Study Guide

Teaching methods

Energy sources fossil and renewable, energy consumption, environmental challenges, political guidance
Different forms of energy, energy balances, energy transfer,
Fuels their analysis (moisture content, calorific values and ash content)
Chemistry related to energy production for example fuel combustion
Principles of energy production technologies for example steam-, hydro-power, wind power plants,
Principle of refrigerators and heat pumps
Future energy scenarios and new energy technologies for example hydrogen and energy storage technologies

Student workload

Participating lectures and exams 42 h
Week assignments 81 h
Preparing and reviewing for exams 10
All together 133 h

Materials

Materials (PDF-files) published on the Moodle learning platform.
Thermodynamics; An Engineering Approach, Yanus A. Gengel& Michael A. Boles
Assignments and exams on the Moodle online learning platform.
Formula book (MAOL or Tekniikan kaavasto).
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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

45 % of Moodle learning platform's online assignments and online exams completed equals the grade 1.
55 % of Moodle learning platform's online assignments and online exams completed equals the grade 2.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

65 % of Moodle learning platform's online assignments and online exams completed equals the grade 3.
75 % of Moodle learning platform's online assignments and online exams completed equals the grade 4.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

85 % of Moodle learning platform's online training assignments and online exams completed equals the grade 5.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Group work assignments (fuel analysis and flue gas measurement) with reporting evaluated using the scale accepted/fail.