This course introduces students to the operating principles of renewable energy conversion systems. Students will learn to distinguish between the various technological components and their operating principles.

The student will be able to program in Matlab several numerical methods to solve partial differential equations related to renewable energy and engineering science issues :  Laplace's and Poisson's equations, Transport equation, ...). Students will gain a solid grounding, with a particularly practical aspect, in numerical methods adapted to the solution of partial differential equations : the finite difference method and the finite volume method .