Non-Renewable Energy

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

120 hours

ENGR90029 Analysing Energy Systems or equivalent

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This subject examines in detail the main forms of non-renewable, stationary power generation, including -

• Composition and origin of coal and natural gas
• Fundamental theory of solid, liquid and gaseous combustion and nuclear fission
• Coal fired power generation (brown and black coal, sub- and super-critical)
• Coal Gasification, Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) and Integrated Drying Gasification Combined Cycle (IDGCC)
• Gas fired power generation (reciprocating engine, simple and combined cycle gas turbine)
• Nuclear power generation

On completion of this subject students should be able to -

• Draw flowsheets for appropriate energy systems
• Calculate energy flows within such systems
• Calculate the greenhouse gas and other pollutant emissions of different forms of power generation

• Two assignments (25% each) not exceeding 12 pages each, one due mid-semester and the other at the end of semester
• One written three-hour end-of-semester examination (50%)

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Ability to apply scientific fundamentals
• Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution
• Ability to use a systems approach to analysis operational performance
• Ability to communicate effectively with the community at large
• Understanding of the social, cultural, global and environmental responsibilities of a professional, and the need for sustainable development