Lectures related to Cogeneration

Extension des frontières

Covers the concept of extending system boundaries in life cycle assessment and includes examples of electricity and heat cogeneration.

Cogeneration: Performance and Operation

Delves into evaluating cogeneration performance, efficiency, and operation of power plants.

Heat Pumps and District Heating

Explores the evolution of district heating and the future integration of electricity and heat networks.

Energy Conversion Systems: Efficiency and Design

Explores energy efficiency, exergy analysis, utility integration, combustion, boiler efficiency, cogeneration, gas turbines, heat pump, refrigeration, and system design.

Geothermal Energy: Basics

Introduces the basics of geothermal energy, its global potential, different types, sources, and current status.

Cogeneration Benefits: Marginal Efficiencies and Substitution

Explores the benefits of cogeneration, emphasizing marginal efficiencies and the substitution of heat and electricity.

Heat Pumps & Power Cycles

Discusses technical challenges in implementing the Carnot cycle, energy and exergy balances, and the advantages of exergy analysis.

Batteries, Fuel Cells and Electrolysis

Delves into the operation of a phosphoric acid fuel cell and its design for electricity and heat co-generation.

Closing the Energy Balance: Process Integration Techniques

Covers methods for closing the energy balance in industrial processes through utility integration and optimization techniques.

Swiss Energy Transition: Electricity Scenarios

Explores Swiss energy transition through electricity scenarios, emphasizing the challenges and solutions for winter electricity production.

Heat Transmission: Diffusion Equation and Wine Cellar Construction

Explores heat transmission through diffusion equations and wine cellar construction.

Laser Materials Micro Processing: Fundamentals and Applications

Explores laser materials micro processing fundamentals, interactions, and applications in various fields.

Energy Transition in Switzerland

Explores Swiss energy transition scenarios, costs, and renewable energy impacts on investment costs.

Fourier Equation in 2D: Stationary Regime

Explores the Fourier equation in 2D for a stationary regime without heat production in a semi-infinite wall.

Intensity: Light, Heat, and Energy Transport

Explores heat generation from light-matter interactions, energy transport through electromagnetic waves, and the concept of intensity.

Optimization vs. Simulation in Energy Systems Engineering

Discusses optimization vs. simulation in energy systems engineering, district heating networks, and scientific writing guidelines.

Thermoelectric Power Generation

Explores thermoelectric power generation, including the Seebeck effect, material properties, and efficiency considerations.

Fusion Reactor Heating

Covers the estimation of heating power in ITER and conditions for runaway electrons.

Power Cycles & Heat Pumps

Explores practical aspects of power cycles and heat pumps for performance improvement.

Energy Conversion Systems: Composite Curves

Explains the use of composite curves in defining energy conversion systems and optimizing efficiency in industrial processes.