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| GCIV2057-2 | Hydropower exploitation (part)
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| Duration : | 15h Th, 15h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Sébastien Erpicum, Olivier Léonard, Michel Pirotton |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| In the framework of sustainable development, the course tackles basic notions linked to hydraulic energy use from a technical, economic and environmental point of view.
- The power of a water course, head loss, energy recuperation
- Productivity, equipment discharge, management method (annual, seasonal, daily)
- Accumulation devices, water intake, release systems, safety systems,
- Technical-economic analysis of powerstations in the context of encouraging renewable energy.
- Social and environmental impacts.
- Planning and carrying out work.
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course, the student will be able to analyze the hydro-energetic potential of a site and to define the constructions needed to its exploitation.
He will also be able to understand the why and the how of the main types of hydro-electric powerplants existing all around the world.
Through the in group project, the writing of a report and the oral presentation of the results, the students will develop their capacities of self-learning and application of the notions tackles during the lectures, their ability to work in group as well as their capacity to structure and expose, orally and in writing, their reasoning. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The course uses basic notions of fluid mechanics as well as of free surface and under pressure hydraulics.
It is assumed that the aspects related to turbines are known. It is assumed that the students have done the course MECA0467-1 - Turbomachines. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course is based on lectures and a project in group.
These 2 activities are complementary and form a coherent group enabling to tackle the course content from a more theoretical (lectures) or practical (project) point of view
A visit of the laboratory of engineering hydraulics will be organized to illustrate the concepts of the course through real projects under study. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face to face course |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The powerpoint slides of the course will be posted on MyUlg (restricted access) before the lectures. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The analysis of the written report of the project provides a note for the whole of the students constituting a group. This note is a 50% part of the final evaluation.
An oral examination is organized at the end of the lecture. It consists in an oral presentation (max 30 min) by all the students forming a group, of their results followed by an answer to question session (30 min) where a panel of teachers/scientists ask questions to individual student of the group. This presentation and the answers to questions provide a note which is 50% of the final evaluation.
The presentation of the project, realized necessarily by the whole of the students forming a group, enables to see the ability of the students to expose the path they followed during the project, to justify their assumptions and methods and to detail their results.
The questions are for assessing how a student knows the theoretical notions given during the lectures and used them during the project.
A student who does not attend the sessions dedicated to the project will not be authorized to take part to the oral examination and will thus not receive a final evaluation. |
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Contacts :
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| Prof. M. Pirotton
Hydrologie, Hydrodynamique Appliquée et Constructions Hydrauliques (HACH)
Chemin des Chevreuils, 1 build. B52/3, 4000 Liège 1
Tel. : 04/366.95.36 - email: Michel.Pirotton@ulg.ac.be
http://www.ulg.ac.be/hach
Prof. O. Léonard
Turbomachines et Propulsion Aérospatiale
Chemin des Chevreuils, 1 build. B52/3, 4000 Liège 1
Tel. : 04/366.91.87 - email : O.Leonard@ulg.ac.be
http://www.ulg.ac.be/turbo/
Dr S. Erpicum
Hydrologie, Hydrodynamique Appliquée et Constructions Hydrauliques (HACH)
Chemin des Chevreuils, 1 build.B52/3, 4000 Liège 1
Tel. : 04/366.95.96 - email: S.Erpicum@ulg.ac.be
http://www.ulg.ac.be/hach |
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