Energy Management and Environment

Code:

L.EGI027

Acronym:

GEA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Fluids and Energy

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L.EGI	30	Syllabus	3	-	6	39	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

– To know the main uses of energy, the energy sources and the impacts of energy use.

– To know the Energy chain (primary, final and useful energy), and to be able to detect where the energy losses take place.

- To be able to differentiate between avoidable and unavoidable losses, from the thermodynamics point of view.

- To be able to identify, evaluate and propose measures to improve the energy performance of facilities and communities.

- To know and be able to implement the processes of Energy audits.

- To be able to define the parameters for an Energy Improvement Plan and to guide its design and implementation.

Learning outcomes and competences

- To able to identify and propose measures to improve the energy performance of facilities and/or communities;

- To be able to define the target parameters and be ablee to steer the design of na Energy Improvement plan according to the Portuguese legislation.

Working method

Presencial

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

Required to have previous knowledge of Thermodynamics and Fluid mechanics.

Program

INTRODUCTION

The Energy/Environmental contexto of the XXI century. Relation of Energy with Environment and with economic performance.

 

THE ENERGY CHAIN.

The uses of energy. Energy sources and energy carriers. Principles of energy accounting. Sankey diagram representation.

 

ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES 

Technologies on the supply-side. Technologies for Energy Transport. Technologies on the utilization / demand side.

 

EXERGY

Exergy, irreversibility and entropy. Gouy-Stodoloa relation. Energetic efficiency and analysis of facilities.

 

COGENERATION AND TRIGENERATION

Cogeneration. Trigeneration. District Heating and Cooling.

 

OTHER ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECHNIQUES

Heat Recovery. Variable speed pumps. Combined Cycles. Organic Rankine Cycles. Energy Storage.

 

ENERGY AUDITS

Energy Audits: Types, methods, measurement parameters and instruments. Analysis of improvement measures.

 

OTHER ESSENTIAL TOPICS in ENERGY MANAGEMENT

The Portuguese Electric network. Energy Management in Transports, Energy management in Buildings.

MONITORING AND MARKET MECHANISMS

The Portuguese System of Intensive Energy uses Management. Energy performance improvement plans. Pollutant Release and Transfer Register.  Carbon Markets.  The ETS.

Mandatory literature

GEA; GEA, 2012: Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future, Cambridge University Press, 2012
Pinho, C.; Sebenta de Gestão de Energia e Ambiente, informal / acesso livre, 2020
Albert Thumann, Terry Niehus, William J. Younger; Handbook of Energy Audits, CRC Press

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lecture hours per week: 3 h

Semester total lecture hours: 39 h

Individual study and complementary readings: 52 h

Analysis of Systems through software: 16h

Resolution of practical problems outside lectures: 52 h

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	120,00
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Total:	159,00

Eligibility for exams

Todos os estudantes inscritos serão admitidos a exame.

Calculation formula of final grade

1st call / Normal Season:
NF= 0,5 x NTI + 0,5 x NEEN 
2nd call / Season:
NF=NEER

NF: Final Grade
NTI - Grade of the intermediate Test
NEEN - Grade of Exam 1st call
NEER - Grade of the Exam 2nd call