Energy and Environment

Code:

EA0034

Acronym:

EA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Interp/Personal professional attitudes and capac.
OFICIAL	Environmental Technologies
OFICIAL	Engineering Sciences

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEA	75	Syllabus since 2006/07	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

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

Program

Energy and civilization;
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

Clito Afonso; Energia e Ambiente, Associação de Estudantes da FEUP, 2008
Clito Afonso; Termodinânica Aplicada, AEFEUP, 2008

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 presentaion;
Pratical classes to solve problems.

Software

EES - Engineering Equation Solver

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

According to the General Rules of Avaliation.