ELEC3160 Principles and Design of Off Grid Power Systems Assignment 1 S2, 2025

1 Introduction

The main assessment task in ELEC3160 is to design your own o grid power system. This project will require you to essentially carry out three tasks:

1. identify energy sources on the site that may be able to be converted to electrical energy;
2. model loads;
3. select the sources and mix of sources which make the most 'sense' and;
4. Determine if the system will actually satisfy requirements in both steady state and dynamically.

The three assignments in the course build skills to enable you to complete the final project.

The assignments have been given a nominal weighting to (a) encourage you to develop the skills early and (b) to enable you to build up some marks progres- sively to take some pressure of the project and the nal examination.
This assignment involves determining resource (energy) availability at a speci c site which may be able to be utilised in an o grid power system.

2 Specific Task

As mentioned in the introduction this assignment involves determining resource (energy) availability at a speci c site. The site is a 1km × 1km square area centered on the place where you grew up (which may or may not be di erent to the place where you currently live).

1.You are to determine energy resource available to you at this site. This may include
(a)Wind
(b)Hydro
(c)Biomass
(d)Solar
(e)Fossil Fuels
(f)Fuel Cells (I.e. hydrogen)
(g)Geothermal
(h). . .

In weeks 3 and 4 of the course we will be discussing many of these resources in some detail. There are web-sites and books which will enable you to determine the quantity of the resource and it's suitability to the site. It is up to yourselves to research methods for determining the available resource.

2.You are to write a brief technical report outlining your ndings.

(a)You must explain in the report your methodology for determining the resource. This will include some level of con dence in its validity.
(b)You must have a `proper' report structure.
(c)The grammar and style should be appropriate.

3.You should submit the report via Turnitin on Blackboard.

3 Marks

The assignment is work 10% of your nal mark for the course. Marks will be awarded as outlined in the Rubrick shown Table 1. Note that the nal mark will be weighted by Task 1. That is

Table 1: Marking Rubric for Assignment 1