Energy Engineering
7.5 ECTS creditsThe course is based on lectures with related classes as well as a form support classes. There will also be laboratory assignments that are conducted in groups.
Course content:
Energy problems that engineers will encounter. Energy and power balances. Energy analysis. Future energy sources and energy carriers. Renewable energy production. The Swedish energy system.
Concepts: System limits, pressure concepts, continuity equations, Bernoulli's equation. Thermodynamic concepts, heat transfer, thermodynamic processes. Refrigeration and heat pump facilities. Hydraulic machinery, especially turbo pumps. Fuels and combustion.
The course comprises the following modules:
Module 1: Combustion and Thermodynamics, 4 ECTS Credits
Module 2: Fluid Mechanics, 3.5 ECTS Credits
Course content:
Energy problems that engineers will encounter. Energy and power balances. Energy analysis. Future energy sources and energy carriers. Renewable energy production. The Swedish energy system.
Concepts: System limits, pressure concepts, continuity equations, Bernoulli's equation. Thermodynamic concepts, heat transfer, thermodynamic processes. Refrigeration and heat pump facilities. Hydraulic machinery, especially turbo pumps. Fuels and combustion.
The course comprises the following modules:
Module 1: Combustion and Thermodynamics, 4 ECTS Credits
Module 2: Fluid Mechanics, 3.5 ECTS Credits
Progressive specialisation:
G1N (has only upper鈥恠econdary level entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements
Upper secondary level Mathematics D, Physics B, and Chemistry A (field-specific eligibility 8) or Mathematics 3c, Physics 2 and Chemistry 1 (field-specific eligibility A8).
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management (studied during year 3)