Master in Industrial Mechanical (Plan: 274 - Estudio: 265)
EPI
Coordinating teacher: SORIA VERDUGO, ANTONIO
Department assigned to the subject: Thermal and Fluids Engineering Department
Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 4.0 ECTS
Course: 1º
Semester: 2º
Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
- Thermodynamics
- Heat Transfer
Objectives
Competences acquired by the students:
- Capability of analyzing the different processes occurring in a power station based on renewable energy.
- Capability of designing a power station based on renewable energy.
- Capability of evaluating the performance of a power station based on renewable energy.
- Understanding the role that renewable energy thermal plants play in improving sustainability and climate change (SDG 1).
Learning results acquired by the students:
The student should be capable of designing and evaluating the performance of different types of power stations based on renewable energies.
- Ffundamentals of chemical thermodynamics.
- Power cycles used in power plants (Brayton, Rankine, Combined cycle)
- Biomass.
- Solar thermal energy for electricity generation.
- Geothermal energy.
Learning activities and methodology
- Lectures, where the concepts to be acquired by the student will be presented. The student will received the notes of the lecture prior to the class.
- Problems solving by the students
Assessment System
% end-of-term-examination/test 0
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 100
