Suchergebnis: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2022

Science, Technology, and Policy Master Information
Naturwissenschaftlich-technische Ergänzung
Mobilität und Energie
NummerTitelTypECTSUmfangDozierende
529-0191-01LElectrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage TechnologiesW4 KP3GL. Gubler, E. Fabbri, J. Herranz Salañer
KurzbeschreibungThe course provides an introduction to the principles and applications of electrochemical energy conversion (e.g. fuel cells) and storage (e.g. batteries) technologies in the broader context of a renewable energy system.
LernzielStudents will discover the importance of electrochemical energy conversion and storage in energy systems of today and the future, specifically in the framework of renewable energy scenarios. Basics and key features of electrochemical devices will be discussed, and applications in the context of the overall energy system will be highlighted with focus on future mobility technologies and grid-scale energy storage. Finally, the role of (electro)chemical processes in power-to-X and deep decarbonization concepts will be elaborated.
InhaltOverview of energy utilization: past, present and future, globally and locally; today’s and future challenges for the energy system; climate changes; renewable energy scenarios; introduction to electrochemistry; electrochemical devices, basics and their applications: batteries, fuel cells, electrolyzers, flow batteries, supercapacitors, chemical energy carriers: hydrogen & synthetic natural gas; electromobility; grid-scale energy storage, power-to-gas, power-to-X and deep decarbonization, techno-economics and life cycle analysis.
Skriptall lecture materials will be available for download on the course website.
LiteraturTextbook recommendations for advanced studies on the topics of the course:
- M. Sterner, I. Stadler (Eds.): Handbook of Energy Storage (Springer, 2019).
- C.H. Hamann, A. Hamnett, W. Vielstich; Electrochemistry, Wiley-VCH (2007).
- T.F. Fuller, J.N. Harb: Electrochemical Engineering, Wiley (2018)
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesBasic physical chemistry background required, prior knowledge of electrochemistry basics desired.
151-0928-00LCO2 Capture and Storage and the Industry of Carbon-Based ResourcesW4 KP3GM. Mazzotti, A. Bardow, V. Becattini, P. Eckle, N. Gruber, M. Repmann, T. Schmidt, D. Sutter
KurzbeschreibungThis course introduces the fundamentals of carbon capture, utilization, and storage and related interdependencies between technosphere, ecosphere, and sociosphere. Topics covered: origin, production, processing, and resource economics of carbon-based resources; climate change in science & policies; CC(U)S systems in power & industrial plants; CO2 transport & storage.
LernzielThe lecture aims to introduce carbon dioxide capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) systems, the technical solutions developed so far, and current research questions. This is done in the context of the origin, production, processing, and economics of carbon-based resources and of climate change issues. After this course, students are familiar with relevant technical and non-technical issues related to the use of carbon resources, climate change, and CCUS as a mitigation measure.

The class will be structured in 2 hours of lecture and one hour of exercises/discussion.
InhaltThe transition to a net-zero society is associated with major challenges in all sectors, including energy, transportation, and industry. In the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C, rapid emission reduction and negative emission technologies are crucial to limiting global warming to below 1.5 °C. Therefore, this course illuminates carbon capture, utilization, and storage as a potential set of technologies for emission mitigation and for generating negative emissions.
SkriptLecture slides and supplementary documents will be available online.
LiteraturIPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, 2018.
http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/

IPCC AR5 Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report, 2014. www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/syr/

IPCC Special Report on Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage, 2005. www.ipcc.ch/activity/srccs/index.htm

The Global Status of CCS: 2014. Published by the Global CCS Institute, Nov 2014.
http://www.globalccsinstitute.com/publications/global-status-ccs-2014
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesExternal lecturers from the industry and other institutes will contribute with specialized lectures according to the schedule distributed at the beginning of the semester.
151-0206-00LEnergy Systems and Power EngineeringW4 KP2V + 2UR. S. Abhari, A. Steinfeld
KurzbeschreibungIntroductory first course for the specialization in ENERGY. The course provides an overall view of the energy field and pertinent global problems, reviews some of the thermodynamic basics in energy conversion, and presents the state-of-the-art technology for power generation and fuel processing.
LernzielIntroductory first course for the specialization in ENERGY. The course provides an overall view of the energy field and pertinent global problems, reviews some of the thermodynamic basics in energy conversion, and presents the state-of-the-art technology for power generation and fuel processing.
InhaltWorld primary energy resources and use: fossil fuels, renewable energies, nuclear energy; present situation, trends, and future developments. Sustainable energy system and environmental impact of energy conversion and use: energy, economy and society. Electric power and the electricity economy worldwide and in Switzerland; production, consumption, alternatives. The electric power distribution system. Renewable energy and power: available techniques and their potential. Cost of electricity. Conventional power plants and their cycles; state-of-the-art and advanced cycles. Combined cycles and cogeneration; environmental benefits. Solar thermal; concentrated solar power; solar photovoltaics. Fuel cells: characteristics, fuel reforming and combined cycles.
SkriptVorlesungsunterlagen werden verteilt
103-0448-01LTransformation of Urban Landscapes
Nur für Master-Studierende, ansonsten ist eine Spezialbewilligung des Dozierenden notwendig.
W3 KP2GJ. Van Wezemael, A. Gonzalez Martinez
KurzbeschreibungThe lecture course addresses the transformation of urban landscapes towards sustainable inward development. The course reconnects two largely separated complexity approaches in «spatial planning» and «urban sciences» as a basic framework to look at a number of spatial systems considering economic, political, and cultural factors. Focus lies on participation and interaction of students in groups.
Lernziel- Understand cities as complex adaptive systems
- Understand planning in a complex context and planning competitions as decision-making
- Seeing cities through big data and understand (Urban) Governance as self-organization
- Learn Design-Thinking methods for solving problems of inward development
- Practice presentation skills
- Practice argumentation and reflection skills by writing critiques
- Practice writing skills in a small project
- Practice teamwork
InhaltStarting point and red thread of the lecture course is the transformation of urban landscapes as we can see for example across the Swiss Mittelland - but in fact also globally. The lecture course presents a theoretical foundation to see cities as complex systems. On this basis it addresses practical questions as well as the complex interplay of economic, political or spatial systems.

While cities and their planning were always complex the new era of globalization exposed and brought to the fore this complexity. It created a situation that the complexity of cities can no longer be ignored. The reason behind this is the networking of hitherto rather isolated places and systems across scales on the basis of Information and Communication Technologies. «Parts» of the world still look pretty much the same but we have networked them and made them strongly interdependent. This networking fuels processes of self-organization. In this view regions emerge from a multitude of relational networks of varying geographical reach and they display intrinsic timescales at which problems develop. In such a context, an increasing number of planning problems remain unaffected by either «command-and-control» approaches or instruments of spatial development that are one-sidedly infrastructure- or land-use orientated. In fact, they urge for novel, more open and more bottom-up assembling modes of governance and a «smart» focus on how space is actually used. Thus, in order to be effective, spatial planning and governance must be reconceptualised based on a complexity understanding of cities and regions, considering self-organizing and participatory approaches and the increasingly available wealth of data.
LiteraturA reader with original papers will be provided via the ILIAS system.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesOnly for masters students, otherwise a special permit of the lecturer is necessary.
151-0254-00LEnvironmental Aspects of Future Mobility
Note: previous course title in FS20 "Environmental Aspects of IC-Engines"
W4 KP2V + 1UY. Wright, P. Dimopoulos Eggenschwiler
KurzbeschreibungThe course describes and assesses the environmental performance of current and future mobility/transportation and transformation pathways towards sustainability. It focuses in particular on the future role of renewable synthetic chemical energy carriers from a technology point of view.
LernzielThe students understand the systemic nature of current and future mobili-ty/transportation systems and are able to elaborate solutions for the defossiliza-tion of the sector. At the end of the course they should be capable to assess alter-native technologies for the different subsectors for transport of people and freight including the “upstream” energy supply processes for different energy carriers.
InhaltMobility system structure, future demand trends for the various sectors (people, freight, off-road, marine, aviation) and appropriate energy carriers per application.
Basic characteristics of the currently most promising energy carrier concepts: Li-Ion Batteries, Hydrogen and synthetic fuels. Methods for producing renewable en-ergy carriers (electrolysis, methanation/synthesis of higher hydrocarbons etc.) and related infrastructure requirements.
For internal combustion engines (ICE), which will continue to be used in sectors difficult to electrify (marine, off-road, heavy-duty long-haul freight transport), dif-ferent combustion modes and their respective pollutant emission formation mechanisms are presented and in-cylinder emission minimization methods for conventional and renewable fuels are discussed. Exhaust gas aftertreatment for combustion engines and atmospheric immissions are finally presented in view of near-zero emission powertrain concepts. Basic environmental assessment of the introduced concepts.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesDue to the wide range of material covered, this course requires basics of thermo-dynamics/cycles, turbulent flows as well as combustion concepts (laminar and tur-bulent premixed and non-premixed flames). Ideally a combination of 151-0293-00L "Combustion and Reactive Processes in Energy and Materials Technology", where background on reactive processes is provided, and, 151-0251-00L "Princi-ples, efficiency optimization and future applications of IC engines", where thermo-dynamic cycles and combustion modes in internal combustion engines are dis-cussed.
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