Valid for: 2012/13
Decided by: Education Board 2
Date of Decision: 2012-04-04
Elective for: K4-p, W4-p
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English
The aim with the course is to present a number of engineering tools that will enable for the student to evaluate the use of fossil and renewable energy sources for electricity production, energy use and transportation by considering the energy efficiency, the environmental impact and the costs for the methods.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
The course is built around a number of themes each consisting of different parts such as lectures, exercises, discussions in groups and compulsory calculation tasks. Seminars with external people from the process industry and energy companies.
Raw materials for energy supply and the Swedish energy system. Different methods for electricity production (hydropower, nuclear power, back-pressure power, gasturbines, gasification, wind power etc) and their environmental impact and costs. Different alternatives for flue gas cleaning at municipal and industrial combustion plants. Methods for energy optimization in the process industry as well as environmental challenges. Aspects on the use of renewable energy sources within the transportation sector and catalytic processes for exhaust gas control.
Grading scale: TH
Assessment: Assessment by written examination at the end of the course and by written and oral presentations of a number of calculation problems.
Parts
Code: 0105. Name: Compulsory Calculation Tasks.
Credits: 3. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Written and oral presentation of of calculation problems. Contents: Calculation tasks within the content of the course.
Code: 0205. Name: Examination.
Credits: 4,5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Written examination. Contents: The complete course
Required prior knowledge: KET030 Heat Engineering or KTE170 Mass Transfer Processes in Environmental Engineering.
The number of participants is limited to: No
The course might be cancelled: If the number of applicants is less than 8.
Course coordinator: Professor Stig Stenström, Stig.Stenstrom@chemeng.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.chemeng.lth.se