provided. In some cases significant customization or special designs may be required. These are real working equipment, not bench models. In all cases, extra instrumentation and safety equipment are included to provide a safe and thorough learning experience.
Renewable Energy Training Equipment
Solar:
General Solar:
- Solar radiation measurement and recording station commercial metering equipment
- Daily and seasonal angle (azimuth) demonstrator custom design/build
Solar Thermal
- Flat plate systems
- Absorber surface and color demonstrator custom design/ built
- Thermo-siphon water heater demonstrator commercial 2.3 m2 collector with 132 liter integral storage tank
- Forced circulation water heater demonstrator commercial 2.9 m2 collector with dedicated pump and heat exchanger unit.
- Concentrator systems
- Parabolic reflectors - custom built 2.3 m2 effective surface area
- Lens concentrators- custom built 2.3 m2 effective surface area
Photo-Voltaic
- Types of Solar cell demonstrator - 3 different types in relatively small size.
- single crystal 175 W
- multi-crystal 123 w
- amorphous 64 W
- Working system without battery storage (water pumping)
- Solar array
- Power controller / inverter
- Grundfoss water pump
- Working system demonstrator with battery storage
- 80 W solar array
- 2.8 kWh battery
- Charge controller with battery capacity monitor
- Solar Tracking systems
- Dual axis gear drive
- Azimuths tracker
- Zomeworks passive tracker
- Electronic controls for stand alone system
- Electronic controls for grid connected system
Wind:
- Wind measurement and recording station
- 400W commercial wind turbine complete with generator, charge controller, batteries and guyed towers stand alone system
- 10kW commercial grid connected wind turbine complete with power controller and guyed tower
- Controls for stand alone and grid connected systems
- Wind turbines - sectioned for viewing
Hydro Power:
- Stream flow measurement and recording equipment
- Example turbines (5 types) and generator - sectioned for viewing
- Hydraulics Laboratory with water storage and pumping to demonstrate several types of turbine generator systems (typical power output of 350W)
- Controls for stand alone systems
- Controls for grid connected systems
Biomass pilot sized c/w PLC based control system except as noted
- Solid biomass conversion (gasifier) trainer c/w filters and gas engine
- Bio-diesel process trainer batch 5 to 18 us gallon feed charge
- Fuel ethanol production demonstrator (bench scale)
- Biogas production trainer (anaerobic digestion) with gas engine
Alternate Energy Systems Training Equipment
Hydrogen power and fuel storage pilot sized except as noted
- Electrolysis demonstrator (hydrogen production)
- Fuel cell demonstrators (two types -- one hydrogen fueled and one hydrocarbon fueled)
- Hydrogen storage system
Non- conventional petroleum
- Porosity and permeability and viscosity demonstrators
- Tar Sands Extraction demonstrator ( samples from Alberta and Venezuela)
- Oilshales
- Samples form around the world (examples Colorado, China, Jordan)
- Rock crushing, solids handling demonstrator and oils shale retort demonstrator pilot sized with PLC based control
- Gas to Liquid process trainer (SASOL Fisher-Tropsch process) pilot size c/w PLC based control system or computer simulation
DarbyTech can offer expert advice and consult on the development and design of equipment to support renewable and alternate energy training as well as fabricate, commission and train trainers on the use of this equipment. Contact us directly for details.
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