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Power Engineering with Lab Sessions

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Power Engineering with Lab Sessions
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Mechanical and Process Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2004
Module code: MAB-5.9
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
6V+1P (7 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
8
Semester: 5
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Written exam

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Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

MAB-5.9 Mechanical and Process Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2004 , semester 5, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
105 class hours (= 78.75 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 240 hours (equivalent to 8 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 161.25 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended knowledge:
To be admitted to the written examination, students must have completed the lab course work

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Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Horst Altgeld
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Horst Altgeld
Prof. Dr. Michael Reimann


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Learning outcomes:
After completing this course, students will:
be acquainted with simple procedures for assessing energy demand.
have been introduced to a variety of energy converters and their corresponding conversion efficiencies.
be able to design simple heat exchangers and will have examined a heat exchanger in the laboratory to estimate its technical limits.
be acquainted with methods of supplying energy to buildings and industrial facilities.
be able to assess the application of combined heat and power generation from the point of view of efficiency, emission levels and economic viability.
understand the use of regenerative energy sources and learn how they can be used in combination with conventional methods of power supply.
be able to conduct and understand an energy balance analysis of a power converter.

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Module content:
Methods for determining time-resolved energy demand requirements (fundamentals of energy demand analysis).
Power capacity, efficiency and operation of various systems for supplying heat and power, including regenerative systems such as thermal solar energy and biomass systems.
Selecting systems suitable for supplying energy to buildings and industrial facilities.
Benefits of combined heat and power (cogeneration) systems; computation of overall efficiency and evaluation of the economic viability of various systems using static and simple dynamic models.
Solar-based systems for supplying hot water, thermal power and process heat.
 
Perform and analyse the results of one or two suitable laboratory experiments to investigate the energy balance schemes of various converter systems (e.g. model heat exchanger, thermal power system, heat pump, small-scale cogeneration plant).

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Teaching methods/Media:
Laboratory apparatus and models

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Recommended or required reading:
Herbrik, R.:  Energie- und Wärmetechnik, Teubner, Stuttgart.
Zahoransky, A.:  Energietechnik, Vieweg.
Kaltschmitt, M. et al:  Erneuerbare Energien, Springer
Kaltschmidt, M.et al:  Energie aus Biomasse, Springer
Quaschning, V.:  Regenerative Energiesysteme, Hanser
Khartchenko, N.V.:  Thermische Solaranlagen, Springer

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