Advanced Energy Systems Engineering

This module will introduce the fundamental engineering principles behind current and future energy technologies including combustion, gasification and electrochemistry, as well as economic analysis methods. These fundamentals will be combined with previously-acquired techniques to analyse complex energy systems such as conversion technologies (wind, solar, geothermal, waste-to-energy, CCS) and infrastructures (bioenergy, natural gas, hydrogen, water).

Learning Outcomes
1.Calculate levelised cost of electricity for a range of power generation technologies under different economic conditions and environmental constraints
2.Calculate the properties of combustion reactant and product mixtures and perform stoichiometry calculations
3.Use the 1st law of thermodynamics to calculate adiabatic flame temperature and heating value for fuels and fuel mixtures
4.Calculate thermodynamic efficiencies of a range of fossil and renewable energy conversion technologies
5.Understand to formation routes of energy-related pollutant emissions and their significance to the environment and human health
6.Compare the performance of different energy infrastructures (bioenergy, natural gas, hydrogen, water, etc.) on the basis of efficiency
7.Be capable of developing from scratch a framework for designing, analysing and modelling large-scale energy conversion facilities