EPT - Energy and Process Technology

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1 EPT - Energy and Process Technology Energy Process Energy: safe, sustainable and economical methods for extraction, conversion, transportation, storage and use Processes: design and production of consumer goods, beginning from raw materials Brian Tighe Coordinator of ME track EPT (EFP)

2 EPT - Energy and Process Technology Energy Process Integrated Technologies for the Production of Heat, Power & Chemicals Application Driven & Fundamental Research on Industrial Process & Energy Technology Brian Tighe Coordinator of ME track EPT (EFP)

3 EPT - Energy and Process Technology New mechanical engineering master track Starting in September 2016 Successor to Solid and Fluid Mechanics & Sustainable Process and Energy Technology Future name: Energy, Flow and Process Technology Energy Flow Process

4 Energy & Process Technology Students acquire theoretical knowledge, experimental and modeling skills and practical hands-on experience to improve & develop sustainable innovative next-generation energy and process technologies Process Energy

5 Structure of EPT curriculum (120 EC) Year 1 Mandatory ME courses 16 EC Mandatory EPT courses 16 EC Social Course 3-6 EC Focus area courses 10 EC Electives EC 32 EC 60 EC Year 2 Internship 15 EC Graduation Project 45 EC (including 10 EC Literature study) You may choose: Energy Technology, Process Technology, Fluid Mechanics

6 EPT Curriculum - Mandatory Courses obligatory for ET Mandatory courses for both specializations

7 EPT Curriculum - Mandatory+Electives Select 2 of 4 obligatory for ET Mandatory courses for both specializations

8 EPT Curriculum e.g. Process Technology obligatory for ET Mandatory courses for both specializations

9 EPT Curriculum e.g. Process Technology obligatory for ET Mandatory courses for both specializations Social Course 3 EC

10 EPT Curriculum e.g. Process Technology obligatory for ET Mandatory courses for both specializations Social Course 15 EC Electives

11 EPT Curriculum Pre-approved Electives Energy from Biomass Indoor Climate Control Fundamentals Process Dynamics & Control Multiphase Reactor Engineering Fluid-Structure Interaction Gas Dynamics Molecular Thermodynamics Computational Materials Science Product & Process Design Nonlinear Differential Equations Numerical Analysis Gas Turbine Simulation/Application... from TU Delft study guide/course browser

12 EPT Curriculum Pre-approved Electives Energy from Biomass Indoor Climate Control Fundamentals Process Dynamics & Control Multiphase Reactor Engineering Fluid-Structure Interaction Gas Dynamics Molecular Thermodynamics Computational Materials Science Product & Process Design chambers, turbo machinery Nonlinear Differential Equations Numerical Analysis Gas Turbine Simulation/Application... from TU Delft study guide/course browser Fundamental aspects of the working principle of gas turbines: ideal & real cycle, gas turbines for shaft power, thrust, combustion

13 Elective: Gas turbines Micro gas turbines for smallscale power generation. Internal cooling of blades Efficiency, operating costs and environmental issues?

14 EPT Curriculum - Mandatory+Electives The fundamental and mathematical principles of fluid mechanics. Point of departure is the conservation equations for mass and momentum. obligatory for ET Mandatory courses for both specializations

15 Fluid Dynamics Jet flames Turbulent jet arrays Computational fluid dynamics (CFD). MEEC furnace (300kW).

16 EPT Curriculum - Mandatory+Electives Process Intensification in reactions and separations: the link between intensified equipment and sustainability performance of a chemical process obligatory for ET Mandatory courses for both specializations

17 Steam Cracker Cathedral of the chemical industry of the 20 th century Re-invent industrial processes that efficiently use energy and resources while reusing waste streams as new primary material resources.

18 Steam Cracker Cathedral of the chemical industry of the 20 th century Re-invent industrial processes that efficiently use energy and resources while reusing waste streams as new primary material resources. An extinct species in several decades?

19 Process Intensification - all about efficiency A chemical plant like this? or like this? Micro chemical plant

20 Alternative fuels from biomass or waste or Gasification CO + H 2 20

21 Molecular Simulation CO2 absorption with ionic liquids Molecular Simulation Absorption Process Cleaned flue gas to atmosphere Flue gas: % CO % H 2 O 3-4 % O % N 2 20 ppm CO 500 ppm NO x <800 ppm SO x Absorber CO 2 -rich solution Thermodynamic modeling

22 Molecular Simulation Smart fluids tunable damping

23 Molecular Simulation Smart fluids tunable damping

24 Recent graduation reports (of SPET students) Design and analysis of a heat pump applied to old apartment buildings Numerical modelling of radiative heat transfer in flameless and conventional combustion Project management in high tech start-ups High efficiencies of power systems by combining Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and gas turbines Ultrasonic irradiation and its mixing and crystal nucleation consequences Experimental Validation of a New Ammonia/Water Absorption Model in a Mini- Channel Annulus Eco-efficiency of biomass co-firing with coal on 20% on thermal input basis until 2020 Cooling crystallization under influence of a strong DC electric field for controlling polymorphism More MSc graduation reports at:

25 TU students with BSc other than ME Doorstroommatrix Coordinator schakelminor: Ewoud van Luik

26 Bridging program for HBO students No longer exempt from Internship (15 ECTS) The bridging program amounts to about 37 ECTS.

27 SPET/EPT/EFP student population About 55 students started in September 2015 Employment

28 Career perspectives

29 SPET/EPT student association Het Dispuut

30 Studytour Roadtrip SPETdispuut-3mE@tudelft.nl 4/1/14 30

31 EPT/EFP Coordinator Brian Tighe Coordinator of ME track Energy and Process Technology Process & Energy Department Delft University of Technology Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft The Netherlands home.tudelft.nl/en/study/master-of-science/master-programmes

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