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Teaching GuideTerm Higher Polytechnic University College |
| Mestrado Universitario en Enxeñaría Industrial (plan 2012) |
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| Energy technology |
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| Identifying Data | 2017/18 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Energy technology | Code | 730497006 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Official Master's Degree | 1st four-month period |
First | Obligatoria | 4.5 | ||||||||||
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| 0 Os temas seguientes desenrolan os contidos establecidos nas fichas da Memoria de Verificación que son: | (i) Introducción; fuentes, utilización, aspectos económicos y terminología. (ii) Combustibles en los procesos de conversión. (iii) Producción de energía térmica. (iv) Sistemas de combustibles fósiles. (v) Reactores Nucleares. (vi) Impacto ambiental. (vii) Energías y centrales renovables. (viii) Producción de energía mecánica. (ix) Fundamentos de la producción de energía eléctrica. (x) Fundamentos de almacenamiento de energía. (xi) Análisis energético de sistemas de conversión de energía. |
| 1 Introduction | 1.1 The energy problem 1.2 Combustion theory 1.3 Heat transfer 1.4 Electricity |
| 2 The economics of energy-saving schemes | 2.1 Costs 2.2 Investing in new energy-saving projects |
| 3 Energy conversion | 3.1 Fuels and combustion 3.2 Efficient combustion 3.3 Waste as fuel 3.4 Steam and gas cycles 3.5 Refrigeration, heat pumps and air conditioning 3.6 Electric conversion |
| 4 Energy recovery | 4.1 Insulation 4.2 Recuperative heat exchangers 4.3 Run-around coil systems 4.4 Regenerative heat exchangers 4.5 Heat pumps 4.6 Heat pipes 4.7 Selection of energy recovery methods |
| 5 Process integration: Pinch technology | 5.1 Basic concepts of Pinch technology 5.2 Stream networks 5.3 The significance of the Pinch 5.4 Design of energy recovery systems 5.5 Selection of Pinch temperature difference 5.6 Tabular method 5.7 Stream splitting 5.8 Process retrofit 5.9 Installation of heat pumps 5.10 Installation of heat engines 5.11 The grand composite curve |
| 6 Energy in buildings | 6.1 Steady state loads and comfort 6.2 Transient heating and air conditioning loads 6.3 Thermal performance monitoring 6.4 Lightning 6.5 Energy targets |
| 7 CHP Plants | 7.1 Introduction to CHP 7.2 The benefits of CHP 7.3 Problems asociated with CHP 7.4 Balance of energy demand 7.5 Types of prime movers 7.6 The economics of CHP generation 7.7 CHP in the industrial sector 7.8 CHP in the commercial sector 7.9 CHP in the domestic sector 7.10 Conclusions |
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