Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• The student knows the measurement principles of temperature, humidity, flow and other relevant quantities in energy technology
• The student is able to use regular measuring  and data acquisition equipment
• The student is able to identify most important factors influencing the measurement result and  measurement uncertainty
• The student is able to estimate measurement uncertainty in a quantitative manner
• The student knows which factors influence the gain and dynamics of a process and is able to tune a PID-controller

 

Credits: 5

Schedule: 02.09.2024 - 22.11.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Simo Kilpeläinen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lectures:

  • Introduction
  • Flow measurement
  • Temperature measurement
  • Pressure measurement
  • Measurement uncertainty
  • Data acquisition
  • Controls I & II

  Laboratory measurements:

  • Temperature
  • Flow
  • PID control demonstration
  • Pressure measurement

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lectures + laboratory measurements in small groups. Measurement reports are written in groups for each laboratory exercise, and graded on a scale of 0-5. Each student in the group gets the same final grade.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teamwork (laboratory measurements, reporting)                100 hours

  Lectures                                                                     16 hours

  Preparative tasks for measurements                                 16 hours

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lecture notes, measurement instructions

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

4 Quality Education

7 Affordable and Clean Energy

9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language: English

  Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I - II
  2025-2026 Autumn I - II

  Registration:

  Registration for the course via Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi). Maximum number of participants 60. Students taking the Energy Conversion Processes major have priority.

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