IDENTIFYING DATA									2007_08
Subject								Code	205141223
Study programme	Enginyeria Ambiental (2006)							Cycle	2nd
Descriptors	Credits		Type	Year	Period
	3		Optativa		Only annual
Language
Department	Enginyeria Mecànica Enginyeria Química
Coordinator	CORONAS SALCEDO, ALBERTO				E-mail	alberto.coronas@urv.cat
Lecturers	CORONAS SALCEDO, ALBERTO
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General description and relevant information	Description of technologies and resolution of problems in processes of transformation of the energy: systems of co-generation and refrigeration.

Competences Type A Code Competences Specific   Common   Professional   Research Type B Code Competences Transversal   Common Type C Code Competences Nuclear   Common Learning aims Objectives Competences 1) To know technologies and to solve problems in processes of transformation of the energy: systems of co-generation and refrigeration. 2) To konow the new technologies and processes advanced for the energy production. Contents Topic Sub-topic UNIT 1: Refrigeration and energy production plants Steam plants for the energy production. Benefits and operation. Plants of gas turbines for the energy production. Benefits and operation. Plants of motors of internal combustion for the energy production. Plants of refrigeration. Types and benefits. UNIT 2: Advanced systems of production of energy and refrigeration Advanced systems of gas turbines. Plants of steam production of high benefits. Plants of combined cycle and trigeneration. New technologies of electrical generation: Micro gas turbines and fuel Batteries. UNIT 3: Advanced systems of refrigeration New cooling systems Advanced systems of transpiration cooling. Systems of refrigeration by adsorption Planning Methodologies  ::  Tests   Competences (*) Class hours Hours outside the classroom (**) Total hours Introductory activities 0 0 0   Lecture 0 0 0 Problem solving, classroom exercises 0 0 0   Personal tuition 0 0 0   Practical tests 0 0 0   (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. Methodologies Methodologies   Description Introductory activities Lecture Expositive classes. Problem solving, classroom exercises Group problems. Personalized attention Description Assessment   Description Weight Problem solving, classroom exercises Group problems. 25% Practical tests Prova parcial (25%). PRova final (50%). 75%   Other comments and second exam session Sources of information Basic R.W.Haywood. Analysis of Engineering Cycles, Pergamon Press, 1991. Design of Gas Turbine Combined Cycle and Cogeneration Systems. Thermoflow, Inc. Boston, 2000. C.B. Dorgan, S.P. Leight, C.E. Dorgan, Application Guide for Absorption cooling/refrigeration using recovered heat. ASHRAE Publications, Atlanta, 1995. ETSU, Good Practice Guide 256, An Introduction to Absorption Cooling, U.K., 1999. K.E. Herold; R. Radermacher; S. Klein; Absorption Chillers and HeatPumps. CRC Press Complementary Recommendations