Unit ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
- Course
- Molecular and industrial biotechnology
- Study-unit Code
- GP004117
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Franco Cotana
- Teachers
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- Franco Cotana
- Valentina Coccia (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 18 ore - Franco Cotana
- 24 ore (Codocenza) - Valentina Coccia
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- ING-IND/10
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Definition of quantities and energy indicators. Global and national energy scenario. Elements of Applied Thermodynamics. Fuels and biofuels. Technologies for the energy conversion. Renewable energy production technologies, environmental impact. Biofuels, biochemicals and bioproducts.
- Reference texts
- Lecture notes provided by the Professor
- Educational objectives
- The main aim of this course is to apply the biotechnology knowledge to the renewable energy sector, to green chemistry and to biobased products. Main knowledge acquired will be:
- basic elements of applied thermodynamics;
- machines and engines;
- basic elements of heat transfer;
- renewable energies;
- bioenergies;
- green chemistry, biofuels and bioproducts. - Prerequisites
- In order to be able to understand the majority of the topics described within the course the student must know the basis of physics and chemistry.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures on all the subjects of the course.
- Other information
- -
- Learning verification modality
- The exam consists of an oral test.
The oral tests consists on an interview of about 30 minutes long aiming to verify the knowledge level and the understanding capability acquired by the student on the contents of the program (applied themodynamics, thermal machines, heat exhanges, renewable energies and green chemistry). The oral exam will also test the student communication skills of the topics. - Extended program
- Definition of energy indicators and quantities. National and Global Energy scenario. Fuels and biofuels. Applied Thermodynamics Principles. Efficiency and Exergy. Heat Transfer. Technologies for energy conversion. Gasoline engine and theoretical Otto's cycle. Diesel engine and theoretical Diesel cycle. Gas turbines and Brayton's cycle. Rankine's cycle. Saturated vapor compression machines and absorption chillers
Geothermal Energy.
Hydraulic Energy. Hydraulic Potential. Hydropower plant scheme. Hydropower plants and hydraulic turbines.
Wind Energy. Wind turbines and characteristic curve. Environmental impact.
Solar Energy. Flat-plate collectors. Cylindrical-parabolic collectors.
Photovoltaic Conversion. Energy from biomass. Definition, availability, properties, typologies. Energy conversion of biomass: combustion, pyrolysis and gasification. Anaerobic digestion. Analysis of vineyard pruning residues energy chain. First and second generation biodiesel and bioethanol. Biorefineries: new energy chains from biomass for biomaterials production, such as nanocrystalline cellulose and lignin and their applications, biochemicals and bioplastics synthesis.