B2139 - FONDAMENTI DELLE TECNOLOGIE A BASSA EMISSIONE PER L'INDUSTRIA ENERGETICA M

Learning outcomes

The course provides students with the basic elements for the analysis of low-emission technologies in the field of energy production, providing qualitative and quantitative elements for their evaluation, design and implementation. Learning outcomes:-Analysis of the methods and problems associated with the use of fossil resources for energy production; -Overview of the main technologies for the decarbonisation of industrial and energy processes; - Fundamental analysis and comparison of nuclear, solar, wind, hydroelectric and biomass technologies for the replacement of fossil fuel exploitation processes; - Quantitative analysis for the preliminary design and assessment of resources, operations, waste management and safety for the processes considered

Course contents

• Introduction to primary energy sources and energy transformations
• Generation and transmission of electricity
• Generation of energy from fossil sources and combustion principles
• Combustion of gaseous, liquid and solid fuels
• Introduction to carbon capture & storage (CCS)
• Production of hydroelectric energy
• Production of wind energy
• Solar and photovoltaic energy
• Fundamentals of nuclear energy
• Physics of nuclear reactors
• Generation of nuclear energy
• Nuclear fuels
• Nuclear fuel cycle
• Nuclear waste management
• Elements of nuclear safety

Readings/Bibliography

• Energy Technologies at the Cutting Edge, OECD Publishing, IEA (2005)
• Manuale dell’ Ingegnere, Hoepli (2012)
• Energy Science (Oxford University Press, 2017)
• An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications (Mc Graw-Hill, 2012)

Teaching methods

Lectures with use of blackboard and computer slides

Assessment methods

The final exam is a written test only, which consists in a written essay on the theoretical, technical and design elements addressed during the course.

Teaching tools

Slides and lecture notes will be available on Virtuale

Office hours

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