CODE 72353 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 INGEGNERIA MECCANICA - ENERGIA E AERONAUTICA 9270 (LM-33) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-IND/10 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: THERMO-ENERGETICS TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The aim of the present module is to provide students with a general understanding of the energy management by focusing on its specific and multidisciplinary issues. TEACHING METHODS Class room lessons, numerical calculation and experimental and laboratory activities. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Energy resources, energy conversion and final uses. Mass, energy and entropy balance. Applications in direct and inverse energy conversion cycles. The entropy minimization criterion applied to steady and transient analysis and design. Numerical applications and case studies. Recalls on nuclear physics. Elements of thermal-hydraulic and neutronic core balances of nuclear fission reactors. Potential applications of nuclear energy. Essential components and operating principles of thermal and fast nuclear reactors. Description of the main nuclear reactors families. Numerical applications on the nuclear plants technology. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Guido Milano, “Energia Nucleare; Fissione, Fusione, Sicurezza e Ambiente”, Second Edition, ARACNE Editrice, Roma 2010. Adrian Bejan, “Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics”, John Wiley & Sons, 1988 Adrian Bejan, “Entropy Generation Minimization – The method of Thermodynamic Optimization of finite-size Systems and finite-time processes”, CRC Press, 1996 TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD GUGLIELMO LOMONACO Ricevimento: By appointment (by arrangement with the lecturer). LUCA ANTONIO TAGLIAFICO Ricevimento: By appointment (by arrangement with the lecturer). Exam Board LUCA ANTONIO TAGLIAFICO (President) VINCENZO BIANCO FEDERICO SCARPA GUGLIELMO LOMONACO (President Substitute) LESSONS Class schedule ENERGETICS EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam is based on an oral discussion of the subjects developed in the course and in the presentation of a technical report describing the laboratory activity developed. ASSESSMENT METHODS The assesment method of the knowledge acquired by the students consist of an oral examination on the two main subjects of the course, that is applied nuclear energy, applied thermodynamics and energetics. Depending on the development of the course, monographic studies can be developed by the students on the basis of lecturer's suggestions. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 18/01/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 02/02/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 15/06/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 22/07/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 08/09/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION Pre-requisites : None in the same curriculum. Basic knowledge is needed of the main mechanical engineering arguments (mathematics, geometry, calculus, thermal and fluid dynamics, heat transfer, energy systems, and so on).