Energy and Environment

Code:

L.EA023

Acronym:

EA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Technological Sciences - Technology-Environmental Technology

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Fluids and Energy Section
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L.EA	51	Syllabus	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To understand the relationship between energy and environment and to be able to deal with energy conversion systems.

Learning outcomes and competences

Capacity to understand and analyse energy systems and their environmental impacts.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Basic Thermodynamics. Heat transfer.

Program

Energy and development; Tecnologies associated to the use of diferent forms of energy; Energy resources: primary energy, secundary energy and final energy; Energy and environment: global warming, depleation of ozone and acid rains; Systems of energy conversion: Carnot cycle, Rankine cycle, Joule Brayton cycle and Otto, Diesel and Sabathié cycles. Equipments associated to motor cycles; Gas mixtures; Combustion. Renewable energies. Fundamentals of solar energy: thermal and PV collectors.

Mandatory literature

Çengel Y.A., Boles M. ; Termodynamics. An Engineering Approach, McGraw-Hill, 2022
Clito Afonso; Energia e Ambiente, Associação de Estudantes da FEUP, 2008
Óscar Mota; Energia e Ambiente - Conceitos Básicos e Aplicações
John A. Duffie, William A. Beckman; Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, John Wiley and Sons, 1991. ISBN: ISBN: 13 978-0-471-69867-8

Complementary Bibliography

José Orosa, Armando C. Oliveira; Engineering Thermodynamics with EES, Lambert Academic publishing, 2011. ISBN: 978-3-8443-0317-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical matters exposed with power point presentations; Practical classes dedicated to problem solving.
Use of the EES (Engineering Equation Solver Program).

Software

EES - Engineering Equation Solver

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	75,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	56,00
Frequência das aulas	76,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the General Rules of Avaliation. 

Calculation formula of final grade

The Individual Work must be done during the semestre.

The written evaluation has a theoretical part (without consultation) and a practical part (with consultation).

In all exams (Exame, Recurso and Épocas Especias) the Final Classification is obtained by the following expression:

0,30*theoretical part + 0,45*pratical part + 0,25 * Individual work

Classification improvement

The same assessment rules as for the different assessment periods apply to grade improvements. The assessment of the individual work component is not susceptible to improvement.
The final grade for the curricular unit is the highest grade between the one initially obtained and the one resulting from the improvement in the grade achieved.