Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Explain the concept sustainable development.
- Correctly use basic concepts as energy, power and efficiency.
- Perform simple energy calculations and exemplify how energy use in society can be more efficient.
- Explain the energy usage in society and the principal construction of the most common systems for generation, distribution and use of electricity and heat.
- Explain the connection between environmental problems and the energy usage in society, the connected ethical problems and strategies for remedies.
- Discuss the relation between the energy system and sustainable development.
Course Content
The course is an introduction to energy technology and energy systems. It deals with the basics of how both energy technical components and energy systems work.
The course begins with concepts such as sustainable development, energy, power, and efficiency. It treats different forms of energy and the basic energy principles to be able to carry out simpler energy engineering calculations and energy balances on components and energy systems. The course also includes the most common techniques for the generation and distribution of heat and electricity.
The design of today‘s energy systems is treated and to understand how the energy systems are expected to change in the future, the historical background to today‘s energy system is given, while today‘s energy use in buildings, industry and for transport is described. The concept of sustainability is central and especially the environmental impact of energy systems and how the energy system of the future can look in order to reduce its impact on the environment.
Assessment
- Hand in assignments
- Seminars
- Written exam
Grades
The grading scale used for the final course grade is U–G.
Grades are reported as follows:
- Hand in assignments - 1.0 Credit | U–G
- Seminars - 1.5 Credits | U–G
- Written exam - 2.0 Credits | U–G
Prerequisites
- General entry requirements and Mathematics 3c or Mathematics D, Physics 2, Chemistry 1
Other Information
This course cannot be counted towards the same degree along with courses that have equivalent content.
If the student has received a decision/recommendation granting study support from Dalarna University because of a disability, then the examiner has the right to offer an alternative examination arrangement. The examiner takes into account the objectives in the course syllabus when deciding whether the examination can be adapted in accordance with the decision/recommendation.