Environmental Energetics

Part of this Programme

Environmental Engineering

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

Bachelor | Semestral | 5

Year | Type of course unit | Language

3 |Mandatory |Português

Total of Working Hours | Duration of Contact (hours)

125 | 60

Code

ULHT39-1037

Recommended complementary curricular units

n/a

Prerequisites and co-requisites

n/a

Precedences

Não

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

Theory-Practice

1. Introduction and General Physics Reviews
Limits to growth in world population.
Labor and conservation of mechanical energy.
Mechanisms of heat transfer.
Fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics

2. Thermodynamics
Thermodynamic variables.
1st law of thermodynamics.
2nd law of thermodynamics.
Combustion engines.
Applications (power plants etc.).

3. The Global Climate
The carbon cycle.
The Climate System: the general circulation of atmosphere and ocean
Energy balance in the Globe: Simple models of radioactive balance.
Greenhouse gases.
Climate change linked to greenhouse gases.

4. Renewables
Solar heating and solar electricity
Waves, currents and tides.
Hydropower.
Wind energy.
Bioenergy.
Nuclear Energy.

PRACTICE
1. Power Units
2. Reviews of Physics and Thermodynamics
3. The Global Climate
4. Renewables
5. General Circulation in the Atmosphere and Oceans

Objectives

Additional knowledge about thermodynamics. Operation of thermal engines. Understanding the climate system and greenhouse gases. Alternative energy.

Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired

Additional knowledge about thermodynamics. Operation of thermal engines. Understanding the climate system and greenhouse gases. Alternative energy.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

A theoretical evaluation of knowledge will be made in two frequency tests, each of which will contribute 50% of final grade since the grade obtained in each test values ??higher than 8. The student will be approved and exempted from the examination if the average of two tests is less than 12 marks or grades in both frequency is above 10 marks.
Students who do not pass by frequencies will undertake the final exams at the times previously set by the direction of travel.

References

Energy its use and the environment: Roger Hinrichs and Merlin Kleinbach, 3rd edition, 2002, Brooks/Cole (ed.)
Energy: Gordon Aubrecht, 2nd edition, 1995, Prentice Hall (ed.)
Energy and the Environment: Robert Ristinen and Jack Kraushaar, 1998, John Wiley & Sons (ed.)
Environmental Physics: Egbert Boeker and Rienk van Grondelle, 1994, John Wiley & Sons (Ed.)