Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development

Introduction on clean energy transition systems Overview of the national and European electricity generation system Thermoelectric systems: introduction Recap on thermodynamics First law of thermodynamics Technical transformations tutorial Second law of thermodynamics Steam power plants Organic Rankine Cycles Gas turbine plants Combined cycle plants High efficiency cogeneration Internal combustion engines Hydroelectric plants Wind farms Ocean energy Photovoltaic systems and CSP Biomass systems

To have acquired the contents of the courses in: ● Calculus 1 and 2 ● Physics 1 and 2 ● Thermodynamics

Michael J. Moran, Howard N. Shapiro , Daisie D. Boettner and Margaret B. Bailey: Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics Slides

In class, highly suggested but not mandatory, according to the current curriculum studiorum In case of covid emergency through Meet

The exam is an oral exam consisting of 2 open-ended questions on the course program. In case of high turnout, it may be required to provide written answers and in this case there will be 5 true/false questions and 2 open-ended questions. During the course students will be asked to discuss the analysis of an energy system and prepare a report and a presentation. The discussion will score up to 5 points of the final score

In class with theory and excercises