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Academic Year 2019/2020
School School of Industrial and Information Engineering
Name (Master of Science degree)(ord. 270) - BV (477) Energy Engineering
Track EES - Energy for Development
Programme Year 2

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ID Code 052394
Course Title SOLAR AND BIOMASS POWER GENERATION
Course Type Mono-Disciplinary Course
Credits (CFU / ECTS) 8.0
Semester First Semester
Course Description The course provides knowledge, applying knowledge, understanding and making judgements of solar and biomass energy for power production. Starting from the characterization of solar and biomass as primary energy sources, the conversion principle with the corresponding theoretical limits are discussed setting the base for the selection. For solar energy, the components and design criteria of Photovoltaic (PV) and Concentrated Solar Power plants (CSP) are provided. About biomass resource, the biochemical and thermochemical conversion processes will be described in more detail giving a particular attention to the biogas technology for electricity generation. Finally, a methodology for the economic and environmental assessment of the different technology is provided.
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Educational activities SSD Code SSD Description CFU
B
ING-IND/09
ENERGY SYSTEMS AND POWER GENERATION
8.0

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Area Servizi ICT
29/09/2023