ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.25 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.5
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Agroforestry Engineering
Areas: Agroforestry Engineering
Center Higher Polytechnic Engineering School
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
Put to the student in contact with the technology employed in the use of the biomass of forest origin for the obtaining of energy.
The degree report for this area includes the following contents:
Energy use of forest biomass. Methods and feasibility of the use of forest residues. Processing of solid biofuels. Thermal conversion technologies.
These contents will be developed according to the following agenda (h. face-to-face / h. no face-to-face):
Theory (36 h. face-to-face / 55 h. non-face-to-face work):
1.Characteristics of biomass as an energy source (2 h. / 3 h)
2. Production of forest biomass (3 h. / 4.5 h)
3. Equipment for conditioning forestry waste (5 h. / 8.5 h)
4. Organization and evaluation of mechanized forest waste collection (1 h. / 3.5 h)
5. Raw material of forest biomass (1 h. / 1.5 h)
6. Use of forest biomass (1 h. / 1.5 h)
7. Use of forest residues (1 h. / 1.5 h)
8. Transformations for the treatment of the forest biomass: Dried, molienda, densificación (3h. / 6 h)
9. Processes of thermal conversion: combustion, pirolisis and gasification (2 h. / 3.5 h)
10. Equipments and installations (3 h. / 6.5 h)
11. Turbines of steam and gas (2 h. / 6 h.)
12. Cogeneration (2 h. / 3 h)
Practical:
1. Chipper: morphology, operation, maintenance (1 h. / 1 h.)
2. Practical course full chain of use of forest residues (1 h. / 1 h.)
3. Sizing steam boilers (1h. / 1 h.)
4. Study costs and amortization of boilers (1h. / 1 h.)
5. Study of thermal conversion yields (1 h. / 1 h.)
6. FIaeld trip (5 h. / 1 h.)
Basic bibliography:
Sebastian, F.; García Galindo, D. Rezeau, A. 2010. Energía de la biomasa (vol.I). Prensa Universitarias de Zaragoza.
Sebastián, F.; García Galindo, D. Rezeau, A. 2010. Energía de la biomasa (vol.II). Prensa Universitarias de Zaragoza.
Linares Hurtado, J.L. (ed.). 2009. Asociación N. de Ingenieros del ICAI. 2009- Biomasa: estado actual y perspectiva inmediata. U. Pontificia de Comillas.
Nieto Ojeda, R. (Editor). 2010. Manual de Mecanización Forestal, 4ª Ed.
Velázquez Martí, Borja. 2006. Aprovechamiento de los residuos forestales para uso energético. Editorial UPV.
complementary bibliography:
Damien, A. 2009. La biomasa: fundamentos, tecnologías y aplicaciones. Madrid: AMV Ediciones: Mundi-Prensa.
Lema Rodicio, P.; Bello Bugallo, M. 2010. Biocombustibles: retos y oportunidades / editores.
Obernberger, I., Theck, G. 2010. The pellet handbook: the production and thermal utilization of pellets. IEA Bioenegy.
Seoánez Calvo, M. 2013. Tratado de la biomasa : con especial incidencia sobre la biomasa como fuente energética. McGraw-Hill/Interamericana de España, D.L.
Martin, A.M., Owendw P.M.O., Holden N.M., Ward S.M. 2001. Designation of timber extraction routes in a GIS using road maintenance cost data. Forest Products Journal 51 (10), 32-38
In this subject the student will acquire a number of, desirable in any university degree and specific, typical of general engineering or forest engineering in particular generic skills. Within the framework of competencies that are designed for certification, the following will work:
Basic:
CB2 - That students can apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have competences typically demonstrated through devising and sustaining arguments and solving problems within their field of study.
CB3 - That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study) to inform judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical.
CB5 - That students have developed those skills needed to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.
General:
CG11 - Ability to characterize the anatomical and technological properties of timber and non-timber forest raw materials as well as technologies and industries of these raw materials.
CG14 - Ability to understand, interpret and adopt scientific advances in forestry, to develop and transfer technology and to work in a multilingual and multidisciplinary environment.
Transversal:
CT1 - Capacity of analysis and synthesis.
CT2 - Capacity to reason and argue
CT3 - Capacity of individual work, with attitude autocrítica.
CT4 - Ability to work in a group and deal with problem situations collectively
CT5 - Capacity to obtain suitable information, diverse and updated
CT6 - Capacity to elaborate and present a text organized and comprehensible.
CT7 - Ability to make a presentation in public in a clear, concise and coherent way
CT8 - Commitment to truthfulness of the information offered to others
Specific:
CETEIF8 - Xiloenergetics industrial processes.
The set of teaching carried out by students is classified in the following way:
1. Lectures: on-site theory classes in which professor will present, with the help of media broken, the contents of the programme. These classes aims to provide the student the basic knowledge to enable it to address the matter independently with the help of the bibliography and of exercises and work carried out during the course. The student will dispose of the teaching materials in the Virtual USC of matter. CB2. CB3. CB5 CG11. CG14.CT1. CT2, CT5.CT6. CT8. CETEIF8
2. Interactive lessons: face-to-face classes where the teacher will be exercises of each item. It is intended that the teacher and students in the resolution of the exercises and proposed problems interact. This work will complement and work staff with the resolution of exercises in an autonomous way. CETEIF8. CT2. CT3.CT4. CT5.
3 Tutorials in small groups: session scheduled in the timetable of the subject that will be addressed to Assistant students to discuss, comment on and clarify ou solve any doubt or question related to the development of the matter. CT7. CETEIF8
4 Tests: the student will carry out tests written corporatism by questions and exercises of a set of topics. These tests will assess both the theoretical knowledge and problem-solving. CETEIF8.
5. Trip of practices: it Will visit at least an installation of aproveitamento of forest biomass. CETEIF8.
The evaluation of the repeating students will be exactly the same as the non-repeating students.
Students' learning will be monitored by taking a final exam and by continuous assessment with delivery of work and solving exercises individually and by carrying out practices that will have the following weight in the final qualification:
Tests: 50%. Competencies: CB2, CB3, CG11, CG14, CT2, CT3, CT6 y CETEIF8
Jobs, test activities: 35%. Competencies: CB3, CB5, CG11, CG14, CT1, CT2. CT3, CT5, CT6, CT8 y CETEIF8
Practice: 15%. Competencies: CG11, CETEIF8.
At the extraordinary chance of recovery, you must perform the written tests and / or jobs that do not exceed the passing score on the ordinary opportunity. In any case, the relative weight of each part indicated in the previous paragraph is maintained.
The students who have been granted the attendance dispensation, according to Instruction 1/2017 of the General Secretariat, will be able to deliver all the activities that are carried out throughout the course, since they will be available to them in the Virtual Campus, so their evaluation It will be under the same conditions as the rest of the students.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for evaluating student academic performance and reviewing grades will apply.
HOURS CONTACT
Exhibition classes: 18.0
Interactive lessons: 8.0
Practices: 10.0
Subtotal: 36.0
Group mentoring: 2.0
Review and revision: 4.0
Total: 42.0
STUDENT WORKING HOURS:
Exhibition classes: 39.5
Interactive lessons: 14.0
Internship: 1.5
Group mentoring: 5.5
Subtotal: 60.5
Review and revision: 10
Total: 70.5 h.
TOTAL HOURS: 112.5
Students should have completed and passed the subjects of Mathematics and Physics, first course, and Wood Technology
Maximo Antonio Dugo Paton
Coordinador/a- Department
- Agroforestry Engineering
- Area
- Agroforestry Engineering
- Phone
- 982823213
- maximo.dugo [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University School Lecturer
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