Thermal Energy Management
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Heat Transfer and Fluid |
Instance: 2007/2008 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
MIEM |
25 |
Syllabus since 2006/2007 |
5 |
- |
5 |
42 |
133 |
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To give the students an overall view on energy management and advanced techniques for the analysis of thermal systems.
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.
Mandatory literature
Carlos Pinho; “Gestão de Energia Térmica”, AEFEUP, 2003
Complementary Bibliography
Bejan, Adrian;
Thermal design and optimization. ISBN: 0-47158467-3
Horlock, J.H; “Combined Power Plants”, Pergamon Press, 1992
Le Goff, P.; “Energetique Industrielle”,Tomos I, II e III, Technique et Documentation, 1979
Teaching methods and learning activities
Theoretical classes and solution of numerical questions.
Evaluation Type
Evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Subject Classes |
Participação presencial |
42,00 |
|
|
|
Total: |
- |
0,00 |
|
Calculation formula of final grade
Evaluation of students behavior in class.... 10%
Written examination ........................... 90%
( duration around 3 hours).
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Written examination
Classification improvement
Written examination
Observations
COMPULSORY READING:
-Pinho, C., “Gestão de Energia Térmica (Thernal Energy Management - Course Notes)”, FEUP, 2003.
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” Tomos 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.