Thermal Energy Management

Code:

EM0052

Acronym:

GET

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Heat Transfer and Fluid

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Fluids and Energy Division
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Mechanical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEM	128	Syllabus since 2006/2007	4	-	6	45,5	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

a) This course aims to give an overview on industrial thermal systems

b) By the end of the semester, students should:

a) be acquainted with importance of energy saving
b) know how to assess results in an energy audit
c) be able to define the parameters that should be followed in an Energy Consumption Rationalization Plan
d) be able to manage energy

Learning outcomes and competences

Capacity to evaluate the energy consumption of a given plant or company and further optimize such consumptions.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The Need for Energy Management. The Eergy Audit and the Racionalization Plan. Basic Principles of Energy Accountancy. Energy Scales. Thermodynamics - Revision of Basic Concepts. Exergy Analysis. Exergy of Heat. Irreversibility. The Guoy-Stodola Relation. Co-energy and Co-enthalpy. Exergy Efficiency. Exergy Analysis of Combustion Processes. Cogeneration. Basic Criteria for the Evaluation of Cogeneration Plants. Types of Cogeneration Plants. Economic Analysis of Cogeneration Systems. Combined Cycles. Series and Paralel Combined Cycles. The Curzon-Ahlborn Efficiency.
Organic Rankine cycles.
Thermal energy storage. Sensible heat storage and latent heat storage. Energy and exergy analysis.

Mandatory literature

Carlos Pinho; Sebenta de Gestão de Energia Térmica, 2015

Complementary Bibliography

Le Goff, P.; “Energetique Industrielle”,Tomos I, II e III, Technique et Documentation, 1979
Bejan, Adrian; Thermal design and optimization. ISBN: 0-47158467-3
Horlock, J.H; “Combined Power Plants”, Pergamon Press, 1992

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes and solution of numerical questions.

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Thermal engineering

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	90,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation of students behavior in class.... 10%
Written examination ........................... 90%
( duration around 3 hours).


Recourse examination                     90 %

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Written examination. The result has a 100 % value.

Classification improvement

Written examination.  The result has a 100 % value.

Observations

COMPULSORY READING:

-Pinho, C., “Gestão de Energia Térmica (Thernal Energy Management - Course Notes)”, FEUP, January 2015. 

RECOMMENDED READING:

- Bejan, A., Tsatsaronis, G. and Moran, M., “Thermal Design and Optimization”, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1996;
- Horlock, J.H., “Combined Power Plants”, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1992;
- Kotas, T.J., “The Exergy Method of Thermal Plant Analysis”, Butterworths, 1985;
- Le Goff, P., editor , “Energetique Industrielle” Vols. I, II e III, Technique et Documentation, Paris, 1979; 
- Levenspiel, O., “Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange”, Plenum Press, New York, 1998;
- Lizarraga, J.M.S., “Cogeneracion”, Servicio Editorial, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Bilbao, 1994.