6 ECTS credits
168 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1019082CNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Alvorens men een inschrijving kan nemen voor 'Energieconversie' moet men ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor 'Thermodynamica'.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen
Department
Industriële ingenieurswetenschappen
Educational team
Svend Bram (course titular)
Afraz Mehmood Chaudhry
Activities and contact hours
36 contact hours Lecture
21 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

Lectures:
This course deals with the construction, operation, characteristics and applications of energy conversion systems. The course consists of the following parts:

  • Heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation 
  • Heat exchangers 
  • Combustion 
  • Combustion equipment 
  • Cogeneration 
  • Heat pumps 
  • Conditioning of humid air 
  • Cooling towers 
  • Cooling systems

Practical exercises:
In the practical exercise sessions students solve problems under supervision.
The selected problems are a direct application of knowledge and concepts gained in the lectures.

Laboratory Practicals:
The laboratory practicals and/or case studies support the theoretical course. The practicals should be prepared beforehand and are carried out independently by the student. 

Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : Toegepaste Energietechniek, J. Ouwehand, T.J.G. Papa, E. Post en A.C. Taal, 5de, Academic Service, 9789024415687, 2018
Handbook (Recommended) : VDI Heat Atlas, 2de, Springer Verlag, 9783540778769, 2010
Handbook (Recommended) : Génie climatique, H. Recknagel en E. Sprenger, 72ste, BIB, 9782100483532, 2007
Digital course material (Required) : Energieconversie, slides + pdfs, S. Bram, Canvas, 2019
Handbook (Recommended) : ASHRAE handbook, Fundamentals, M.S. Owen, H.E. Kennedy, BIB, 9781933742557, 2009
Additional info

The lectures are organised according the 'flipped classroom' principle:

1) All lectures are available as a video recording on Canvas
2) Students view certain video recordings beforehand, according to instructions in the learning guide on Canvas
3) During joint sessions with the professor, the subject matter is treated interactively and, where necessary, further explained or deepened.
 

Description tutoring: after class, by appointment or via e-mail. 

Learning Outcomes

objectives

D1: knows the structure, properties and applications of the major energy conversion technologies (BaLO 1, BaSLO_14-EM)
D2: knows and understands the operation of energy conversion processes (BaLO 1, 2, 3, BaSLO_14-EM)
D3: applies the relevant laws to energy conversion processes (BaLO 1, 2, 3, BaSLO_14-EM)
D4: can measure the performance of an energy conversion process in a test environment (BaLO 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 13, BaSLO_14-EM)
D5: interprets measurements and reports correctly (BaLO 6, 11, 13, BaSLO_14-EM)
D6: operates in a team (BaLO 12, 13)
 
AD1: reasons and acts in a structured and systematic manner (BaLO 9)
AD2: communicates in Dutch in a comprehensible and structured manner (BaLO 10, 11)
AD3: develops a professional attitude (BaLO 9, 10, 13)

Learning Outcomes

  • BaLO 1 To possess in-depth, application-oriented knowledge, understanding and practical skills related to mathematics and science, directed towards engineering applications.
  • BaLO 2 To possess application-oriented knowledge, understanding and skills about engineering sciences and engineering techniques.
  • BaLO 3 To solve practical engineering problems from an understanding of the basic theory and from an understanding of basic methods for the schematisation and modelling of processes or systems.
  • BaLO 5 To effectively look up scientific and technical information, to evaluate and process such information and to refer to it correctly.
  • BaLO 6 Based on acquired insight, to select the appropriate methods of research, design and solution and appropriately apply the results in a scientific and effective manner.
  • BaLO 9 To demonstrate an engineering attitude: attention to planning, to technical, economic and societal factors as well as managerial implications, assessment of the risks and feasibility of the proposed approach or solution, being result-driven and achieving effective solutions, innovative thinking.
  • BaLO 10 To correctly handle the scientific and discipline-specific terminology in language relevant to the programme.
  • BaLO 11 To present and communicate the results of technical and scientific work, in writing, orally and visually. 
  • BaLO 12 To be able to work in a team in different roles, to have insight in one's performance; to take shared responsibility for determining and achieving the goals of the team.
  • BaLO 13 To act in an ethical and socially responsible manner with attention to technical, economic, human and sustainability aspects.
  • BaSLO 14 EM To possess application-oriented knowledge, understanding and skills in the broad field of engineering sciences and engineering techniques for electromechanical engineering.

 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Examen Andere with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Exam time 1st session:
    Lecture: written exam theory, closed book: 65% (not transferred to 2nd session)
    Practical exercises: written exam exercises, closed book: 10% (not transferred to 2nd session)
    Laboratory practicals:
    - report/preparation: 10% (transferred to 2nd session if 10/20 or more)
    - evaluation execution practicals by lecturer/students: 15% (immediately transferred to 2nd session)

    Exam time 2nd session:
    Lecture: written exam theory, closed book: 65%
    Practical exercises: written exam exercises, closed book: 10%
    Laboratory practicals:
    - report:10%
    - evaluation execution practicals by lecturer/students: 15% (immediately transferred from 1st session)

    Not observing the laboratory regulations during the preparation, execution and/or reporting of the practicum, may result in a zero for the considered practicum.

Additional info regarding evaluation

An illegitimate absence of more than 25 % at the laboratory practicals leads to an absent quotation for the laboratory practicals. The sanctions taken in the first exam session are transferred to the second exam session.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: Electromechanical Engineering (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: verkort traject eektromechanica na vooropleiding prof. bachelor elektromechanica, elektrotechniek, luchtvaart, autotechnologie, mechanische ontwerp- en productietechnologie en bouw (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: verkort traject elektromechanica na vooropleiding getuigschrift lijnpiloot (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Engineering Technology: Electromechanical Engineering: Trajoctory after the certificate of civil airplane pilot. (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Engineering Technology: Electromechanical Engineering: Standaard traject (76 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Engineering Technology: Electromechanical Engineering: Verkort traject (60 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)