Foundations of Energy

Wolf-Gerrit Früh
with
David Jenkins (tutorials)
 Aims and Objectives

 To gain an overview over the range of topics relevant

for, and affected by, energy supply and consumption
 To become confident in basic energy calculations
 To acquire a qualitative and quantitative estimate of
current and projected energy consumption and its
implications
 To acquire knowledge about basic energy systems
and specific technologies

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 Term structure

 Intensive block of lectures and workshops in week 1

 Tutorials Mondays, 11.15-1.15, in JC15 in weeks
– 9 Oct: Basic conversions and consumption/emissions
– 16 Oct: Heat Transfer
– 23 Oct: Guest lecture by Mariana Ioannidi, Faber Maunsell
– 30 Oct: Thermodynamics and thermal power cycles
– 6 Nov: Guest lecture by Gavin Palmer, BP
– 13 Nov: Fluid mechanics and fluid machines
– 20 Nov: Guest lecture by Michael Patterson
– 27 Nov: Guest lecture by Rob Crusher, Scottish Water
– 4 Dec: 12.15 – 17.15: (MSc students only) Debates

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 Tutorials

 David Jenkins will be available during the

tutorial classes to help with the exercises
 On days, when we have an industrial lecture,
he will introduce the speaker.
 Please note, that the time for the guest
lectures may change to accommodate the
industrial speaker

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 Webbased material and assessment

 As we have just moved over to a new web-

based learning-support package, everything
will be experimental and may not work well
(or at all…)
 As a result, the online exercises may have to
be organised as class tests or other course
work in weeks 3, 5, 7, and 9
 Having said that, I encourage you to use it as
much as possible
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 Exam

 There will be a 2-hour exam on Friday, 5

January, 11.15 – 1.15
 The format will follow that of the example
exam in the module booklet.
 MSc students will have to answer questions
1 to 5
 MEng students will only have to answer
questions 1 to 4
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 The debate

 The debate is for the postgraduate students only.

 This week, you will be divided into groups
 Within each group, one chair person and 4 speakers
will be identified. The others will be assistants to the
speakers during the preparation and audience during
the debate.
 Each group will carry out its own debate and produce
a report from that debate. This report will form the
basis for the assessment of the debate.

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 Today

 12.15 – 1.15: Introduction

 1.15 – 2.15: Meeting with MEng students
MSc students go for coffee
and think about what their
view of ‘energy’ is)
 2.15 – 3.15: Building up our energy picture
 3.15 – 4.30: FLAME business

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 Tuesday

 9.15 – 10.15: MSc in REDG introduction only

 10.15 – 11.15: Quantifying energy, power,
performance
 11.15 – 1.15: Energy production and
consumption, fuels, reserves,
renewable resources
 2.15 – 4.15: Environmental, social, and
political issues
 4.15 – 5.15: FLAME business

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 Wednesday

 9.15– 11.15 Thermodynamics and Heat

transfer
 11.15 – 1.15 Fluid Mechanics

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