Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Imagine, design, build and operate machines, equipment and processes to provide a solution to a complex problem of energy production, conversion and transmission by integrating the needs, constraints, context and technical, economic, societal, ethical and environmental issues.
• Identify the complex problem to be solved and develop the specifications by integrating the needs, constraints, context and technical, economic, societal, ethical and environmental issues.
• Design and dimension machines, equipment or processes for the production, conversion and transmission of energy in response to the problem posed, based on the state of the art, a study or a model; evaluate them with regard to the various parameters of the specifications.
• Implement a chosen solution in the form of a drawing, schematic, diagram or plan that conforms to standards, a model, a prototype, software and/or a digital model.
• Integrate rational energy management.
• Evaluate the approach and results in order to adapt or optimize the proposed solution.
• Mobilize a structured set of scientific knowledge and skills and specialized techniques to meet, with expertise and adaptability, the missions of the civil engineer in energy engineering.
• Master and appropriately mobilize knowledge, models, methods and techniques related to solid and fluid mechanics, energy exchange, dynamic and vibratory behavior of systems, mechanical manufacturing and production, machine operation, physical phenomena, machines, equipment and processes related to the production, conversion and transmission of energy
• Study a machine, equipment, or process for the production, conversion, or transmission of energy by critically selecting theories, models, and methodological approaches, and by considering multidisciplinary aspects.
• Identify and discuss potential applications of new and emerging technologies in the energy field.
• Assess the validity of models and results given the state of the science and the characteristics of the problem.

Learning Outcomes of UE

AA - Combustion and Burners: Understand the fundamentals of combustion and the principles of rational use of energy; apply it to compute the energy balance of a combustion system including heat transfer inside the furnace, and to compute fuel saving by heat recovery on flue gas; describe the characteristics of premixed and diffusion flames, explain the principles governing flame ignition, propagation, and stability. Describe auxiliary equipment needed for air and gas supply, combustion control, flame stabilization, flame length variation, and flue gas heat recovery in gas burners; explain the principles governing pollutants formation in natural gas combustion; describe briefly primary technologies for emission abatement.

AA - Heat Exchangers: Understand the basics of heat exchangers; select the best solution for heat exchanger problems, considering the operating conditions as well as the technological and economical constraints; solve the two basic heat exchanger problems: thermal design of a new heat exchanger, rating of an existing heat exchanger; analyze in a critical way the performances of new heat exchanger types.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

AA - Combustion and Burners - Content:Thermodynamic analysis of combustion, including Heat and mass balances of combustion, radiative heat transfer from combustion gases; Fundamentals of combustion: ignition, propagation, and flammability limits. Flame study; Discussion on burners, including classification (premixed and diffusion flame), stability and stabilization techniques, flame lengths, and pollutants control.

AA - Heat Exchangers - Content: General theory of heat exchangers: description, selection, and thermal design of various types of heat exchangers; Heat exchangers for liquid-liquid applications (including shell-and-tube and plate heat exchangers); Heat exchangers for gas-liquid and gas-gas (plate-fin and tube-fin heat exchangers); Heat exchangers for phase change

Prior Experience

Fundamental phenomena of heat transfer (UI-B3-IRCIVI-004-M, UI-B3-IRCIVI-407-M); thermodynamics and fluid mechanics

Type(s) and mode(s) of Q1 UE assessment

• Production (written work, report, essay, collection, product, etc.) - To be submitted in class
• Oral examination - Face-to-face
• Oral presentation - Face-to-face
• Graded assignment(s) - Face-to-face

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

AA - Combustion and Burners: Laboratory Work: reports/discussion of the laboratory work. 10% of the total mark. Assessment (quoted) exercise: With class and laboratory notes, 1h30. 30% of the total mark. Oral examination (maximum 1 h30): Written preparation (1h) and oral examination (individual, 20 minutes), without class notes or laboratory notes. One open question. 60% of the total mark.

AA - Heat Exchangers: Laboratory Work: reports/discussion of the laboratory work. 10% of the total mark.

Assessment (quoted) exercise: With class and laboratory notes, 1 h 45. 30% of the total mark. The graded exercise is organised outside the exam session, before the revision period.

Oral examination (maximum 2 h10): Written preparation (1 h40) and oral examination (individual, 25 minutes), without class notes or laboratory notes (except for the annexe to the class notes, which collects the main formulas, graphs, and tables used in the course). Two open questions. 60% of the total mark

Method of calculating the overall mark for the Q1 UE assessment

The final grade for the course unit (UE) is calculated based on the following weighting of the learning activities (AA): 45% for Combustion and Burners (I-TRMI-005) and 55% for Heat Exchangers (I-TRMI-034).

For each AA, a minimum grade of 7/20 must be obtained. If a grade lower than 7/20 is obtained for any AA, that grade becomes the final grade for the course unit.

Type(s) and mode(s) of Q1 UE resit assessment (BAB1)

• N/A - Néant

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

Not applicable

Method of calculating the overall mark for the Q1 UE resit assessment

not applicable

Type(s) and mode(s) of Q3 UE assessment

• Oral examination - Face-to-face
• Graded assignment(s) - Face-to-face

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

AA - Combustion and Burners: The grade for the lab work and the graded exercise from the first session (40% of the final grade) is carried over if the student obtained at least 10/20 for this part. Otherwise, only the grade for the lab reports (10% of the final grade) is carried over, and the student must retake the graded exercise (30% of the final grade) during the resit session.

AA - Heat Exchangers: The grade for the lab work and the graded exercise from the first session (40% of the final grade) is carried over if the student obtained at least 10/20 for this part. Otherwise, only the grade for the lab reports (10% of the final grade) is carried over, and the student must retake the graded exercise (30% of the final grade) during the resit session. The graded exercise is scheduled on the same day as the oral exam.

The oral exam accounts for 60% of the final grade. It lasts a maximum of 130 minutes (1 h45 of preparation, followed by a 25-minute oral examination) and consists of two questions.

Method of calculating the overall mark for the Q3 UE assessment

The final grade for the course unit (UE) is calculated based on the following weighting of the learning activities (AA): 45% for Combustion and Burners (I-TRMI-005) and 55% for Heat Exchangers (I-TRMI-034).
For each AA, a minimum grade of 7/20 must be obtained. If a grade lower than 7/20 is obtained for any AA, that grade becomes the final grade for the course unit.

If a grade of 10/20 has been obtained for one of the AAs, the grade for that AA may be carried over. This carry-over is not automatic: students must request it by e-mail before July 15, providing justification for why the carry-over should be granted.