Guia docente 2023_24 Escola de Enxeñaría de Minas e Enerxía

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Energy conversion and transport	Energy sources Consumption structure Demand forecasting
2. Conventional thermal power plant	Rankine, Brayton and Combined Cycle thermodynamic cycles. Diagram of conventional and nuclear thermal power plants. Diagram of a Combined Cycle thermal power plant. Operation of power plants. Control systems for thermal machines. Environmental impacts
3. Humid air	Fundamentals of psychrometry Cooling towers and air conditioning systems
4. Fuels and combustion processes	Nature and use of different fuels: solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels Study of combustion processes
5. Boilers, furnaces, and burners	Types of boilers Energy balance Burners according to the type of fuel they use Furnaces and dryers
6. Renewable energies for thermal use	Biomass MSW Geothermal Solar
7. Solar thermal technology	Low temperature solar thermal applications Solar thermal power plants