| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| Professional | ||
| AP1 | A1.1 Effectively apply knowledge of basic, scientific and technological materials pertaining to engineering. | |
| AP3 | A1.3 Be able to analyze and synthesize the continuous progress of products, processes, systems and services, whilst applying criteria of safety, economic viability, quality and environmental management. (G6) | |
| AP4 | A1.4 Know how to establish and develop mathematical models by using the appropriate software in order to provide the scientific and technological basis for the design of new products, processes, systems and services and for the optimization of existing ones. (G5) | |
| AP9 | A3.2 Design and optimize products, processes, systems and services for the chemical industry on the basis of various areas of chemical engineering, including processes, transport, separation operations, and chemical, nuclear, elctrochemical and biochemical reactions engineering (I2). | |
| AP13 | A3.6 Design, construct and implement methods, processes and installations for the integrated management of waste, solids, liquids and gases, whilst also taking into account the impacts and risks of these products (I6). | |
| AP15 | A4.2 Lead and manage the organization of work and human resources by applying criteria regarding industrial safety, quality management, occupation risk prevention, sustainability and environmental management (P2). | |
| AP17 | A4.4 Adapt to structural changes in society caused by economic, energy or natural factors so as to be able to solve any resulting problems and to contribute technological solutions with a high commitment to sustainability (P4). | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| Professional | ||
| BP1 | B1.1 Communicate and discuss proposals and conclusions in a clear and unambiguous manner in specialized and non-specialized multilingual forums (G9). | |
| BP5 | B4.1 Be able to learn autonomously in order to maintain and improve the competences pertaining to chemical engineering that enable continuous professional development. (G11) | |
| BP6 | B5.1 Carry out and lead the appropriate research, design and development of engineering solutions in new or little understood areas, whilst applying criteria of creativity, originality, innovation and technology transfer. (G4) | |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| Common | ||
| CC1 | Have an intermediate mastery of a foreign language, preferably English | |
| CC2 | Be advanced users of the information and communication technologies | |
| CC3 | Be able to manage information and knowledge | |
| CC5 | Be committed to ethics and social responsibility as citizens and professionals | |
| Learning aims |
| Objectives | Competences | ||
| Know energy conversion systems including renewable energy, cogeneration, trigeneration and distributed generation. | AP1 AP3 AP4 AP15 AP17 |
BP1 BP5 |
CC1 CC3 CC5 |
| Capability to evaluate systems considering energy consumption, environmental impact and economics. | AP1 AP3 AP15 |
BP1 BP5 |
CC1 CC3 |
| Apply process integration using Pinch methodology en the design of heat exchanger networks in order to improve the energy efficiency of processes and to reduce their environmental impact. | AP1 AP3 AP4 AP9 AP13 |
BP5 BP6 |
CC1 CC3 |
| Integrate the adquired knowledge in the elaboboration of feasibility projects. | AP1 AP3 AP4 AP9 AP13 AP15 AP17 |
BP1 BP5 |
CC1 CC2 CC3 CC5 |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Renewable energies | Description Tecnologies Aplications |
| Cogeneration | Tecnologies Energetic and economic evaluation |
| Integración de procesos y metodología Pinch Process integration and Pinch methodology |
Composite curves, problem table and gran composite curve. Heat exchanger network Integration of heat engines and heat pumps |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours | Hours outside the classroom | (**) Total hours | ||||||
| Introductory activities |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Lecture |
|
10 | 10 | 20 | |||||
| Seminars |
|
12 | 10 | 22 | |||||
| Project proposal |
|
0 | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms |
|
5 | 10 | 15 | |||||
| Personal tuition |
|
0 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Mixed tests |
|
3 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Presentation of the course |
| Lecture | Exposition of the contents of the course |
| Seminars | Seminars on specific topics. |
| Project proposal | Projects achieved in small teams on open end problems and feasibility projects. |
| Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms | Resolution of problems and exercises using specific software. Formulation, analysis, resolution and discussion of problems related with topics of the course. |
| Personal tuition |
| Personalized attention |
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| Assessment |
| Description | Weight | ||
| Project proposal | Achievement in teams. | 50% | |
| Mixed tests | Individual exam. Short conceptual question and solution of problems. Minimum mark 4.0. | 40% | |
| Others | Participació en clase |
10% | |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
| Sources of information |
| Basic |
, Material in the Moodle, ,
Martin Kaltschmitt, Wolfang Streicher, Andreas Wiese, Renewable energy : technology, economics and environment, Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, 2007
Boyce, Meherwan P., Handbook for cogeneration and combined cycle power plants, New York [etc.] : ASME Press, 2002
Warwickshire : Institution of Chemical Engineers, A User guide on process integration for the efficient use of energy, , 1982 |
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| Complementary |
Aldo Vieira da Rosa, Fundamentals of renewable energy processes, 2nd ed., Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, 2009
Jutglar i Banyeras, Lluís, Cogeneración de calor y electricidad, Barcelona : Ceac, 1996
Godfrey Boyle, Bob Everett and Janet Ramage, Energy systems and sustainability, Oxford University Press in association with the Open University, 2003
Wulfinghoff, Donald , Energy efficiency manual : for everyone who uses energy, pays for utilities, controls energy usage, designs and builds, is interested in energy and environmental preservation , Wheaton, Maryland : Energy Institute Press , 1999
, Engineering Equation Solver (EES) , , |
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| Recommendations |
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.