20810128-2 - ENERGY SYSTEMS MODULE II

The course deals with the laws and methods which allow a quantitative evaluation of heat transfer processes (conduction, convection, radiation) between bodies and inside a body, as well as the temperature field variations these processes cause, with the objective of providing the knowledge necessary to design heat transfer devices.
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Programme

Energy needs and sources
Classification and general characteristics of fluid machines
Thermal and thermodynamic processes of machines and energy systems
Characteristics of working fluids
Hydroelectric power plants
Wind turbines
Fuels and combustion
Steam power plans
Gas turbine power plant
Internal combustion engines
Combined-cycle power plants
Cogeneration
Propulsion
Photovoltaic systems, fuel cells - outlines
Environmental impact of energy systems - outlines


Core Documentation

Introduzione allo studio delle machine, Oreste Acton, Carmelo Caputo, UTET 1979
Impianti motori, Oreste Acton, Carmelo Caputo, UTET 1992
Gli impianti convertitori di energia, C. Caputo, Masson 1997


Type of delivery of the course

Classroom lectures and exercises

Type of evaluation

The assessment of learning takes place through an oral test, divided into several questions. During Covid-19 total or partial lock-down the activities of evaluation will be carried out according to Art. 1 - D.R. n. 703/2020