3 ECTS credits
90 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4020267FNR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.
A. General overview (6 x 2 hours) – M. HUART
• Basics of physics applied to energy systems: Energy, power, units, forms, main products (electricity, heat and fuels), conversions, rough estimates of energy consumption from daily life activities;
1. World energy systems (renewable; fossil; nuclear): Main technologies and proved reserves;
2. Energy sustainability: Introduction to the debate through different authors and challenges;
3. Energy statistics: Conventions, energy flow chart, national energy consumptions;
4. Energy chain: Activities, efficiency, embodied energy;
5. Prices and costs of energy: Evolution, trend lines, components, externalities, values (average, marginal, current, constant), discounting;
6. Energy efficiency: Definitions, indicators and methods.
The students will prepare a homework on energy efficicency that will be discussed during the oral exam.
B. Seminars (10 x 2 hours) – Julien BLONDEAU
Sustainable Energy applications – A series of seminars and discussions, also with invited speakers. The seminars will give an insight into the current status, the perspectives and the challenges associated to various technologies. Non-exhaustive list of the discussed topics:
• Biomass
• CO2 emissions and Carbon Capture and Storage
• Mobility
• Near Zero Emissions Building
• Energy Storage
• Impact of renewables on the electricity network
• Waste to Energy
• …
The students will prepare abstracts of the attended seminars that will be discussed during the oral exam.
The attendance to the seminars is mandatory.
C. Seminars (2 x 2 hours) – Michel HUART and Guilherme DA SILVA
Introduction to Financial analysis for Energy Investment
Estimating the profitability of an investment in renewable energy or efficiency using mathematical tools: (L)COE, (D)PB, NPV, (M)IRR, PI
The attendance to the seminars is mandatory.
By the end of the program of study, the student is able :
• To solve exercises in concrete situations of energy consumption (or generation) in order:
– To characterize energy in its physics and technological aspects, energy chain, sustainability, statistics of consumption, energy prices and costs;
– To look at quantitative aspects by applying a simple rule of thumb with some elementary arithmetic and orders of magnitude;
– To demonstrate critical approach on results (given or personal) by having in mind rough estimates and applying specific formulas related to energy systems;
• To build a well-reasoned analysis of the sustainability in a given context (energy systems, specific needs)
– by discussing different authors analysis;
– by describing energy systems (resources, energy conversions aspects, main features)
– by applying a methodology of rational use of energy (efficiency, energy saving, demand side management);
• To describe and to analyse sustainable energy applications (renewable, efficiency, demand response, rational use of energy, energy system innovation) through case studies in industry, buildings and transport (seminars);
• To summarize a technical presentation given by a guest speakers and to express ones opinion based on sound technical arguments;
• To estimate the profitability of an investment (efficiency or renewable energy application) using mathematical tools
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Oral exam with written preparation. Discussions based on:
- The student's homework on energy efficiency;
- The student's abstacts on the attended seminars.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen: werktuigkunde-elektrotechniek: energie
Master of Electromechanical Engineering: Energy (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)