SUMMER SCHOOL SMART DISTRICT ENERGY
Bachelor and Master Level Course
Extent
5 ECTS-credits
Learning Objectives
The overall goal of this intensive programme is to give the students a substantial knowledge of district energy technology and enable the student to apply his/her own engineering competencies to analyse district energy technology. After having attended the course, the student should be able to:
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Describe the functionality principle for smart district energy.
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Describe the main components from the heat production, the network to the end user.
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Dimensioning of the main components.
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Analyse the heat consumption and the need for heat production.
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Estimate the overall economical aspects and the environmental impact.
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Gain experience from teamwork and case related problem solving.
Requirements
Participants must have either a mechanical or a civil engineering background and must have approximately one year left of engineering studies. Young engineers and PhD students with experience in the sector can also apply.
Contents
The objective of the course is to give the students experience with and the basic knowledge of smart district heating systems through visits at heating distribution companies, heat production plants, construction sites and lectures on dimensioning the main components and on how to operate a district heating system. District cooling systems will be touched upon briefly. For each lecture, there will be exercises which have to be solved in teams.
The programme is carried out in close collaboration with the Danish Development Centre of District Energy, industrial partners, district energy supply companies and the Danish District Heating Association. Theoretical lectures are given both by university staff members and by industrial professionals. The exercises are supported both by university staff and by industrial professionals.
Prior to the summer school, the student have to read some papers, answer a questionnaire and make a poster with general information on building heating methods in their own country.
Teaching Method
Problem-based learning in a professional environment.
Approximately 50% lectures/exercises/visits and 50% teamwork.
Exercises and a case study will be solved in teams.
Evaluation
Evaluation method: Multiple choice exam.
Marking
According to the international grading scale.
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