| First Trimester |
Renewable Energy Science (30 ECTS) | |||
| Second Trimester | Hydropower (30 ECTS) | |||
| HYDRO601 | Principles of Applied Hydrology | |||
| HYDRO602 | River System Analysis | |||
| HYDRO603 | Hydraulic Structures | |||
| HYDRO604 | Waterways | |||
| HYDRO605 | Hydropower Production & Marketing | |||
| HYDRO606 | Water Resources Optimization | |||
| HYDRO607 | Environmental Impacts & Mitigation | |||
| Third Trimester |
Master's Thesis (30 ECTS) | |||
| Specialization Prerequisites | Courses in surface hydrology, engineering fluid mechanics, and advanced engineering mathematics (differential equations and Fourier analysis). |
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| Individual Modules |
Modules are of 1-3 weeks duration and carry 2-6 ECTS credits; 3 hours of lectures in the morning plus a lab/project session for another 3 hours in the afternoon, five days of the week. Students
complete individual or group project assignments for each module, take an exam following the completion of each module, and a final exam at the end of the trimester. Before the completion of the
second trimester each student has to complete, submit and have approved a detailed thesis proposal. The thesis proposal needs to be written with the guidance of a faculty advisor and approved by the
RES Academic Board. |
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| Coordinator |
Dr. Jonas Eliasson, Professor Emeritus at the University of Iceland |
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| Faculty |
| HYDRO601: Principles of Applied Hydrology | ||
| Course Description: Linear systems in physical hydrology; measurements and statistics and series handling of flow; groundwater and base flow; groundwater
reservoirs and natural regulation; and numerical simulation of groundwater systems. Catchments hydrology and runoff estimation; channel routing techniques; reservoir routing and design; sediment
transport; and sedimentation and sediment bypassing. Flow statistics and frequency; stochastic processes in hydrology; correlation in flow series and series extension; stochastic flow models; and
generation of flow series for river systems. |
Course Duration: 3 weeks ECTS Credits: 6 Time Schedule: 14 June - 2 July Professors: Dr. Sveinn Oli Palmarsson Dr. Pierre Y. Julien Dr. Dan Rosbjerg |
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| HYDRO602: River System Analysis | ||
| Course Description: Fluid statics and dynamics and flow in closed conduits revisited. Head loss, conservation of mass and energy flux, and pressure waves. Open channel
flow in rivers/channels; shallow water equations/Saint-Venants flow equations; Froude number and gravity waves; steady uniform flow, and steady non-uniform flow. Potential flow and flow nets. |
Course Duration: 1 week ECTS Credits: 2 Time Schedule: 5 - 9 July Professor: Dr. Kristin M. Hakonardottir |
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| HYDRO603: Hydraulic Structures | ||
| Course Description: Introduction to the software HEC-RAS. Setup of simple river models. The use of steady and unsteady flow. Modeling and simulation of
dambreaks; ice jam modeling in HEC-RAS. Dam engineering (loads and stresses); rock-fill, embankment, concrete gravity, buttress, and arch dams. Fundamentals of soil mechanics, specific to dam design.
Soils, properties, stresses – total and effective. Seepage, leakage and flow nets. Fundamental design aspects of dams, concrete and embankment. Foundation considerations. Inner and outer
loading on dams. Seismic aspects of dam design. Zoning of embankment dams. Filters and pertinent criteria. |
Course Duration: 2 weeks ECTS Credits: 4 Time Schedule: 12 - 23 July Professors: Mrs. Hörn Hrafnsdóttir Mr. Pálmi R. Pálmason |
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| HYDRO604: Waterways | ||
| Course Description: Rock mechanics; case study analysis from Iceland and elsewhere, including detail account of the design and hydraulics of the Karahnjukar Power Plant
(690MW). Tunnel and cave structures. Main hydraulic components of a hydropower station. Types and hydraulic design and calculations of spillways, bottom outlets and intakes. Main types of waterways
and calculations of total head losses. Transients (water hammer and surges) in waterways. Simplified formulas to calculate, locate and design surge facilities. |
Course Duration: 3 weeks ECTS Credits: 6 Time Schedule: 26 July - 13 August Professors: Dr. Sigurdur Erlingsson Mr. Birgir Jonsson Mr. Þorbergur S. Leifsson |
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| HYDRO605: Hydropower Production & Marketing | ||
| Course Description: Powerhouse equipment and layout. Turbine selection and flow control - hydraulics of impulse and reaction turbines, including Pelton; cross-flow; propeller (i.e. Kaplan); Francis; and kinetic energy (free-flow) turbines; spiral and draft tube hydraulics. Cavitation. Specific speed and turbine sizing and selection. Runner design. Unsteadiness in hydraulic machines. Gearing and power generator design. Automatic control and control systems. Power marketing. | Course Duration: 3 weeks ECTS Credits: 6 Time Schedule: 16 August - 3 September Professors: Mr. Gudmundur Petursson Dr. Staffan Lundstrom Dr. Mansour H. Abdel-Rahman |
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| HYDRO606: Water Resources Optimization | ||
| Course Description: Principles of optimization and construction of an objective function; local optimization of the tunnels; global optimization of hydropower schemes; solution by genetic algorithms and evolutionary methods; the HYDRA program; and student optimization project. | Course Duration: 2 weeks ECTS Credits: 4 Time Schedule: 6 September - 17 September Professor: Mr. Gudmundur Jon Ludvigsson |
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| HYDRO607: Environmental Impacts & Mitigation | ||
| Course Description: Principles of nature conservation, legislative measures, and environmental assessments. Downstream effects of dams; mitigation measures and sustainability. | Course Duration: 1 week ECTS Credits: 2 Time Schedule: 20 - 24 September Professor: Mr. Birgir Jonsson |
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