The main aim of the Energy Conversion Plant Design Course is to provide the student with the knowledge and technical and practical skills for the design and development of plant solutions aimed at producing energy that can be used for both civil and industrial. The expected learning outcomes are the knowledge of the criteria and sizing procedures of systems that base their operation on heat exchange dynamics such as ovens, heat exchangers, thermal systems, condensers, evaporative towers, steam generators and geothermal systems with heat pumps for both vertical and horizontal probes. Theoretical and practical notions associated with the realization of an industrial plant scheme will be provided, in addition to the the operation criteria and the choice of an actuation system for industrial applications or flow interception (such as valves). During the Course, purely applicative issues relating to multi-physics simulation software will also be addressed, useful for solving complex and multidisciplinary problems in the industrial sector.
Among the expected learning outcomes there are therefore the knowledge and the development of a critical sense in terms of the ability to identify the parameters associated with the operation of the aforementioned equipment in order to optimize its operation both in the sizing phase and in the activity phase (if possible), in relation to the requests of the final user, thus developing a critical sense from a technical point of view, as well as understanding the meaning of the technical terminology as used in the industrial energy plant sector, in relation to technologies and processes. At the end of the course, the student will have practical and theoretical notions relating to the aforementioned energy conversion systems, strengthening the skills already developed in the three-year degree program and having the ability to solve problems relating to even new issues or that require multidisciplinary approaches, in any case deriving from the sector under study. At the end of the course, the student will be able to communicate their conclusions clearly and unambiguously to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors operating in the energy conversion systems sector. In addition, the expected results include the student's development of a learning ability that allows him to deepen the issues addressed independently, adapting to the needs he will encounter in the workplace.