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 and energy sources

Classification and general characteristics of fluid machines

Thermal and thermodynamic processes of machines and energy systems

Characteristics of operating fluids

Hydraulic power plants

Wind turbines and wave energy converters (WEC Systems)

Thermodynamics of machines

Fuels and combustion

Steam power plants

Gas turbine power plants

Reciprocating internal combustion engines

Combined plants and Cogeneration plants

Propulsion

Photovoltaic systems - overview

Pollutant emissions - emission factors

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, Carmelo Caputo, Ed. Masson 1997 o successive


Type of evaluation

Oral interview