Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Engineering
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
7412MREN-SEP-CTY
7412MREN-SEP_NS-CTY
Aims
The aim of this module is to provide knowledge on the practicalities of renewable energy resources, based on site harvesting and/or production methods, distribution, and basic management.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Appraise the transformation of conventional and renewable energy vectors onto secondary streams whilst underlining their physico-chemical properties.
2.
Appraise the environmental efficiency of an energy stream versus another, whilst using Life Cycle Assessment.
3.
Use conceptual MCDM models to evaluate site selection against a pre-defined criterion.
4.
Evaluate the potential usage of renewable energy and alternative fuels onto different transport modes.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
An understanding of the practicalities of renewable energy resources (harvesting, efficiency and ratio of production, losses, effective distribution and transportation, storage, etc). This will include different energy vectors, renewables and conventional, to comprehend different energy pathways.
A look into alternative fuels including synthetic fuels, with the review of electrolysis, methanol synthesis, and the Fischer-Tropsch process, with the inclusion of electrofuels, also known as e-fuels, power-to-gas/liquids/fuels, or Power-to-X alternatives.
Regulatory framework, comprising of rules and regulations promoting the usages of renewable energy resources and covering relevant operational issues in their production and management.
Understanding the potential applications of renewable resources onto different modes of transportation and highlighting some of the tools used for their environmental scoring (e.g., Life Cycle Assessment), and effective site selection whilst underlying significant environmental, technical, and economic criteria (Multi-Criteria Decision-Making methodologies).
An understanding of the practicalities of renewable energy resources (harvesting, efficiency and ratio of production, losses, effective distribution and transportation, storage, etc). This will include different energy vectors, renewables and conventional, to comprehend different energy pathways.
A look into alternative fuels including synthetic fuels, with the review of electrolysis, methanol synthesis, and the Fischer-Tropsch process, with the inclusion of electrofuels, also known as e-fuels, power-to-gas/liquids/fuels, or Power-to-X alternatives.
Regulatory framework, comprising of rules and regulations promoting the usages of renewable energy resources and covering relevant operational issues in their production and management.
Understanding the potential applications of renewable resources onto different modes of transportation and highlighting some of the tools used for their environmental scoring (e.g., Life Cycle Assessment), and effective site selection whilst underlying significant environmental, technical, and economic criteria (Multi-Criteria Decision-Making methodologies).
Module Overview:
This module provides the students with knowledge on the practicalities of renewable energy resources, based on site harvesting and/or production methods, distribution, and basic management.
This module provides the students with knowledge on the practicalities of renewable energy resources, based on site harvesting and/or production methods, distribution, and basic management.