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Introduction to Renewable Energy
Frank Spencer
MSc(Eng) BPhil(Sus Dev)
CEO, G-Tech Energy
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Agenda
• Why Renewables?
• Renewable Energy Sources & Technolgies– Solar - Wind
– Hydro - Geo-thermal
– Wave - Bio-gas
– Bio-fuels
• Project Example
• More on SWH
• Questions
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Why Renewables?
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The problem...
• Unsustainable Resource Use
• Climate Change
• Collapse of Ecological Systems
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Past & Today CO2 & Temp
12001000 1400 1600 1800 2000
240
260
280
300
320
340
360
380
Year AD
Atm
osph
eri
c C
O2
(ppm
v) Tem
perature
(°C)
- 1.5
- 1.0
- 0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
-- CO2
-- Global Mean Temp
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Stable Equilibrium Temperature
CO2
Sun Space
280Renewable
Energy
Global Warming: Renewable Energy
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RE Sources
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Renewable Power
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Solar in the World
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Solar in South Africa
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Wind is solar powered
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Wind in South Africa
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RE Technologies
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Solar Water Heating
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Solar Air-conditioners
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Photo-Voltaics
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Photovoltaics
• Silicon– Crystalline
• Poly
• Mono
– Amorphous (thinfilm)
• Other– Multi-junction
– Copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS)
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Process
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Concentrated Solar Thermal
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Parabolic Troughs
Parabolic Dishes with Stirling
Engine
Central Tower
Fresnel Concentrators
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CSP: Linear Fresnel
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StructureParabolic Mirror
Receiver
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Melted Salts
Hot Storage
Sola
r F
ield
Melted Salts
Cold
Storage
Steam
Generator
Steam Turbine
Superheated Steam (100 bar,
380ºC)
Reheated Steam (17 bar,
371ºC)
Condense
r
Pre-heater
Re-heater
Oil Expansion Tank
Deaerator
Oil 395ºC
Oil 295ºC
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Places for CSP
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Wind Turbines
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Wind Power = cube function of Wind Speed
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Projects
• Napier Farm
– 15kW Proven Wind Turbine
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Hydro
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Hoover Dam
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Micro-hydro
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Micro-hydro
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Micro-hydro potential
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Geo-thermal Power Station
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Geo-thermal
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Wave
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Wave
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Wave
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Tidal Power
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Bio-digestors
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Bio-fuels
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Project Example
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Complete End-to-End Energy Solutions
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Solar Water Heaters
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Panels
• Flat plate collectors
• Vacuum tube collectors
– Vacuum tube-low pressure
– Vacuum pipe-high pressure
• Swimming pool collectors
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Flat Plate Collectors
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Flat Plate Collectors cont.
• Design:
– Copper fins welded/clamped to copper pipes
• Fins absorb sun’s heat -> pipes
• 60-70° C water
• More efficiency than Vacuum Tube
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Vacuum Tube
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Vacuum Tube cont.
• Low-pressure– Two glass tubes, vacuum between
– Selective coating on inner tube
– 70-100+° C water
• High pressure– Glass tube with vacuum, copper rod inside or heat pipe
– Heat conducted to manifold at the top
– 60-80° C water
• Less efficient than Flat-plate
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Vacuum Tube cont.
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Geysers
• Horizontal – traditional in SA
– On-roof (close-couple / compact) (insurance discount)
– In-roof (split)
• Vertical – garage / boiler room
• Direct – no heat-exchanger
• Indirect – heat-exchanger
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Residential Configurations
• Direct vs Indirect
• Heat exchangers
• Pumped systems
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Direct vs Indirect
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Pumped Systems
• Electrical pumped
• PV pumped
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Thermodynamic Solar Water Heaters (Solar Heat Pumps)
• Works even when cloudy & rainy
• Panels can be painted
• Easy installation
• More savings than SWH with elecbackup?
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Solar Water Heaters
• When should you do it?
NOW IS THE TIME
• ESKOM rebate just gone up, will go down each year.
• www.eskomdsm.co.za
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Renewable EnergyEnergy Efficiency
www.gtechenergy.co.za
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Directors
• Frank Spencer– Engineer & Project Manager– Extensive Renewable & Sustainable Energy experience
• Jonty Rhodes– Retired international cricket player
• Malcolm Rutherford– Previously CFO of a large South Africa IT company– Director of numerous other companies
• Jeff Beer– Leading Magistrate (UK), Agriculturalist and Entrepreneur– Awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2005
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Key Partners
• Wind– Proven Energy (UK)
• Solar– SHARP Photovoltaics (UAE)– Energie Thermodynaic SWH (Portugal)
• Other– Sortech absorption chiller (Germany)– NRG wind assessment equipment (USA)– Graffo Towers (SA)
• Professional– Watermarc Engineers (SA)– 3E (Belgium)– DHK Urban Concepts (SA)
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