Green Industrial Engineering for Sustainable Development

Bio-fuels power plants: summary of the operating principles of bio-fuels systems (direct com-bustion , gasification , pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion). State of the art. Wooden biomass com-bustion modelling. Design criteria. Power generation from renewable energy sources: summary of the operating principles of wind turbines, solar energy, ocean energy systems, hybrid and fuel cell systems. State of the art. Modelling of individual and integrated systems. Design Criteria Modeling methodologies and examples of renewable energy systems: grid-connected and Stand Alone Power Systems (SAPS). Existing SAPS systems and issues related to the recovery of energy surplus. Options for energy buffering. Energy systems modelling, analysis methodology and examples. Modelling tools. Conventional micro-cogeneration: summaries of internal combustion engines, Stirling engines, gas turbines (off-design conditions and regulation). State of the art. Modelling of individual and integrated systems. Design criteria. Case studies: energy systems on islands: integration of a series of renewable energy systems in the island energy context; analysis of two hypotheses for the surplus energy buffering from renewable sources. Renewable micro-cogeneration plant: diathermic oil, biomass - solar con-centrators and steam engine. Oscillating Water Column (OWC): analysis of the behavior of an individual device and coupling to a power network.

Principles of energy conversion and energy balance.

Lecture notes.

3 lectures per week.

Written and oral examination.

Renewable Energy Systems: Advanced Conversion Technologies and Applications Di Fang Lin Luo, Ye Hong, 2017

Frontal teaching and exercise session