Description
Objectives
To provide the fundamentals necessary to understand the working principles of the most important energy storage technologies, including thermal, chemical, mechanical, hydropower, biomass synthetic fuels and electrochemical storage. To evidence the most recent developments related to integration of energy storage technologies and solutions in sustainable energy production from conventional and from renewable sources. To provide the tools for the design, planning and implementation of energy storage solutions.
Syllabus
Energy storage overview; Thermal energy storage; phase change materials, thermo-chemical energy storage and biomass and synthetic fuels. Hydropower and Renewable Integration, Electrochemical energy storage: primary and secondary batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells; second life batteries and recycling. These contents are complemented by invited seminars from industry experts (3-4 topics) (Climaespaço, EDP, JME Inc) and from academia (1-2 topics).
Prerequisites
Description of the suggested prerequisites to attend the curricular unit.
Cross Competence Component
The students are expected to develop a critical thinking and innovative approaches to complete their projects. Projects are developed in interdisciplinary groups of 3-4 students and require organizational skills to implement, timely, their deliverables. Students are stimulated to work in interdisciplinary teams and to implement creative approaches / concepts around a case study. Moreover students are stimulated to find and to select critically relevant information. Team work, verbal capacity, presentation skills and arguing capacity are stimulated during the project development and delivery. Accounts for 10% of the course.
Laboratorial Component
Fill in the laboratory component.
Programming And Computing Component
Explain the computation and programming skills in 1st cycle UCs, as defined by the Computing and Programming Commission, indicating the percentage of its evaluation components that includes the analysis of computing and programming skills. Explain other computing and programming skills. This measure translates throughout the 1st cycle into at least 6 ECTS (in addition to 6 ECTS from the Basic Programming Concepts UC).
Ethical Principles
All members of a group are responsible for the group´s work. In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used. In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.