Energy Engineering Campus Ararangu UFSC CAMPUS ARARANGU UFSC 55 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Energy Engineering Campus Ararangu UFSC CAMPUS ARARANGU UFSC 55 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Energy Engineering Campus Ararangu UFSC CAMPUS ARARANGU UFSC 55 years Campuses: 117 Bachelor Degrees 63 Academic Masters Degrees Florianpolis 15 Professional Masters Degrees Ararangu 55 Doctored Degrees Blumenau Curitibanos
UFSC – CAMPUS ARARANGUÁ
Araranguá: Population: 61.000 Closest Capitals to Araranguá: Florianópolis (SC): 215 km Porto Alegre (RS): 245 km UFSC – 55 years 117 Bachelor Degrees 63 Academic Masters Degrees 15 Professional Masters Degrees 55 Doctored Degrees Administrative Staff 5.000 Students 45.000 (Undergraduates & Postgraduates) Campuses: Florianópolis Araranguá Blumenau Curitibanos Joinville
UFSC – CAMPUS ARARANGUÁ
Courses Offered in Araranguá: Bachelor Degree:
Energy Engineering Computational Engineering Information & Communication Technology Physiotherapy
Masters Degree:
Energy & Sustainability Information & Communication Technology Physics Rehabilitation Sciences
UFSC – CAMPUS ARARANGUÁ
Bachelor Energy Engineering: Beginning of activities: 2010 Professors : 28 (among them 15 Professors work in the field of energy and sustainability) Students: Students enrolled in 2016: 303 + 40 planned for 2016/2 First class graduated: 2014/1 Bachelor's degrees awarded: 9 + 17 planned for 2016/1 Student doing final internship in 2016/1: 20
COURSE RECOGNITION – MEC* (Ministry of Education): Ordinance 122 April 22 of 2015
*Ministério da Educação
Original Proposal to the Federal Board of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy - (CONFEA)*:
Generation and conversion of energy, equipment, devices and components for power generation, energy resources management and development and application of technologies relating to energy generation processes. Transmission, distribution, conservation & energy storage, energy efficiency, all depending on the focus and course pedagogical project.
OCCUPATION AREA
*Conselho Federal de Engenharia e Agronomia
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Other Universities with the same Major:
1° Course: UERGS (2003) 24 Courses
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PURPOSE OF THIS MAJOR
General purpose: to create capacitated graduated citizens able to work in a strategic and challenging field, the Energy field. Specific purpose of this major:
- Stimulate the future professionals to have critical thinking and
- ptimistic attitudes, engaging to the idea of human development
and its sustainability;
- Educate the professionals, so they can have ability and knowledge
to come up with solutions to the challenges related to the production, storage, distribution and rational use of energy, as well as to the impacts associated to these processes;
- Train professionals to meet the demand of companies and
institutions that use energy processes, and the development of research in the area.
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UFSC’S COURSE STRUCTURE
Preparation to work with the challenges of Energy Engineering:
Mapping of Energy Resources Energy Conversion and Efficiency Sustainable Development Integration with other Engineering fields
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UFSC’S COURSE STRUCTURE
Examples of areas of expertise: Energy Efficiency in Industry and Buildings: Lightining System, Heating, Cooling, Electric Machinery and Thermal Systems. Grid-connected Small Scale Energy Projects. Design of Energy Generation Systems based on renewable sources: Wind, Photovoltaic, Biomass. Energy Market.
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UFSC PROGRAM PROFILE
EXACT SCIENCE (CALCULUS, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY) RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES ELETRICAL, THERMAL, MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL SYSTEMS IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT BIOTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Conversion Systems Bioenergy and Sustainability
OVERALL CONTENT:
EMPHASIS:
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UFSC PROGRAM CURRICULUM
4320 class/hours (3600 hours) Throughout 5 years 3240 class/hours of required courses 504 class/hours of optative courses (post-graduate courses included) 432 class/hours of professional internship 144 class hours of extra curricular activities
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UFSC PROGRAM CURRICULUM
1 2 3 4 5 6
Introduction to Energy Engineering Physics A General Chemistry Calculus I Analytic Geometry Natural Resources for Energy Fundamentals
- f
Biotechnology
Thermodynamics I Thermodynamics II
Heat and Mass Transfer I Heat and Mass Transfer II Physics B Fundamentals
- f Materials
Science Calculus II Linear Algebra Computer Programming I Physics C Experimental Chemistry Calculus III Renewable Energy & Sustainability Geology Physics D Experimental Physics Calculus IV Environmental Pollution Oceanography Fluid Mechanics Introduction to Probability & Statistics Numerical Methods Atmosphere Electrical Circuits Technical Drawing Academic Work Elaboration Statics and Dynamics
Eletromagnetism and Power Electronics
Energy Transmition and Distribution
Curriculum for the Energy Systems Emphasis
7 8 9 10
Energy Efficiency Management Fundamental
- f Engineering
Economics Thermal System Projects
Electromechanical Energy Conversion
Operations Research Energy Engineering Project
Final Paper
Energy Efficiency on Building Power Plant Connection to the Grid Fundamentals
- f Control
Systems Industrial Electrical Installation Professional Intership Health and Safety at Work
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ENGENHARIA DE ENERGIA
7 8 9 10
Energy Efficiency Management Fundamental
- f Engineering
Economics Principals of Ecology Residues Treatment and Management Operations Research Energy Engineering Project Thesis
Bioreactors
Environmental Legislation
Fundamentals
- f Control
Systems
Valuation of Environmental Impacts
Professional Intership Health and Safety at Work
Curriculum for the Bioenergy and Sustainability Emphasis
Subjects Offered as Elective
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Wind Energy Combustion Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Solar Thermal Energy Photovoltaics
Computational Fluid Mechanics
Fluid Machinery Biological Conversion of Biomass HVAC Nuclear Energy Production of Biofuels and Co-products Fossil Fuels Engineering Exergetic Analysis and Cogeneration Electrical Circuits Laboratory Modeling and Simulation Bioenergy and Sustainability
Energy Engineering Program 1st Phase
Introduction to Energy Engineering Presentations on energy. Engineer functions in technological and social context. Presentation of the course curriculum and requirements. Visits to laboratories, companies and organizations. Energy Engineering working tools: Design, Optimization, Models, Simulation and Technological research. Innovation and Creativity. Professional ethics. Physics A System of Units. Uniform and uniformly accelerated rectilinear motion. Motion in two an three
- dimensions. Newton’s laws. Work kinetic energy and potential energy. Conservation of energy.
Momentum, Impulse and Collisions. Rotation, Torque and angular momentum. General Chemistry Electronic structure of atoms. Periodic properties of elements. Chemical bond. Molecules and ions.
- Solutions. Functions. Chemical equations. Stoichiometric calculations. Acids and bases. Chemical
kinetics and equilibrium. Ionic balance. Electrochemistry.
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Energy Engineering Program 1st Phase
Calculus I Elementary functions. Limits of functions. Continuous functions. Derivatives. Derivative applications. Definite and indefinite integrals. Analytic Geometry Vector Algebra. Linear systems. Matrices. Determinants. Lines and planes study. Plane curves. Surfaces. Natural Resources for energy Brazilian energetic panorama. Panorama of energy supply in Brazil and worldwide. Reserves of energy and fuels. Technologies for prospecting and extraction of energy and fuels. Fossil fuels. Biomass.
- Biogas. Wind energy. Solar energy. Geothermal energy. Ocean energy. Hydrogen Energy and Fuel cell
- technology. Nuclear energy.
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Energy Engineering Program 2nd Phase
Fundamentals of Biotechnology Organic Compounds. Biochemistry: carbohydrates, proteins, enzymes, enzyme kinetics, nucleic acids,
- lipids. Fermentation. Bioreactors. Microbiology, microbial kinetics and stoichiometry. Biotechnology and
- fuels. Environmental biotechnology. Industrial biotechnology.
Physics B Fluid Statics and Dynamics. Temperature and Heat. First law of thermodynamics. The Properties of
- gases. Second law of thermodynamics. Kinetic theory gases. Gravitation. Oscillations. Mechanical
- waves. Sound waves.
Fundamentals of Materials Science Materials and engineering. Chemical bonds and their properties. Crystalline structures. Crystallographic defect. Mechanical Properties of metals. Failures of metals. Microstructural analysis, main processing of metallic materials and their correlation with microstructure and resulting properties in the material. Structure, properties and processing technology for high performance ceramics. Structure, properties and processing of plastics engineering. Plastics engineering.
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Energy Engineering Program 2nd Phase
Calculus II Integration methods. Definite integral applications. Improper integrals. Functions of several variables. Partial derivatives. Partial derivatives applications. Multiple integration. Linear Algebra Vector space. Linear transformations. Change of basis. Inner product. Orthogonal transformation. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of an operator. Matrix diagonalization. Application of linear algebra to science. Computer programming I Algorithm concept. Pseudo-code and flowchart. Algorithm structure. Identifiers, reserved words, variables, constants, statement variables, command input and output, flow control structures, homogeneous structures (vectors and matrices) and heterogeneous (records) data. User-defined
- types. Modular programming. Introduction to a high-level programming language. Laboratory activities
with the selected programming language.
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Energy Engineering Program 3rd Phase
Thermodynamics I Main concepts. Thermodynamic properties. Heat and work. First and second law of thermodynamics to a system and a control volume. Physics C Electric charge. Coulomb's Law. Electric field. Gauss's Law. Electric Potential. Capacitors. Electric
- current. Electromotive force and circuits. Magnetic field. Ampere’s circuital law. Faraday's law of
- Induction. Inductance. Magnetic properties of matter. Physical optics: interference, diffraction,
polarization. Experimental Chemistry Safety standards. Requirements for laboratory using. Purification of substances. Preparation of chemical compounds. Chemical equilibrium. Qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis. Thermochemistry.
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Energy Engineering Program 3rd Phase
Calculus III Vector functions. Directional derivatives and the gradient vector. Vector calculus: line integrals, Green's theorem, Curl and divergence, Surface integrals, Stoke’s and Gauss’s Theorem. Series: numerical series, power series, Taylor series. Renewable Energy & Sustainability Renewable & non-renewable resources. Characterization and exploitation of natural resources. Future
- f energy production. Biomass fuel supplying.
Geology The earth system, its internal and external composition, interactions between systems: climate, plate tectonics and geodynamo. Rocks, weathering and types of sediment. Geological time scale. Geology and Energy Engineering: training, extraction, using and impacts associated with minerals resource. Environmental geology. Natural disasters, land cover and remote sensing.
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Energy Engineering Program 4th Phase
Thermodynamics II Fundamental thermodynamic relations. Introduction to phase and chemical equilibrium. Irreversibility, availability and exergy balance. Thermodynamic cycles. Ideal gas mixture and applications. Chemical
- thermodynamics. Fuel cells technology.
Physics D Theory of relativity, photons, electrons and atoms. Wave-particle duality, quantum mechanics, atomic structure, molecules and condensed matter physics. Nuclear and particle physics. Experimental Physics Significant figures. Error theory. Error propagation. Measuring instruments. Charts – construction and interpretation by software. Experiments in mechanics, waves, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism and optics. Physics with video analysis.
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Energy Engineering Program 4th Phase
Calculus IV Complex numbers. First-order differential equations. Second order differential equations. Series solutions to Second Order ODE’s (Bessel functions). Laplace transform. Fourier transform. Fourier
- series. Partial differential equations.
Environmental Pollution Biochemical processes occurring on atmosphere, water and soil. Natural processes changing caused by
- pollutants. Toxic organic and inorganic compounds. Remediation and / or attenuation technologies for
contaminated sites. Oceanography Study of oceanographic processes and phenomena. Physical, chemical, biological and geological
- ceanography. Ocean dynamics and it energy potential. Sampling methods. Satellite oceanography.
Coastal dynamics and engineering works.
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Energy Engineering Program 5th Phase
Heat and Mass Transfer I Introduction to heat transfer and energy balance equations. Heat conduction: steady-state one- dimensional conduction, conduction with internal energy generation, steady-state two-dimensional conduction, transient heat conduction. Fundamentals of thermal radiation. Heat transfer between
- surfaces. View Factors. Diffusion mass transfer.
Fluid Mechanics Fundamental concepts. Fluid statics. Integral and differential equations of conservation laws. Inviscid incompressible flow. Dimensionless analysis. Internal incompressible viscous flow. External flow. Introduction to Probability & Statistics The role of statistics in engineering. Probability and statistics: probability distributions, histograms, measures of central tendency and dispersion, inferences about mean and variance, statistical dependence and independence, regression analysis and correlation.
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Energy Engineering Program 5th Phase
Numerical Methods Numeral system and numerical errors. Numerical solution of non-Linear equations. Solving systems of linear and non-Linear equations. Approximation theory. Fitting experimental data. Numerical
- integration. Numerical solution of ODE’s.
Atmosphere Atmospheric chemistry and physics. Meteorology, climatology and synoptic chart interpretation. Wind and solar energy potential: data collection and analysis. Teleconnections and climate change. Sun and wind as energy resource. Electrical Circuits Basic concepts, units, fundamental laws. Techniques of DC circuit analysis. Capacitors and inductors. First and second order electrical circuits. Sinusoidal steady-state phasor analysis. AC Power. Three- phase circuits.
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Energy Engineering Program 6th Phase
Heat and Mass Transfer II Introduction to convection. Basic concepts and boundary layer solution on flat surfaces. Forced convection in external and internal flows. Natural convection. Convection with change of phase. Heat
- exchangers. Convective mass transfer.
Technical Drawing Brazilian Association of Technical Standards Design. Auxiliary views. Perspectives. Sizing. Scales. Surface states indication. Fits and mechanical tolerances. Drawing and computer-aided design (CAD). Basic concepts and types of modeling. Coordinate systems and data entry. Strategies for creation
- models. Construction, editing, and model viewing commands. Section views. Representation of
mechanical and electrical elements. Academic Work Preparation Brazilian Association of Technical Standards for academic work: quotations and references. Research
- sources. Report development, summary and review. Reading techniques, production and presentation
- f scientific papers.
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Energy Engineering Program 6th Phase
Statics and Dynamics Forces and vectors. Systems of forces applied to rigid bodies. Equilibrium of rigid bodies. Structural
- systems. Kinematics of solids. Movement types. Friction. Dynamics of point mass and dynamic
- systems. Moment and product of inertia. Angular momentum fixed axis rotation.
Electromagnetism and Power Electronics Electromagnetism: electrostatic fields. Electric fields in material space. Magnetostatic fields. Material forces and magnetic devices. Maxwell's equations. Power electronics: electronics components, rectifiers, power inverters, command circuits and commutation. Energy Transmission and Distribution Power system function. Power systems growth. Electrical load study. Models, parameters definition and power grid operation. Relation between voltage and current in power grids. Electrical substation. Strategic planning of expansion and operation. Power systems representation. Electrical load factors. Short-circuit calculation methods. Quality of services provision in electric power distribution systems. Technological aspects in electric power distribution systems.
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Energy Engineering Program 7th Phase (Energy Systems Emphasis)
Energy Efficiency Management Principles and tools of quality management. Quality management systems and energy efficiency in
- rganizations. Fundamentals of logistics. Sustainable Logistics.
Fundamentals of Engineering Economics Calculation of interest taxes and equivalent values. Comparison of investment alternatives. Technical
- depreciation. Depreciation. Income Tax. Cost -benefit analysis. Uncertainties and sensitivity.
Equipment replacement decision. Decision-making models. Feasibility study. Thermal System Projects Project types. Utilities. Equipment selection. Modeling and simulation of thermal equipment and processes.
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Energy Engineering Program 7th Phase (Energy Systems Emphasis)
Electromechanical Energy Conversion Transformers: types, equivalent circuit, regulation and efficiency. DC machines: elementary machines, real machines, generated voltage and torque, power flow and losses, DC generators and motors. Synchronous machines: synchronous generators, synchronous motors, theory of salient pole synchronous machines. Three-phase asynchronous machines: equivalent circuit, power and torque in three-phase motors, starting methods. Single-phase asynchronous motors. Special-purpose motors: universal motor, Brushless motor, reluctance motor. Fundamentals of electric drives. Electric drive and power converter controls. Fundamentals of Control Systems Definition of control systems. Frequency and time domain modeling. Transfer function. Block diagrams. Dynamic response of linear systems. Frequency response. Stability. Feedback Systems. Perturbation and sensitivity. Nyquist diagram. Root locus method. Project of compensators. State space modeling. Discrete-time systems (Digital control systems).
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Energy Engineering Program 8th Phase (Energy Systems Emphasis)
Operations Research Introduction to operations research. Modeling with linear programming. Simplex method and sensitivity
- analysis. Duality and post-optimization analysis. Transportation problem. Network optimization. Advanced linear
- programming. Goal programming. Integer Linear programming.
Energy Efficiency on Building Electrical energy systems. Alternative energy sources. Efficient HVAC and lighting systems in buildings. Energy
- audit. Energy saving methods. Regulatory programs for labeling residential and commercial buildings.
Power Plant Connected to the Grid General characteristics of electric power systems. Principles of generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy. Power flow analysis. Economic dispatch. Electric power transmission and distribution. Fault
- analysis. Power systems stability. Smart grids.
Industrial Electrical Installation Industrial electrical installation basic concepts. Industrial lighting systems. Conductor sizing. Power factor
- correction. Harmonics. Grounding. Motor control and protection. Measuring electricity. Step-down electrical
- substations. Materials used in industrial electrical installation.
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Energy Engineering Program 9th Phase (Energy Systems Emphasis)
Energy Engineering Project Steps of scientific method. Elaboration of final graduation work project. Professional Internship Internship should be conducted in areas related to the graduation course. Activities are regulated by UFSC available on http://www.reitoria.ufsc.br/estagio/
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Energy Engineering Program 10th Phase (Energy Systems Emphasis)
Final Paper Elaboration of Course's final paper. Health and Safety at Work Brazilian legislation on occupational accidents and diseases. Risks inherent to work environment: administrative, occupational, environmental and ergonomic . Physical, chemical and biological agents and their tolerance limits. Regulatory standards and their implementation to prevent work-related diseases.
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Energy Engineering Program 7th Phase (Bioenergy and Sustainability Emphasis)
Energy Efficiency Management Principles and tools of quality management. Quality management systems and energy efficiency in
- rganizations. Fundamentals of logistics. Sustainable logistics.
Fundamentals of Engineering Economics Calculation of interest taxes and equivalent values. Comparison of investment alternatives. Technical
- depreciation. Depreciation. Income tax. Cost -benefit analysis. Uncertainties and sensitivity.
Equipment replacement decision. Decision-making models. Feasibility study. Principals of Ecology Ecosystem ecology. Structure of the universe and biosphere. Fundamentals of evolution. Matter, energy and synergistic interactions. Thermodynamics in the ecological context. States of equilibrium and non-equilibrium in environmental systems; Normal range of operation. Theories in ecosystem. Ecology based on attributes of the diversity. Principles of connectance and ecological stability. Organization of ecological units. Managed ecosystems and teleological systems.
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Energy Engineering Program 7th Phase (Bioenergy and Sustainability Emphasis)
Residues Treatment and Management Integrated urban solid waste management and energy production. Waste treatment from power generation industries. Recovery of degraded and/or contaminated areas by electricity extraction, generation, conversion and transport. Fundamentals of Control Systems Definition of control systems. Frequency and time domain modeling. Transfer function. Block diagrams. Dynamic response of linear systems. Frequency response. Stability. Feedback systems. Perturbation and sensitivity. Nyquist diagram. Root locus method. Project of compensators. State space modeling. Discrete-time systems (Digital control systems).
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Energy Engineering Program 8th Phase (Bioenergy and Sustainability Emphasis)
Operations Research Introduction to operations research. Modeling with linear programming. Simplex method and sensitivity analysis. Duality and post-optimization analysis. Transportation problem. Network
- ptimization. Advanced linear programming. Goal programming. Integer linear programming.
Bioreactors Fundamentals of chemical kinetics. Fundamentals of enzyme reactions in homogeneous and heterogeneous phase. Organic synthesis using bio-catalysis. Kinetics of allosteric enzymes. Thermodynamics of chemical reactions. Mechanism of bio-reaction. An introduction to the collision theory in rates of reaction. Bioreactor design, scale up, batch reactors, continuous reactors with and without recycling, semi-continuous reactors and sequential reactors. Industrial reactors.
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Energy Engineering Program 8th Phase (Bioenergy and Sustainability Emphasis)
Environmental Legislation Environmental legislation. Environmental law: legal concept of environment. The constitutional environmental protection and environmental goods. The federative system and environmental
- competences. National environmental policy, its instruments and operation of Brazilian National
Environmental System. National Trust for Nature Conservation. Brazilian National Water Resources Policy: flora, fauna and fishing flora, fauna and fishing protection ordinance. Brazilian Environmental Crimes Law and the judicial and extrajudicial instruments for the protection of environmental assets. Valuation of Environmental Impacts Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): concepts and methods, environmental impact report, environmental programs, areas protected by law. Environmental expertise and valuation of environmental impacts.
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Energy Engineering Program 9th Phase (Bioenergy and Sustainability Emphasis)
Energy Engineering Project Steps of scientific method. Elaboration of final graduation work project. Professional Internship Internship should be conducted in areas related to the graduation course. Activities are regulated by UFSC available on http://www.reitoria.ufsc.br/estagio/
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Energy Engineering Program Subjects Offered as Elective
Wind Energy General introduction. Wind turbines: historical aspects and types. Modern wind turbines. Fundamentals
- f wind energy. Technology of wind turbines. System regulation and control. Control of the electric
- generator. Quality of power generated by wind turbines. Electrical installations of wind farms. Wind
turbines connection to electrical grid. Economic feasibility of wind farms. Solar Thermal Energy Principles of solar radiation. Available radiation. Components of solar heating systems. Residential water heaters. Large scale water heaters and power systems. Air heating systems. Solar-powered
- refrigeration. Thermal energy storage. Evaporation. Simulation and f-chart method.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Introducing the topic. Thermodynamic principles of fuel cells. Types of fuel cell. Mathematical
- modeling. Materials used and characterization techniques. Production, storage and hydrogen
transportation.
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Energy Engineering Program Subjects Offered as Elective
Combustion Thermochemistry, combustion kinetics, deflagration and detonation, premixed flames and non- premixed combustion of liquids and solids, pollutant formation and environmental pollution. Photovoltaics Principles of solar radiation. Photovoltaics in Brazil and worldwide. Semiconductor and photovoltaic
- effect. PV cells and modules. Autonomous photovoltaic systems. Grid-connected photovoltaic power
- systems. Hybrid systems. Mathematical models of PV systems. Photovoltaic systems sizing.
Biological Conversion of Biomass Use of energy worldwide. Environmental consequences. Advantages and disavantages of biomass
- energy. Biomass properties. Thermal and biological processes to biomass conversion. Biofuels. Aquatic
biomass.
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Energy Engineering Program Subjects Offered as Elective
Fluid Machinery Definitions, types and applications. Rotor flow analysis. Required and available power. Selection, installation and fluid Machines operation. Cavitation. Computational Fluid Mechanics Finite differences method. Error analysis. Finite differences method to energy and conservation of momentum equations. Classic and control volume method. Boundary conditions. Methods for solving algebraic equations. Mesh generation. Fluid-Structure Interaction. Solving problems using CFD software. Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning - HVAC Basic and advanced cycles by mechanical compression. Basic and advanced cycles by sorption. Components of refrigeration and air conditioning systems. Air quality. Thermal load calculation in refrigeration and air conditioning. Equipment selection. Evaporative cooling. Desiccant systems. Passive cooling. Refrigeration and air conditioning by solar energy and thermal waste. Heat pumps. Cooling by thermoelectric and Thermoacoustic effect.
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Energy Engineering Program Subjects Offered as Elective
Exergetics Analysis and Cogeneration Energy, availability and exergy. Exergy analysis applied to cycles and non-cyclic processes. Definition of cogeneration and trigeneration. Types of cogeneration systems. Selection criteria of cogeneration. Thermoelectric plants using cogeneration. Economic aspects of cogeneration. Bioenergy and Sustainability Products, raw materials, co-products and sub-products of bioenergy. Social, economic and environmental impacts on local, national and global level. Current and emerging challenges for bioenergy development. Information about production, harvesting, aggregation and storage of bioenergy crops appropriated for certain regions, best management practices to protect soil, water and wildlife. Modeling and Simulation Introduction to computer simulation. Properties and classification of simulation models. Random number
- generation. Basic concepts in number theory. Generation and testing. Classical continuous and discrete
- distributions. Simulation of discrete systems and continuous systems. Verification and validation of models.
Statistical techniques for data analysis and simulation results. Simulation of simple queuing systems. Computer simulation. Electrical Circuits Laboratory Development of practical activities to explore the fundamentals, concepts and techniques related to electrical and electronic circuits.
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Internships Minimal hours : 432 class/hours Students can spend a semester exclusively for the internship (without other activities) Up to 8 hours daily, to comply with the National Internship Law
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Internship
Some of the companies that has had or are having Energy Engineering Interns from UFSC-Araranguá
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Junior Enterprise
In 2012 it was founded the Junior enterprise (Empresa Junior de Engenharia de Energia - ENEjr) by the students. This is a consulting company in the field of energy efficiency. It offers an unique learning opportunity. Students with the help of supervisors can plan and implement energy efficiency projects in small and medium-sized
- enterprises. This give students the opportunity of adding practical
experience to their theoretical skills and bridging the gap between academia and the business world.
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Thank you for your attention ! Contacts:
- Prof. Dr. Luciano Lopes Pfitscher
Head of Degree Programme luciano.pfitscher@ufsc.br Phone: +55 48 3721-4453
- Prof. Dr. Kátia Madruga
Support for contacts with companies and universities katia.madruga@ufsc.br Phone: +55 48 3721-6250