ENERGY SYSTEMS

ENERGY SYSTEMS

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Code
60220
ACADEMIC YEAR
2020/2021
CREDITS
6 credits during the 2nd year of 8720 Mechanical Engineering (L-9) GENOVA
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR
ING-IND/09
LANGUAGE
Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
GENOVA (Mechanical Engineering)
semester
2° Semester
Teaching materials
AULAWEB

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The  course presents the Energy systems field starting from the already students available thermodynamic knowledge.  The main goal of the course is to give the capability to the student to understand and to evaluate in a preliminary way the energy systems performance, including general energy related aspects such as energy resources, environment protection, etc.  

Teaching methods

Lectures and integrative activities

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

  • Worldwide and in Italy energy consumption; the different available energies.
  • Fossile fuels and combustion
  • Machines classification
  • Efficiency: ideal, limit and real; adiabatic and politropic efficiency; global efficiency; impact of the auxiliaries.
  • Steam cycles: efficiency definition; methods to improve the cycle performance: regeneration, superheating, re-heating. Condensation, cogenerative and extraction plants.
  • Steam cycle components (condenser, turbine, pumps, boiler, ejectors, valves, extractions, etc.)
  • Steam cycle control: condenser losses at off design conditions; steam flow rate control, Stodola elipse; Lamination and parzialisation; different boiler-turbine control rules.
  • Gas cycle: ideal simple cycle, limit and real cycle; efficiency and specific work. GT components: compressor, combustion chamber, expander; advanced cycles.
  • Cobined cycles; the heat recovery steam generator; pinch point, subcooling and approach point; the calculation of the optimal evaporation pressure; simple pressure and dual pressure HRSG; cycle efficiency.
  • Internal combustion engine: classification; geometric parameters, cycle 2 and 4 strokes; limit cycle, real cycle. Valves and control; performance curves; emissions and their control or limitation.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

On the web site  http://www.tpg.unige.it/sistemi_energetici_1.php slides of the main lessons are available.

Books will be suggested during the course depending by the particular argument

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Aristide Massardo

Exam Board

ARISTIDE MASSARDO (President)

ALBERTO TRAVERSO

LOREDANA MAGISTRI

MARIO LUIGI FERRARI

LESSONS

Teaching methods

Lectures and integrative activities

ORARI

L'orario di tutti gli insegnamenti è consultabile su EasyAcademy.

Vedi anche:

ENERGY SYSTEMS

EXAMS

Exam description

Oral examination

Exam schedule

Date Time Location Type Notes
30/03/2021 14:00 GENOVA Orale
24/06/2021 09:30 GENOVA Orale
26/07/2021 09:30 GENOVA Orale
31/08/2021 14:00 GENOVA Orale

FURTHER INFORMATION

Pre-requisites :

Physics; Applied Physics