Introduction to basics of energy technology (5 ECTS)
Code: TX00BU69-3036
General information
- Enrollment
- 04.05.2020 - 31.08.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 24.08.2020 - 31.12.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 ECTS
- Mode of delivery
- On-campus
- Unit
- (2016-2018) Automotive and Mechanical Engineering
- Campus
- Eerikinkatu 36
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Automotive Engineering
- Teachers
- Heikki Parviainen
- Course
- TX00BU69
Objective
On completion of the course, the student's will have developed his/her thermodynamic thinking, and he/she will be familiar with common thermodynamic applications in his/her field of engineering. The student will be familiar with the concept of energy efficiency.
Content
1. temperature and thermometers, heat, thermal expansion, phase changes
2. Laws of thermodynamics and applications
3. Energy balance
4. Energy efficiency of machines
5. Sustainable development: economics and ecology
6. Energy sources and basics of power generation
7. Heat engines
8. Concept of efficiency
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The student understands the basics of thermodynamic thinking and can solve simple tasks related to energy technology.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The student is able to use thermodynamic thinking to solve simple problems related to his/her own field of engineering, and solve tasks related to energy technology.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The student is able to use thermodynamic thinking to solve problems related to energy technology and solve tasks related to energy technology.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
The student understands the basics of thermodynamic thinking and can solve simple tasks related to energy technology.
Qualifications
Thermal physics and vibrations of Machines