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.
• Plan, manage and carry out projects according to their objectives, resources and constraints, ensuring the quality of activities and deliverables.
• Define and frame the project in terms of its objectives, resources and constraints.
• Use project management principles and tools, including work plan, schedule and document tracking.
• Evaluate the approach and achievements, adapt them in light of the observations made and feedback received, and make the necessary adaptations and corrections.
• Meet deadlines and work plan and comply with specifications.
• Work effectively in a team, develop leadership, make decisions in multidisciplinary, multicultural and international contexts.
• Interact effectively with other actors to carry out joint projects in various contexts (multidisciplinary, multicultural and international).
• Contribute to the management and coordination of a team that may be composed of people from different levels and disciplines.
• Identify skills and resources, and seek external expertise if necessary.
• Make decisions, individually or collectively, taking into consideration the parameters (human, technical, economic, societal, ethical and environmental) involved.
• Communicate and exchange information in a structured manner - orally, graphically and in writing, in French and in one or more other languages - at the scientific, cultural, technical and interpersonal levels, adapting to the goal pursued and the audience concerned.
• Argue and convince, both orally and in writing, in front of a client, a colleague, teachers and juries.
• Select and use the modes and media of written, graphic or oral communication adapted to the goal and the public concerned.
• Use and produce scientific and technical documents (report, plan, specifications, ...) adapted to the goal and the public concerned.
• Act as a responsible, open-minded, and critical professional in an autonomous professional development process.
• Analyze your personal functioning and adapt your professional attitudes.
• Finalize a realistic professional project in line with the realities of the field and one's profile (aspirations, strengths, weaknesses, etc.).
• Demonstrate openness and critical thinking by comparing the technical and non-technical aspects of the problems analyzed and the solutions proposed.
• Make critical use of the various means available for independent research and training.
• Contribute through research to the innovative solution of a problem in engineering sciences.
• Build a frame of reference, formulate relevant hypotheses and propose appropriate solutions based on the analysis of scientific literature, particularly in new or emerging disciplinary fields.
• Design and implement investigations based on analytical, numerical or experimental approaches
• Collect and analyze data with rigor.
• Interpret results appropriately, taking into account the frame of reference within which the research was developed.
• Communicate, in writing and orally, on the process and its results by highlighting the scientific quality criteria of the research carried out, as well as the potential for theoretical or technical innovation and the possible non-technical issues.

Learning Outcomes of UE

Security of supply: be able to conduct a risk-based assessment of security of supply. Be a critical, reflexive and independent professional with regard to the energy transition of electricity systems.

Heat and Cold networks: understand and use the basics of heat/cold transportation technologies. Use simple models for computing the energy performance of such technologies. Obtain the skills for using such technologies in complex integrated energy systems.

Integrated project : Design and optimization of an energy system in a urban or peri-urban environment for Cities and Communities, taking into account relations with other sectors such as, for instance, mobility and urban planning.

Students will develop the following skills:
-Write a comprehensive list of functional requirements of the demanded energy system;
-Make a project planning, including deliverables and milestones;
-Draw up the state-of-the-art;
-Design of the energy system;
-Justify the selection and size of the different elements for producing, converting and using different forms of energy (heat, electricity and/or molecules);
-Model this integrated energy system (a combination of different energy equipment);
-Use energy systems simulation tools or develop own models to characterize, analyse and optimise the system performances;
-Write a synthetic report;
-Defend the project during an oral presentation;
-Develop a critical mind towards the design process;
-Be aware of socio-economical and environmental constraints and impact.
 

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

The two learning activities "Security of Supply" and "Heat and Cold networks" are topics that are not covered in the cursus of SMACCS students. They are necessary for the third learning activity "Integrated Project".

Security of Supply: security of supply (adequacy) assessment (from ‘N-k' criterion towards risk-based assessment, main indices, conventional generation modeling, renewable-based generation modeling, load modeling, analytical formulation and computation - hypotheses, applications and limits, numerical methods - towards sequential Monte Carlo algorithms, application).

Heat and Cold networks: description of the different generations of heat/cold networks. Advantages and drawbacks. Heat/cold networks characteristics. Evaluation of heat losses and pressure drops. Sizing rules. Evaluation of the energy performance of a heat/cold network for a given simple case.

Integrated project : the energy-integrated project is a collective project requiring the synthesis and application of all previously developed competencies related to energy components, systems, and optimization acquired during the studies. The specifications of the projects are original every year. 

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type(s) and mode(s) of Q2 UE assessment

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

Q2 UE Assessment Comments

See comments for each of the 3 Learning Activites.

Method of calculating the overall mark for the Q2 UE assessment

The final mark is a weighted average of the marks of the 3 Learning Activities. The weighting factors are the number of credits of each Learning Activity.

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

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

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

See comments for each of the 3 Learning Activites.

Method of calculating the overall mark for the Q3 UE assessment

The final mark is a weighted average of the marks of the 3 Learning Activities. The weighting factors are the number of credits of each Learning Activity.
The marks higher or equal to 10/20 for Learning Activities of Term 2 are carried over for Term 3.