Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Have knowledge and understanding within energy engineering concepts such as electricity production from sun, wind, wave, heat and waste to renewable fuels and electricity
• Have knowledge of and understanding of overall energy concepts and energy and heat balances and simple energy calculations
• Have knowledge of and understanding of the basic structure of energy systems and their effect on society and the environment
• Have knowledge of major energy machines such as pumps, turbines, heat exchangers, electrolysers, electrical machines and generators and their functions
• Have knowledge of the basic aspects used in economic and environmental assessments
• Have knowledge of handling energy, environment and finances in relation to national and international legislation
• Have acquired knowledge of static and quasi-static, electric and magnetic fields, capacity and inductance

Skills

• Be able to carry out basic energy and power calculations
• Be able to assess environmental consequences in relation to the use of different energy resources and technologies
• Be able to set up simple economic models and methods for basic energy systems
• Be able to analyse static and quasi-static electric and magnetic fields and their propagation
• Be able to use electro physics to determine electrical resistance, capacitance and inductance
• Be able to use electro physics to calculate mechanical forces produced by electric and magnetic fields
• Have skills in electric current, electric and magnetic fields as well as Ampere's law, Faraday's law, Lenz's law and Maxwell's equations and ferromagnetic materials

Competences

• Acquire the terminology for the subject area
• Be able to identify own learning needs and structure own learning within energy systems and electro physics

Type of instruction

Lectures, possibly supported by laboratory experiments and self-study including e-learning via digital platforms, etc.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 5 ECTS course, the work load is expected to be 150 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams