| Lectures and exercises |
hours |
| Topics |
Specific contents |
|
| Introduction to engineering design practice |
Legislative and ethic issues in engineering design. Industrial and mechanical plants within industrial factories. Schemes and graphics in plant design. |
2
|
| Feasibility studies and engineering economics |
Incorporating economic variables in plant engineering design. Review of Engineering Economics fundamentals:the value of time and relevant economic indicators (NPV, IRR, PBP). Life Cycle Costing. How to estimate costs of plants and operation costs and how and why are they interrelated. Costs of inefficiency and obsolescence. |
4
|
| Fluid distribution systems design |
Pipes and joints, pipe protection, valves, expansion joints. Standard schemes, pipe layout, circuit balance, technology and construction management. |
4
|
| Hydraulic systems design |
Design of minimum capacity hydraulic networks: stationary fire extinguishing systems design, sanitary systems. Design of fixed capacity hydraulic networks: industrial applications, industrial heating systems. |
4
|
| Compressed air networks design |
Compressed air networks design Design of compressed air distribution systems |
2
|
| Aeraulic systems and flue gases depuration |
Design of low temperature aeraulic systems: types, components, layout, technology and construction management. High temperature aeraulic systems and treatment of flue gases |
8
|
| Storage and feeding systems |
Design of storage silos and of their feeding systems |
4
|
| Industrial heating systems |
Standards and legislative constraints, fuel treatment and adduction plants, heating stations, heat distribution systems. |
8
|
| Energy recovery and management |
Energy costs. Renewable energy sources: applications in industrial plants. Design of storage systems and relevant logistics. Sizing of renewable energy conversion equipment and management optimization. Gas and oil engines, turbines, cogeneration systems selection and assessment. |
6
|
| Industrial safety management and design |
Safety standards and legislation, classification and assessment of risks, safety reporting. |
4
|
| Exercises |
Industrial heating systems design. Compressed air distribution system design. Designing a heat recovery or cogeneration or a renewable energy supply concept for a factory. Flue gas depuration systems design. Economic assessment exercise |
10
|
| Total hours for lectures and exercises |
56 |
| for exercises only |
10 |
|
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
| Labs |
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| Tutorials / Seminars |
|
| Workshops |
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| Guided tours |
|
| |
|
| Total hours for further educational activities |
0 |
| Total hours |
56
|