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og Sustainable and Renewable Energy EngineeringSustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Laboratories

Lab Name Location Person in Charge Programs Served Courses Served

Fluid Mechanics Laboratory M12-013 • Sondos Alqudah • Sustainable & Renewable

Energy Engineering • Fluid Mechanics

Wind Energy Laboratory M12-013 • Sondos Alqudah • Sustainable & Renewable

Energy Engineering • Wind Energy

Applied Electronics Laboratory

M12-108 • Maha Alaa Eddin

• Electrical\ Electronics Engineering - SREE

• Computer Engineering • Industrial Engineering &

Management

• Circuit Analysis I• Applied Electronics Circuits• Introduction To ECE

Electric Power Laboratory M12-113 • Ahmed Abdul

Hadi

• Electrical\ Electronics Engineering

• Sustainable & Renewable Energy Engineering

• Power Systems• Electrical Power Engineering

Fuel Cell Laboratory W12-110 • Monadhel

Alchadirchy• Sustainable & Renewable

Energy Engineering • Fuel Cell

Heat Transfer Laboratory W12-024 • Sondos Alqudah • Sustainable & Renewable

Energy Engineering • Heat Transfer

Energy Storage and Efficiency Laboratory

W12-110 • Monadhel Alchadirchy

• Sustainable & Renewable Energy Engineering

• Energy Storage & Transmission Lab

Photovoltaic (PV) Laboratory W12-110 • Monadhel

Alchadirchy• Sustainable & Renewable

Energy Engineering • Solar PV Systems

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HEAT TRANSFER LABORATORY

INTRODUCTION Heat Transfer Laboratories offer engineering students the opportunity to learn about Heat Transfer methods and engineering exposure to other related Heat Transfer topics.

EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS • Cross Flow Heat Exchanger Unit• Thermo-Electric Heat Pump Unit• Unsteady State Heat Transfer Unit• Law of Radiant Heat Transfer Unit• Boiling Condensing Heat Transfer Unit• Forced Convection Heat Transfer Unit• Thermal Conductivity of Fluids Unit• Free and Forced Convection Unit• Natural Convection and Radiation

EXPERIMENTS• Thermal Conductivity of Metals, Liquids and Gases• Heat Conduction Measurements with Boundary and Initial Conditions• Unsteady (Transient) Heat Conduction• Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer• Analysis of Heat Exchangers• Radiation Heat Transfer• Calculation of Emissivity of Different Surfaces• Experimental Proof of Stefan-Boltzman Law• Heating Effect Analysis of Thermo-Electric Heat Pump• Peltier–Effect Analysis• Free or Natural Convection Heat Transfer• Heat Transfer by Different Surfaces in Free and Forced Convection• Forced Convection Heat Transfer

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og ENERGY STORAGE AND EFFECIENCY LABORATORY

INTRODUCTION Energy Storage and Efficiency Laboratories offers students the opportunity to learn about alternate methods of energy storage besides conventional battery banks. The challenge of storing energy, especially from current sustainable and renewable resources is a major one. The efficient storage of this energy is another challenge that will be emphasized and explored.

EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS• Latent Energy Storage Setup• Solar Cell Panel with Battery Storage Setup• Set of Rechargeable Batteries• Set of supercapacitors• Potentiostat• Buoyancy Energy Storage Setup• Fuel Cell Setup• Compressed Air Energy Storage Setup• Pelton Impulse Turbine Setup• Computer-Controlled Thermal Solar Energy Unit

EXPERIMENTS • Characterization and Testing of Rechargeable Battery• Photovoltaic Solar Energy Storage using Rechargeable Battery• Energy and Power Analysis of a Polymer Exchange Fuel Cell• Characterization and Testing of a Supercapacitor• Latent Heat Energy Storage• Performance of Solar Water Heat Under Thermosiphon System• Pelton Impulse Turbine• Buoyancy Force-Based Energy Storage System• Performance Analysis of a Compressed Air Energy Storage System

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WIND ENERGY LABORATORY

INTRODUCTION Harnessing energy from the wind is a primary source of renewable, sustainable and clean energy. It is essential for an SREE student to be familiar with fundamental concepts of wind energy equipment (wind mills and their design), their efficiency and the maximum possible power generation.

EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS• Subsonic Wind Tunnel• Wind Turbine Performance Setup• Wind Power Simulator• Field Test Setup

EXPERIMENTS • Measurement Lift Force Coefficient for Different Airfoil Shape of Wind Turbine Blade• Measure Optimum the Angle of Attack and the Lift Force• Determine the Cut-off Speed of a Wind Turbine• Collecting Wind Data from Field (Needs Hand Held Equipment Along with Portable Station)• Optimum Number of Blades• Investigating Different Curved Blade Shapes• Turbine Efficiencies• Tuning for Maximum Power• Simulation of Wind Energy System Including Integration to Electric Grid• Vertical Windmill Performance• Determine the Boundary Layer Over a Flat Plate• Determine the Pressure Distribution and Calculating the Profile Drag• Determine the Lift, Drag and Pitching Moment on the Two Different Length Aero-Foils

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og FLUID MECHANICS LABORATORY

INTRODUCTION The Fluid Mechanics Laboratory experiments are set up so that experiments can be performed to complement the theoretical information taught in the fluid mechanics lecture course. This includes verification of ideas and equations developed in fluid mechanics course, so that the students will have better appreciation for fluid mechanics principles via direct quantitative and phenomenological observation.

EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS • Pump Test Apparatus• Pressure Gauges Calibrator• Determination of Fluid Properties Apparatus• Pelton Wheel• Standard Hydraulic Bench• Bernoulli’s Apparatus• Center of Pressure Apparatus• Open Channel-Flow Bench• Reynolds Apparatus• Cavitation Demonstration Unit• Hele-Shaw Apparatus• Pipe Surge and Water Hammer Apparatus• Francis Turbine Unit• Network of Pipe Apparatus• Viscometer Apparatus• Friction Losses in Pipes Apparatus• Hydrostatic Force Apparatus• Flow Measuring Apparatus• Impact of Jets Apparatus• Pressure Transducer Apparatus

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EXPERIMENTS• Measurement of Viscosity, Density and Specific Gravity of Fluids• Fluid Flow Visualizations• Calibration of Flow Meters• Calibration of Pressure Gauges• Velocity and Pressure Measurements• Flow Types: Laminar Flow, Transition to Turbulence, and Turbulence• Flow Visualization using Hele-Shaw Setup• Measurement of Head and Flow Rate Produced by a Pump• Losses in Pipes and Fittings• Hydraulic System and Pump Performance• Open Channel Flow• Effect of Pipe Surge and Water Hammer• Cavitation Demonstration and Analysis• Impact of Jets Analysis• Verification of Bernoulli`s Theorem• Hydrostatic Forces and Center of Pressure• Calculation of Efficiency and Braking Power of Turbines• PipeWork Energy Losses

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og ELECTRIC POWER LABORATORY

INTRODUCTION The Electrical Power Engineering Laboratory offers hands-on experience with relevant aspects of AC voltage, current and power measurement, characteristic of prime and dynamometer, DC motors and three phase AC motors.

EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS The Lab Volt computer-based electromechanical system runs in conjunction with an IBM-compatible computer consisting of different modules connected to the computer through Data Acquisition Interface with full virtual instruments (voltmeters, ammeters, power meters, an oscilloscope and a phasor analyzer); the system has data storage and graphical presentation facilities. The modules included in the system are:

• Resistive, Inductive and Capacitive Power Loads• Prime Mover• Dynamometer• Separately-Excited, Series Shunt and Compound DC motors• Three-Phase Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor• Three-Phase Synchronous Generator• Wattmeter• Wattmeter/VARMETER• Prime Mover Characteristic• Dynamometer Characteristic• Separately-Excited, Series Shunt and Compound DC Motors• Three-Phase Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor• Three-Phase Synchronous Generator

EXPERIMENTS• Part I- AC Voltage and Current • Prime Mover• Part II- AC Voltage and Current • Dynamometer• Phase Angle Active and Power • Shunt DC Motor• Three Phase Circuits • The three Phase Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor• Three Phase Watt versus Volt-Ampere • Synchronous Generator-No Load Operation

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PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) LABORATORY

INTRODUCTION This Laboratory introduces students to the concept of converting sunlight to electricity with photovoltaic cells. Students will familiarize themselves with these concepts through conducting a lab activity with measurements and techniques to determine the basic principle of the performance of solar panel and the effect of several variables on the output of photovoltaic panels. Complete photovoltaic system will be analyzed and tested at different conditions with different loads.

EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS

PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR SYSTEMS• Photovoltaic Solar Panels• Solar Simulator Formed by Solar Lamps• DC Load and Battery Charger Regulator• Auxiliary Battery Charger• Invertor• Battery• AC Loads Module• Sensors (Temperature, Light Radiation, DC Current and DC Voltage)• Computer Control System (SCADA)• Grid Connection Inverter• Clean Energy Trainer• Solar Tracking System

PROFITEST PV ANALIZER• Peak Power Meter• Curve Tracer for PV Modules• Generators up to 1000 VDC, 20 A DC, 20 W• PV Analyzer (Wireless)

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EXPERIMENTS• Determination of Typical Parameters of Solar Panels• Study the Relation Between the Generated Power and the Solar Radiation Power• Determination of the Maximum Power Output of Solar Panels• Study of the Temperature Influence on Solar Panels Open Circuit Voltage• Performance Study of Solar Panels Connected in Parallel• Performance Study of Solar Panels Connected in Series• Functionality Study of the Parallel/Series Photovoltaic System with Connection of Different

Loads and Without Energy Support from the Storage Batteries• Functionality Study of the Parallel/Series Photovoltaic System with Connection of Different

DC-Loads and AC-Loads (Optional Module) with Energy Support from the Storage Batteries• Study the Effect of Shading on the PV Module• Analysis of Inverter in Grid-Connected PV System• Solar Tracking System• Effects of Distance and Tilt Angle on PV Module Performance

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APPLIED ELECTRONICS LABORATORY

INTRODUCTION The Applied Electronics Laboratory is designed to enable students to comprehend the main characteristics of electronic devices such as diodes, Zener diode, transistors, op amp and thyrestors. Practical circuits are built to investigate signal & Zener diode circuits, bipolar transistor and MOSFET transistors circuits under DC and AC conditions, mall signal amplifiers, DC-DC and DC-AC.

EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS • ETS-7000 Digital Analog Training System• SONY/ Tektronix CFG280 11 Mhz Function Generator• SONY/ Tektronix 370A Programmable Curve Tracer• Tektronix Two Channel Digital Real-Time Oscilloscope TDS340A-100MHZ• Personal Computers• LCR Databridge• Bench Power Suppliers• Fluke Double Display Multi-Meters• Fluke Hand Held Digital Multi-Meters• Simulators: Microsim PSpice Circuit Simulator ORCAD Simulator

EXPERIMENTS• Diode Characteristic• Zener Characteristic• Full Wave Rectification• BJT Transistor Characteristic• Single Stage BJT Amplifier• MOS Transistor Characteristic and Biasing• Bipolar Transistor Characteristic and Biasing• Linear Op Amp• DC-DC and AC-AC Characteristic

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INTRODUCTIONUsing this Laboratory, students can acquire basic and extend knowledge about fuel cells technology. The Fuel Cell laboratory has the ability to produce hydrogen for various applications for fuel cells and equipped with state-of-the-art fuel cell analysis tools.

EQUIPMENT• Fuel Cell ModuleFC50 (Including Power Supply, Control Software, Documentation)• Voltage Converter Module VC100• Traffic Light Module TL10• Hydrogen Generator with Metal Hydride Storage

EXPERIMENTS• The Basic Function of the Fuel Cell System• The Characteristic Curve of a Fuel Cell• Parameters Influencing the Characteristic Curve• Determination of the Hydrogen Current Curve• Efficiency of the Fuel Cell Stack• Set-Up a Fuel Cell Power Supply• Efficiency of Fuel Cell Power Supply• Fuel Cell Application I: Remote Traffic Light• Fuel Cell Application II: Fuel Cell Car