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Students should note that all of the modules below may not be available to them. International visiting students should consult the International Education Office regarding selection of modules. Undergraduate students should refer to the relevant section of the UCC Undergraduate Calendar for their programme requirements. Postgraduate students should refer to the relevant section of the UCC Postgraduate Calendar for their programme requirements. |
NE1001 Introduction to Energy Engineering
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 2.
No. of Students: Min 10, Max 100 (resources permitting).
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 24 x 1hr(s) Lectures; 12 x 1hr(s) Other (Guest Lectures from Energy Engineers).
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Brian O Gallachoir, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Lecturer(s): Dr Brian O Gallachoir, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Module Objective: To introduce the discipline and profession of energy engineering. To explore the challenges facing, and solutions found by, energy engineers. To introduce students to energy efficiency and renewable energy resources and how to develop a sustainable energy plan.
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Module Content: Definition of energy engineering. Energy consumption and energy supply. Energy use in transport, in buildings, for manufacturing and for appliances. trends and impacts. Energy available from renewable sources. Better transport, smarter heating, efficienct electricity usage. Energy plans for Ireland. Insights into the energy engineering profession - what makes a good energy engineer?
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Understand scope of energy engineering as a discipline and career path
· Quantify typical energy consumption in transport, in buildings and for appliances
· Quantify how much energy is available from renewable sources
· Understand how deep energy efficiency improvements may be achieved
· Build and energy plan based on consumption and supply.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: End of Year Written Examination 50 marks; Continuous Assessment 50 marks (Coursework Assignments 30 marks; Project plus Presentation 20 marks. A detailed description of the Continuous Assessment will be provided to the students at the beginning of the Teaching Period.).
Compulsory Elements: End of Year Written Examination; Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 5% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: 1 x 1½ hr(s) paper(s).
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: 1 x 1½ hr(s) paper(s) to be taken in Autumn 2013. The mark for Continuous Assessment is carried forward.
NE3001 Primary Energy Engineering
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 2.
No. of Students: Min 10, Max 70 (resources permitting).
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 36 x 1hr(s) Lectures.
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Brian O Gallachoir, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Lecturer(s): Dr Brian O Gallachoir, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Staff of School of Engineering.
Module Objective: To introduce the range of primary energy souces and the technologies used to utilise them.
Module Content: Definition of primary and useful energy. Fossil fuels, renewable energy and nuclear energy. Electrical, transport and thermal energy use. Boilers, engines and turbines. Energy from oil, gas and coal. Ocean energy. Biomass energy. Wind energy. Solar energy. Geothermal energy.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Understand primary and final energy.
· Understand how fossil fuels are used to generate useful energy.
· Understand how renewable energy is harnessed.
· Understand how electricity is generated from nuclear energy.
· Describe how primary energy is transformed into final energy.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: End of Year Written Examination 80 marks (Written Exam); Continuous Assessment 20 marks (Coursework Assignments).
Compulsory Elements: End of Year Written Examination; Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 5% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: 1 x 1½ hr(s) paper(s).
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: 1 x 1½ hr(s) paper(s) to be taken in Autumn 2013. The mark for Continuous Assessment is carried forward.
NE4001 Energy Systems Modelling
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 2.
No. of Students: Min 5, Max 30 (Resources Permitting).
Pre-requisite(s): -
Co-requisite(s): -
Teaching Methods: 24 x 1hr(s) Lectures; 12 x 1hr(s) Practicals.
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Brian O Gallachoir, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Lecturer(s): Dr Brian O Gallachoir, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Module Objective: To teach students about energy systems and how to model them. To introduce software packages for energy systems modelling.
Module Content: Technical, economic and market modelling of energy systems. Modelling national energy demand and supply. Macro-economic top-down modelling and techno-economic bottom up modelling. Partial equilibrium and general equilibrium modelling. Modelling renewable energy systems. Introduction to MATLAB Simulink, LEAP, RETScreen, MARKAL - TIMES and PLEXOS modelling tools.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Model a country's energy demand and supply using the LEAP model
· Model wind turbine control using a computer software simulation tool
· Determine the viability of a renewable energy project using RETScreen software
· Demonstrate an understanding of the key steps undertaken by Eirgrid to model generation adequacy
· Model electricity dispatch with a given demand and generation portfolio using PLEXOS
· Explain the key features of macro-economic and techno-economic energy forecasting models
· Generate energy forecasts using simple modelling based on energy intensity.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: End of Year Written Examination 60 marks; Continuous Assessment 40 marks (Lab Practicals).
Compulsory Elements: End of Year Written Examination; Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 5% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: 1 x 1½ hr(s) paper(s).
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: 1 x 1½ hr(s) paper(s) to be taken in Autumn 2013. The mark for Continuous Assessment is carried forward.
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 1.
No. of Students: Min 5, Max 30 (Resources Permitting).
Pre-requisite(s): -
Co-requisite(s): -
Teaching Methods: 24 x 1hr(s) Lectures; 12 x 1hr(s) Practicals.
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Paul Leahy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Lecturer(s): Dr Eamon McKeogh, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Dr Brian O Gallachoir, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Dr Paul Leahy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Module Objective: Introduce students to wind energy theory and technology, resource assessment and wind farm site development.
Module Content: Wind characteristics and resources. Measurement and instrumentation. Data analysis and energy production estimates. Weibull distribution. Log and power laws. Aerodynamics of wind turbines. Characteristics of airfoils. Momentum theory ? Betz Limit. Wind turbine rotor dynamics. Wind turbine design and components. Blade pitch and stall control. Principles of wind farm design and micro-siting. Introduction to wind farm design software tools. Civil works for wind farms. Wind energy variability. Wind energy storage technologies. Requirements for and approaches to wind energy forecasting. Offshore wind energy.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Outline the origin of global, geostrophic and surface winds
· Explain the impact of surface roughness and orography on wind speed profiles
· Calculate wind speed at a given height using the log law and power law
· Derive the Betz equation for wind power extraction using an idealized wind turbine
· Discuss different approaches to wind power forecasting and the relative benefits and limitations of each
· Demonstrate an understanding of passive and active wind turbine stall control
· Prepare a site visit report for a wind farm
· Model wind farm energy production using appropriate wind farm software tools.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: End of Year Written Examination 80 marks; Continuous Assessment 20 marks (Site Visit / Lab Practicals).
Compulsory Elements: End of Year Written Examination; Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 5% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: 1 x 1½ hr(s) paper(s).
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: 1 x 1½ hr(s) paper(s) to be taken in Autumn 2013. The mark for Continuous Assessment is carried forward.
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 2.
No. of Students: Min 10, Max 70 (70 with resources permitting).
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: 30 x 1hr(s) Lectures; 2 x 3hr(s) Practicals.
Module Co-ordinator: Prof Anthony Lewis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Lecturer(s): Staff, Faculty of Engineering; Prof Anthony Lewis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Module Objective: To introduce ocean energy and its utilisation.
Module Content: Introduction to ocean energy, Wave Theory, Tidal Theory, Wave and Tidal Energy resource- measurement and calculations, wave energy convertors, tidal energy convertors, practical systems modelling and design, output calculation methods, power take-offs and system integration issues.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Understand wave and tide energy
· Understand how wave energy convertors function
· Understand how tidal stream generators function
· Understand the modelling and design process for system
· Calculate resource and potential outputs for particular ocean energy systems.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: End of Year Written Examination 80 marks (End of Year written examination); Continuous Assessment 20 marks (Practical assignments).
Compulsory Elements: End of Year Written Examination; Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 5% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: 1 x 1½ hr(s) paper(s).
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: 1 x 1½ hr(s) paper(s) to be taken in Autumn 2013. The mark for Continuous Assessment is carried forward.
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Period 2.
No. of Students: Min 5, Max 30 (Resources Permitting).
Pre-requisite(s): -
Co-requisite(s): -
Teaching Methods: 24 x 1hr(s) Lectures; 12 x 1hr(s) Practicals.
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Jeremiah D.G. Murphy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Lecturer(s): Dr Jeremiah D.G. Murphy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Module Objective: Introduce students to the diverse sources, technologies ands applications of energy from biomass for electricity generation, heat generation and as transport fuel.
Module Content: Biomass origins and its role as a renewable resources. The carbon cycle. Solid biomass. Liquid biofuels. Biogas. Energy crops. Bioenergy and waste management. Incineration.
Municipal and industrial waste. Agricultural and forestry residues. Short rotation coppicing. Biomass energy conversion technologies. Electricity, thermal and transport energy from biomass. Thermal and biological processes. Direct and advanced combustion. Gasification. Pyrolysis. Anaerobic digestion. Case studies.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Generate the stoichiometric equation of a biomass feedstock (from an ultimate analysis) and thus ascertain the heating value of the feedstock.
· Describe the various routes of energy production from a biomass.
· Generate the electrical production and heat production from combustion or gasification of a biomass.
· Calculate the potential biogas production from an organic feedstock.
· Derive the sustainability of a biofuel system.
· Undertake technical, economic and environmental analysis of a Bioenergy system.
· Compare and contrast different systems which may be used to generate energy from biomass.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: End of Year Written Examination 80 marks; Continuous Assessment 20 marks (Report on Site Visit).
Compulsory Elements: End of Year Written Examination; Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 5% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: 1 x 1½ hr(s) paper(s).
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: 1 x 1½ hr(s) paper(s) to be taken in Autumn 2013. The mark for Continuous Assessment is carried forward.
Credit Weighting: 10
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Periods 1 and 2.
No. of Students: Min 1, Max 80.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods: Other (Project Work).
Module Co-ordinator: Dr Paul Leahy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Lecturer(s): Dr Paul Leahy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Module Objective: To provide students with the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge to a substantial energy engineering problem requiring analytical and/or design and/or experimental effort.
Module Content: Topic chosen in consultation with supervisor.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Plan an engineering project with resource and time constraints
· Conduct research into an engineering problem including the use of printed and computer-based literature
· Apply technical knowledge and skills to solving an engineering problem as part of a project team
· Manage an engineering project with respect to a plan incorporating intermediate and final goals
· Communicate the results of an engineering project by means of an oral presentation, by means of written reports and by means of an open-day (poster, and where relevant, practial) demonstration of the project outcomes.
Assessment: Total Marks 200: Continuous Assessment 200 marks (Seminar 30 marks, Performance/Logbook 50 marks, Preliminary Report 20 marks, Final Report 100 marks. (Oral if required)).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 20% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: No Supplemental Examination.
NE4021 Energy Engineering in the Commercial World
Credit Weighting: 5
Teaching Period(s): Teaching Periods 1 and 2 and Teaching/Research Period 3.
No. of Students: Max 50.
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Teaching Methods:
Module Co-ordinator: Dr John Hayes, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Lecturer(s): Dr John Hayes, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Module Objective: To introduce students to the world of commerce and broaden their engineering experience by
(i) assisting students in obtaining a work placement in a commercial organisation or research institute
(ii) developing career planning and transferable skills and
(iii) developing a business understanding, with lectures, readings and workshops on current business leaders and business issues.
Module Content: Developing job search and transferable skills. Internship or placement in an enterprise relevant to Energy Engineering. Commercialisation of engineering ideas and exposure to current business issues.
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
· Experience work placement in a commerical organisation or research institute
· Begin career planning and develop transferable skills
· Develop a business understanding with lectures and readings on current business leaders and thinkers.
· The student will be assisting in developing the following life skills:
Researching job and careers options
· Developing transferable skills, such as report writing and seminar presentation.
Work experience by placement in an enterprise relevant to Energy Engineering.
· Commercialisation of engineering ideas and exposure to current business issues.
Assessment: Total Marks 100: Continuous Assessment 100 marks (based on assessment of written assignments (70%) and student seminars (30%)).
Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment. Work Placement.
Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 20% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.
Pass Standard and any Special Requirements for Passing Module: 40%.
End of Year Written Examination Profile: No End of Year Written Examination.
Requirements for Supplemental Examination: No Supplemental Examination.