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Course: 2025/2026

Energy in Industry & Decarbonization
(20067)
Master in Renewable Energy in Thermal Systems (Plan: 544 - Estudio: 408)
EPI


Coordinating teacher: GARCIA GUTIERREZ, LUIS MIGUEL

Department assigned to the subject: Thermal and Fluids Engineering Department

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course:
Semester:




Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
Applied thermodynamics Heat transfer Thermodynamics cycles
Objectives
The main objective is for students to understand the primary uses of thermal energy in industrial processes and their relevance to achieving carbon-neutral emissions. To this end, students will learn to identify various industrial processes and understand how their equipment operates. They will be able to design and select appropriate thermal equipment to enhance process performance and efficiency. A key focus of the course will be understanding how to replace conventional processes with technologies that enable industrial decarbonization. Renewable energy-based systems capable of supporting more efficient, carbon-neutral industrial processes will be explored and applied.
Learning Outcomes
Description of contents: programme
Introduction: - Energy use in thermal industrial processes. Industrial heat and cooling - Thermal industrial equipment: Heat exchangers. Boilers. - Refrigeration cycles Carbon zero emisions in thermal industrial processes: - Decarbonization in thermal industrial processes. - Carbon capture and storage.
Learning activities and methodology
- Lectures on theory and applications. - Solving problems individually and in groups. - Experimental and numeric lab . - Performing reports individually or in groups.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination/test 40
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 60

Calendar of Continuous assessment


Basic Bibliography
  • Incropera F.P., DeWitt D.P., Bergman T.L., Lavine A.S.. Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer. John Wiley & Sons. 2007
  • Moran M.J, Shapiro H.N.. Fundamentals of engineering thermodynamics : SI version . John Wiley & Sons. 2010
Additional Bibliography
  • G.F. Hewitt, G.L. Shires and T.R. Bott.. Process heat transfer. CRC Press. 2000
  • Barrie Jenkins, Peter Mullinger, Barrie Jenkins, Peter Mullinger. Industrial and Process Furnaces Principles, Design and Operation. Butterworth Heinemann. 2008
  • Couper ,Penney, Fair, PhD . Chemical Process Equipment, Selection and Design. Butterworth-Heinemann. 2012
  • Jeffrey Rissman. Zero-Carbon Industry Transformative Technologies and Policies to Achieve Sustainable Prosperity. Columbia University Press. 2024
  • Jhon H. Lienhard IV, Jhon H. Lienhard V. A heat transfer textbook. Avalaible online . http://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/ahtt.html

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.