Guia docente 2023_24
Escola de Enxeñaría de Minas e Enerxía
Grado en Ingeniería de la Energía
 Subjects
  Generation and distribution of conventional and renewable thermal energy
   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
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