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Clean Energy Engineering: CEEN Seminar 2019

February 19, 2019
UBC MEL Clean Energy Engineering CEEN

On February 13 2019, students and faculty from Clean Energy Engineering, Clean Energy Research Centre and Mechanical Engineering welcomed Dr. Sandro Nižetić from the University of Split (Croatia) for the first MEL Clean Energy Engineering Seminar of 2019. Dr. Nižetić has more than fifteen years of research and teaching experience in Applied Thermodynamics, HVAC systems, Refrigeration, Energy efficiency in Buildings and Rational Energy Usage.

The topic of the seminar was on the Thermal Management of the Silicon Photovoltaic (PV) Panels: Issues, Challenges and Necessity for the Smart Cooling Approach. During the seminar, Dr. Nižetić presented various active and passive cooling strategies for PVs, discussing them from a performance point of view as well as taking their general economic and environmental aspects into account.

UBC MEL CEEN Seminar Thermal Management

Currently, the majority of photovoltaic (PV) technologies that are available on the market are siliceous based PV technologies, with a current market share of about 94% and about 70% of which are produced in a multi-crystalline variant (Si-poly). Besides a relatively high investment cost and modest overall efficiency, one of the main issues related to siliceous based PV technologies lies in the degradation of PV panel efficien­cy caused by the elevated PV panel operating temperatures during operation.

MEL CEEN students were able to learn about the main obstacles of photovoltaic (PV) technologies, particularly with respect to future development of smart hybrid cooling techniques. The overall seminar allowed students to connect clean energy engineering course concepts to current advancing research in sustainable energy and how it impacts society.

In collaboration with the Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) and the UBC Sauder School of Business, the Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) professional degree allows students to learn from industry leaders to give them an advantage to accelerate their career.

Find out more about the MEL in Clean Energy Engineering and how you can take control of your future.

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