| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Bachelor's Degree in Food Bioprocess Engineering (2017) |
 Subjects |
| THERMAL MACHINES AND ENGINES |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2023_24 |
| Subject | THERMAL MACHINES AND ENGINES | Code | 20234120 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 3 | Compulsory | Fourth | 1Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Industry and energy | Importance of the industrial sector. Energy sources in industry. Energy costs. Renewable energies. |
| 2. Energy transformations | Fuels; classification and properties. Combustion and emissions. Boilers; constitution and characteristics. Heat pump; energy saving and emission reduction. |
| 3. Power cycles and cogeneration | Steam power cycles. Gas power cycles. Configurations and operational modes. |
| 4. Alternative engines | Scheme and nomenclature of alternative internal combustion engines. Operating cycles. Main differences between diesel and petrol engines. Otto and Diesel cycles. |
| 5. Refrigeration equipment | Compression refrigeration equipment. Absorption cooling equipment. Configurations and operational modes. |
| 6. Cogeneration | Concept and configurations. Energy and economic calculation. |
