Master´s Degree in Sustainable Electricity Generation
PRESENTACIÓN
Objetivos
The goals of this program seek to enable the student to:
- Understand the energy context in which the world moves and its dependence on fossil fuels, as well as the main policies for the transition from fossil to renewable energies.
- Analyze traditional electricity generation technologies by using coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy
- Learn the new electricity generation technologies through renewable resources: wind, solar, hydraulic, biomass, energy from the sea, etc.
- Study hydrogen energy as a new energy vector and understand its importance in energy storage and transport
- Learn the importance of smart grids, distributed generation, and electric mobility as elements that will transform and make the city of the future more sustainable.
- Learn the management methodology applied to renewable energy projects
- Design and implement a renewable energy project.
- Learn work methodologies (including computer tools) that are currently applied by companies in energy related projects.
Metodología
En Educa PHAROS trabajamos con una metodología eminentemente práctica, orientada a la aplicación directa de los conocimientos en el entorno profesional del alumno, combinando contenidos teóricos con casos reales, herramientas digitales y el acompañamiento de un equipo docente especializado.
Programa
- Global energy context
- Climate change
- Decarbonisation of the economy and energy transition
- Climate neutrality. The Green Deal
- Smart cities
- Sustainable development goals
- United nations climate summits. Kyoto protocol and Paris agreement
- Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JM)
- Emissions trading
- CO2 capture and usage
- Energy security. Energy policy of the European Union
- Penetration of renewable energy and electrification by 2050
- The importance of hydrogen
- The batteries
- Distributed generation
- General aspects of energy efficiency (I)
- General aspects of energy efficiency (II)
- Energy efficiency in transport
- Energy efficiency in buildings
- Circular economy
- Introduction to thermodynamics
- Fuels and combustion
- The steam power plant (I). The regenerative Rankine cycle
- The steam power plant (II). General arrangement. Main equipment
- Types of steam power plants
- The gas turbine. The Brayton cycle
- Types of gas turbines. Parts of the gas turbine. Technologists
- Simple cycle power plants
- Combined cycle power plants
- General arrangement of a combined cycle power plant. Components
- The internal combustión engine. The Otto cycle and the Diesel cycle
- The diesel engine. Types. Technologists
- The engine power plant. Types and configurations
- General arrangement and components
- Situation and outlook of conventional thermal generation
- Nuclear energy basic concepts
- Nuclear technology fundamentals
- Conventional nuclear power plants
- Nuclear power plants safety and radiation protection
- The role of nuclear energy in the transition to decarbonization
- Introduction and general information on hydroelectric generation
- Typology of hydroelectric power plants
- Hydraulic resource assessment
- Dams and weirs (I). Introduction and typology
- Dams and weirs (II). Actions, landfills and drainage
- Intake works
- Channels and pressure galleries
- Penstocks
- Gates and valves
- Hydraulic circuit equipment
- Powerhouse and introduction to turbines
- Field of application of turbines and action turbines
- Reaction turbines
- Turbine selection criteria and performance
- Generators, regulation and control
- Pumped-storage power plants
- Feasibility studies
- Sizing example
- Hydroelectric projects
- Environmental evaluation. Environmental impact mitigation
- The sun's energy
- Radiation measurement and databases
- The photovoltaic effect
- The solar cell
- The photovoltaic solar panel
- Classification of PV solar technologies
- Crystalline silicon technology
- Thin-film panel technology (I)
- Thin-film panel technology (II)
- Concentrator photovoltaics
- Solar energy production. The PR concept
- PVSYST. Site definition and meteorological basis
- PVSYST. Component modeling (I)
- PVSYST. Component modeling (II)
- PVSYST. Energy simulation and results
- Photovoltaic self-consumption. PVSYST simulation program
- Solar trackers and structures
- Main electrical equipment
- Medium voltage cables and electrical substation
- Civil works
- The hystory of hydrogen
- What is hydrogen?
- Current electricity and energy matrix
- Hydrogen as an energy carrier
- Prospects for the hydrogen roadmap
- PEM electrolysis
- Alkaline electrolysis
- SOEC and AEM electrolysis
- Hydrogen storage
- Hydrogen distribution
- Fuel cells
- PEM fuel cell
- High temperature fuel cell
- Hydrogen turbines and engines
- Hydrogen vehicles
- Refuelling stations
- Sizing of main equipment
- Safety considerations. Explosive atmospheres
- Design of hydrogen and fuel cell installations
- Examples of installation calculations
- Introduction to biomass
- Biomass as an energy source
- Characterization of biomass as an energy resource
- Problems of the use of biomass
- Biomass technologies and treatments
- Introduction to biogas
- Biogas production
- Biogas production technologies
- Operations before and after biomethanation
- Use of biogas
- HVO Biodiesel
- Biodiesel fame
- Bioethanol
- Bioethanol production
- Combustion reaction. Reagents
- Combustion reaction. Products
- Design of combustion facilities
- Electricity generation with biomass
- Solar thermoelectric (I)
- Solar thermoelectric (II)
- Introduction and objectives
- Smart cities
- Some experiences of smart cities
- Energy in cities
- The consumer at the centre. Smart meters
- The need to decarbonise transport
- Possible actions to decarbonise transport
- The electric vehicle
- The electric bus
- New business models
- Overview of renewable distributed generation
- Boosting distributed generation and self-consumption
- Incorporation of self-consumption into the electricity system
- Energy communities
- Some experiences
- Electricity distribution (I)
- Electricity distribution (II)
- Networks and energy transition
- New tools. Acquiring flexibility
- Smart grids
- Renewable energy projects. Definition and type of projects
- Project objectives
- Different organizations and roles in the project
- The project team. The project manager
- Site search and land management
- Acquisition of projects in the development phase
- Project analysis. Detailed business plan
- Project processing
- Project execution strategy (I)
- Project execution strategy (II)
- Bidding processes
- Contracts
- Risk management (I). Risk matrix
- Risk management (II). Contingency estimation
- Project planning
- Project budget and economic control
- Safety and environmental management
- Procurement management and equipment manufacturing control
- Construction and commissioning supervision
- Completion of construction, contracts closing and transfer to operations organization
- History of wind energy
- Wind meteorology
- The physics of wind resources
- Site selection
- Wind resource measurement campaign
- Wind resource
- Practical exercise. Wind resource descriptive statistical analysis. Windographer program
- Wind turbines (I)
- Wind turbines (II)
- Wind turbines (III)
- WASP program. Data analysis model (WASP climate analyst)
- WASP program. Terrain topographic modeling (WASP map editor)
- Exercise. Power curve and thrust coefficient
- WASP program. Power simulation (I)
- WASP program. Power simulation (II)
- Windfarm construction project
- Windfarm electrical power facilities and installations
- High-voltage electrical power substation
- Overhead high-voltage power line
- Offshore wind power
Másteres Destacados
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