MOL-12206 Materials for Energy Technologies, 5 cr
Person responsible
Juha Nykänen, Erkki Levänen
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| MOL-12206 2016-01 | 3 |
Erkki Levänen Juha Nykänen |
Examination from given material, axcepted poster and poster presentation axcepted exercise work (notes) |
Learning Outcomes
After the course the student recognizes principles of processes changing energy from one form to another and identifies material properties to energy. The student can also identify critical material properties limiting the energy efficiency. The student will have knowledge of latest research and development achievements and challenges of renewal energy technologies and material challenges at field of solar energy, fuel cells, bioenergy, wind energy and energy storage systems. The student is also capable to do poster presentation at selected topic, gather the information from different sources and present it at seminar.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Energy policy, environmental challenges | Nuclear waste disposal | |
| 2. | Energy efficiency: light and strong materials, thermal insulation materials. | ||
| 3. | Boiler technology and related materials. Combustion and gasification and related materials. Corrosion and erosion resistant materials and coatings. Challenges of use of biomass | extreme conditions | waste combustion and gasification |
| 4. | Renewable energy: materials for solar and wind energy. | Energy efficient windows and related thin film technology | |
| 5. | Fuel cell (PEM and SOFC) and related material challenges | hydrogen production and storage | |
| 6. | Materials for storage of electricity, primary and secondary batteries | capacitors |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| MOL-32306 Materials Performance | Advisable | |
| MOL-32326 Analysis of Materials Performance | Advisable |
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| MOL-12206 Materials for Energy Technologies, 5 cr | MOL-1620 Materials for Energy Technologies, 5 cr |