ENERGY SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT

The "Energy Systems and Environment" course deals with the very current problem related to the development of sustainable energy systems for the decarbonized production of electric, thermal and freezer energy. In particular will be analysed the resources of energy used, their origin, the conversion process and all the final use of energy in the various forms, with a view to achieving environmental sustainability inserted in the global planetary context. The scenarios of the environmental crisis of the 21st century will be considered.

The various energy sources will be presented including biomass energy, geothermal energy, wind energy, solar energy, the hydrogen vector and the characteristics of the respective generation systems. Particular attention will be reserved to the analysis of energy technological systems in the context of environmental respect objectives, first of all, the control of the production of climate-changing gases, in order to achieve mitigation effects on the phenomenon of "Global Warming".

Computational Fluid Dynamic techniques for the simulation of Energy Systems will be presented. Specifically the students will learn how to implement numerical CFD simulations through Ansys Fluent software with both a theoretical and a practical approach.

In the final part of the course the advanced energy systems will be mentioned, with particular attention to combined cycle gas and cogeneration power plants and their integration with solar thermal energy capture systems.

Lectures: 39 hours

Exercises: 52 hours

1. Basic Energy Concepts
2. Energy Conversion
3. Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Conversion Devices
4. Energy Transfer and Conversion Methods
5. Renewable Energy Sources
6. Solar Energy: Solar heating (passive and active), solar power plants, photovoltaic cells
7. Biomass Energy: Direct conversion (combustion of biomass); Indirect conversion (chemical conversion to biofuel)
8. Hydro Energy
9. Geothermal Energy: Power plants, direct use, heat pumps
10. Ocean Energy: Tidal Power and Wave Energy
11. Wind Energy
12. Gas turbine and their performances
13. Combined Cycles
14. Cogeneration Power Plants
15. CFD applications for Energy Systems

1) Materiale didattico

2) Ansys Fluent getting started training

3) Islam, Roy, Rahman, Saifur - Renewable Energy and the Environment –SPRINGER

4) Cohen, Rogers, Saravanamuttoo: “Gas Turbine Theory” - LONGMAN;

5) Bianchi, Melillo, Peretto – Sistemi Energetici. Complementi – PITAGORA EDITRICE BOLOGNA

6) Giovanni Lozza: Turbine a gas e cicli combinati – SOCIETÀ EDITRICE ESCULAPIO

7) Sphera DA, editor. Wind turbine technology: fundamental concepts of wind turbine engineering.

8) Gash R. and Twele J.: Wind Power Plants – Fundamentals, Design, Construction and Operation, Solarpraxis AG Germany.

9) Bent Sørensen Renewable Energy, Academic Press

10) Ferziger J.H., Peric M., Street R.L., Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics, Springer

A simple CFD application developed in Ansys Fluent will be evaluated as well.

To guarantee equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, students can request a meeting in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measure, according to the educational goals and specific needs. In this case, it is advisable to contact the CInAP (Centre for Active and Participated Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or SLD) professor of the Department where the Degree Course is included

The Candidate explains the basic concepts of energy

The Candidate sets out the principles on energy conversion

The Candidate discusses about renewable energy sources

The Candidate discusses the principles of wind energy

The Candidate discusses the principles of solar energy

The Candidate discusses the principles of geothermal energy

The Candidate discusses the principles of hydraulic energy

The Candidate explains the basic concepts of cogeneration plants

The Candidate discusses the numerical exercises carried out