ENERGY CONVERSION

SYSTEMS
INTRODUCTION

COURSE DESCRIPTION

THE COURSE INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORLD AND NATIONAL

ENERGY SITUATION. IT INCLUDES THE ANALYSIS OF STEAM, GAS
TURBINE, COMBINED CYCLE, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, SOLAR
THERMAL, HYDROPOWER, SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC, AND WIND POWER
PLANTS. TECHNOLOGIES AND FEASIBILITY OF USING BIOMASS AS AN
ENERGY RESOURCE ARE ALSO ANALYZED. THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE DIFFERENT ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS IS
STUDIED. THE COURSE INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY
EFFICIENCY IN INDUSTRY AND DESIGN FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

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COURSE
CONTENT

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Topic
0. Course presentation
1. World energy situation
2. National energy situation
3. Energy resources
4. Energy cost
5. Thermodynamics review: Exergy analysis and combustion
7. CHP
8. Gas turbine and combined cycle power plants
9. Internal combustion engine power plants
Field trip: thermal power plant
10. Hydropower plants
11. Ocean energy conversion
Review
1st exam
12. Solar thermal and photovoltaic power plants
Field trip
Project 2: guideline
13. Bioenergy
14. Wind energy
15. Geothermal energy
16. Energy efficiency
17. Enviromental impacts of energy systems
Field trip
Project 2
Review
2nd exam
3er exam

1st evaluation

2nd evaluation

Assignments: 40%

Assignments: 40%

Class work
Home work
Team projects
Presentation

Class work
Home work
Team projects
Presentation

EXAM: 60%

EXAM: 60%

COURSE EVALUATION

3rd evaluation
Exam: 100%

TEXTBOOK
BIBLIOGRAPHY

TEXTBOOK AND
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tester, Jefferson W., Elisabeth M.

Drake, Michael J. Driscoll, Michael
W. Golay, and William A. Peters.
Sustainable Energy: Choosing
Among Options. 2005, MIT Press.
ISBN: 9780262201537.
Plan
de
Electrificacin.
CONELEC.
Ecuador.
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Cengel,
Yunus
A.,
Boles,
Michael A. Thermodynamics:
An
Engineering
Approach.
Seventh Edition, 2011. McGraw
Hill
Moran
and
Shapiro,
Engineering Thermodynamics,
Sixth Edition, 2008, Wiley.

ANDREA BOERO VERA

MECHANICAL ENGINEER (2008)

MSC IN ENERGY CONVERSION AND

MANAGEMENT (2012)

WORK EXPERIENCE: ENVIRONMENTAL

AND ENERGY CONSULTING

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

LCA OF ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION,

TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION IN

ECUADOR (INER AND ESPOL

PROJECT).

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF
CEMENT PRODUCTION IN ECUADOR
(ESPOL).

CONTACT INFORMATION:

ABOERO@ESPOL.EDU.EC