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| CHIM0080-2 | Energy carriers and sustainable development
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| Duration : | 20h Th, 10h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Angélique Léonard |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| The course is an introduction to energy sources and carriers, both of fossil or renewable types. The various techniques of conversion of chemical and nuclear energies in heat energy are approached. The various renewable forms of energy and associated technologies are described. The course also aims at arousing the reflection regarding the way of assuring energy supply in a sustainable way, considering the depletion of fossil ressources and the consequences of the atmospheric pollution, particularly the intensification of the greenhouse effect.
The course is divided 4 parts:
1. Geopolitical, economic, industrial and environmental Aspects of the energy.
2. Fossil fuels and their combustion 3. The sources of non-fossil energy
4. Challenges of the next decades |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course, the student will be able
1) to show his understanding of the theoretical concepts seen in the course;
2) to explain the relations between energy consumption, demography and economic development and on this base to discuss the evolution of the world energy consumption
3) to define the notions of reserves and resources in fossil fuels and to supply some order of magnitudes
4) to explain in a simplified way the formation of fossil fuels as well as means to extract and convert them into fuels
5) to explain the contribution of the use of the fossil fuels to diverse phenomena of atmospheric pollution
6) to explain in a simplified way the functioning of a nuclear power plant, the phenomenon of fission, ...
7) to describe the technologies implemented to exploit the renewable sources of energy
8) to discuss the place of the fossil fuels and renewable energies to assure the energy supply, at the Belgian and European scale, now and at the horizon 2020.
9) to discuss the expected options in the future to decrease the energy consumption and assure the energy supply |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| No specific prerequisite |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course is based on 'ex-cathedra' lectures and includes some sessions during which the students present their group work in front of the class.
Concerning the work, every group receives an article in English stemming from a scientific journal, on a theme in connection with energy. The objective consists in synthetizing the article in the form of a presentation ('powerpoint') and to present in French in front of all the students. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face lectures |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Slides used during the lectures may be downloaded from eCampus.
Articles for the work will be passed on by email after constitution of the groups. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The group work is a part of the evaluation. Weight 30%: 1/2 for the support and 1/2 for the oral presentation.
A written exam is organized in June and September. It contains 4 opened questions on the contents of the theoretical course (weight: 60 %) and a series of small questions of attention on the group presentations (10 %). |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course is organised on Tuesday afternoon morning during the second quadrimester (14h - 17h), room 0/523 (B52). |
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Contacts :
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| Professeur A. Léonard
Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
Processes and Sustainable Development
Office : 1/51, B. B5a (Institut de Physique), 4000 Liège 1 (Sart Tilman).
Tel.: 04/366.44.36
E-mail : A.Leonard@ulg.ac.be |
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