Code: | EIG0065 | Acronym: | GEA |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Power |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Fluids and Energy Division |
Course/CS Responsible: | Master in Engineering and Industrial Management |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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MIEGI | 37 | Syllabus since 2006/2007 | 3 | - | 6 | 56 | 162 |
- Recognize and evaluate the main uses of energy, energy sources and the impacts of energy uses in Industry and Services;
- Know the energy chain (E. primary, final, useful) and know where do the main losses occur.- Know the structure and main principles of the electric grids, their technical limitations and cost factors.
- Know how to differentiate between inevitable losses and avoidable losses, from the thermodynamic point of view.
- Know the processes and methods of Energy Audits in Industry, and know how to evaluate their results.
- Identify opportunities to improve energy performance and carry out related economic assessment.
- Be able to define the parameters to be respected in a Plan of Rationalization of Energy Consumption.
The energy-environmental context of the 21st century. Energy uses. Energy sources and carriers. Principles of energy accounting (EP, EF, EU, GHG). Sankey diagrams. Structure and technical requirements of the electric grids. Main energy conversion technologies. The SCGCIE. Energy Audits and key efficiency measures in industry and services. Energy rationalization plans. Exergy, irreversibility and entropy. Gouy-Stodola relation. Exergy analysis of processes and installations. Cogeneration. Trigeration. Combined cycles. Storage of thermal energy. Emissions licences and Carbon Markets. Multicriteria decision and risk management in energy.
Theoretical classes and solution of numerical questions.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 100,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 106,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 56,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Written examination ........................... 100%
( duration around 3 hours).
Second chance examination 100 %
Written examination. The result has a 100 % weight.
Written examination. The result has a 100 % weight.
COMPULSORY READING:
-Pinho, C., “Gestão de Energia Térmica (Thernal Energy Management - Course Notes)”, FEUP, January 2015.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- The Emissions Gap Report 2020 | A UN Environment Synthesis Report
- Gómez Expósito, A.: Análisis y operación de sistemas de energía eléctrica. ISBN: 84-481-3592-X
- Henrique A. Matos et al: Medidas de Eficiência Energética Aplicáveis à Indústria Portuguesa,ISBN978-972-8646-18-9 (2010).
- 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;
- Lizarraga, J.M.S., “Cogeneracion”, Servicio Editorial, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Bilbao, 1994.