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RET 112 Physics of RE Systems

ND1 levelComputing & ICT16 topics

RET 112 covers 16 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Basic energy concepts
  2. Forms of energy
  3. Energy conversion and utilization
  4. Energy efficiency and losses
  5. Primary energy sources
  6. Energy transfer processes
  7. Energy and power
  8. Energy flow principles
  9. Solar energy testing
  10. V-I characteristics of solar cells
  11. PV panel temperature effects
  12. Tidal energy concepts
  13. Hydropower energy concepts
  14. Geothermal energy concepts
  15. Battery components
  16. Energy storage systems

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Basic energy concepts

The core ideas of basic energy concepts are the different forms of energy (kinetic, potential, internal, mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, nuclear), the work‑energy theorem, conservation of energy, power and efficiency.

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