Volumetric machines: Kinematics, Volumetric expanders. Volumetric compressors. Volumetric pumps.
Internal combustion engines: classification, fields of use, characteristic parameters, performance, power regulation, power supply and combustion processes.
Complements of gas turbines: compressor, turbine, materials, refrigeration techniques, combustor, polluting emissions, influence of external conditions on operation, power regulation and start-up, transients and off-project operation, technical minimum.
Complements of combined systems: system configurations, multi-level pressure recovery boiler, post-combustion, power regulation, polluting emissions control.
Advanced gas cycles (external combustion, water vapor injection, humid air, chemical recovery). Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plants.
Gas micro-turbines.
Fuel cells and hydrogen technologies: electrochemical operation, energy balance and performance, components (electrodes, electrolyte), construction technologies, types of fuel cells (PEM, PAFC, AFC, MCFC, SOFC), energy systems based on fuel cells .
Renewable energies overview
Principles of energy storage systems
Life Cycle Assessment and climate-altering effects
- Docente: Stefano UBERTINI