Chemistry in the Green Energy Transition (Green Energy)
Course content
Overview of the green energy transition and the role of chemistry, covering the following topics:
- Chemistry of renewable electricity production
- Limits to renewable electricity: intermittency and industrial emissions
- From electrical energy to chemical energy: electrolysis
- Hydrogen to replace fossil fuels: Power-to-X
- The role of biogas and the gas grids
- Carbon capture, utilization, and storage
- Materials challenges and recycling
The emphasis will be on understanding the scale of the global energy system, the available technologies and current challenges.
Learning outcome
Knowledge:
- Explain the thermochemical processes interconverting heat, electricity, and fuels.
- List and compare different types of electrolyzers for green hydrogen production.
- Explain strategies for closing the carbon cycle.
Skills:
- Calculate thermoeconomic descriptions such as energy return on investment (EROI) and total process efficiency in power-to-X technologies.
- Determine prices and quantities of energy products from supply and demand.
- Evaluate whether a technology is globally scalable based on resource considerations.
Competencies:
- Describe the thermodynamic cycles of power plants and heat pumps.
- Describe the energy flows in the electricity, heat, and gas grids.
- Describe the basic economic principles governing energy markets.
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures, exercises, and written assignments, student presentations, and written project work.
Literature
Various handouts, articles, and book chapters. More information on Absalon.
Recommended prerequisites
It is recommended that the student is familiar with the contents of the course Thermodynamics and Kinetics (TermoKin) or Physical Chemistry for Biochemists or Thermodynamics (Termo)
Feedback form
Oral
Exam
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Oral examination, 25 minutes (no preparation time)
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Re-exam
-
Same as the ordinary exam
Criteria for exam assessment
See Learning outcome
Course type
Single subject courses (day)
Workload
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 40
- Preparation
- 100
- Theory exercises
- 40
- Project work
- 25
- Exam
- 1
- English
- 206
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- NKEB24001U
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Bachelor
- Duration
-
1 block
- Placement
- Block 3
- Schedulegroup
-
B
- Capacity
- No limitation – unless you register in the late-registration period (BSc and MSc) or as a credit or single subject student.
- Studyboard
- Study Board of Physics, Chemistry and Nanoscience
Contracting department
- Department of Chemistry
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Science
Course Coordinators
- Søren Bertelsen Scott (3-837283507378757d3e7b853e747b)
- Rebecca Katharina Pittkowski (18-7f726f7270706e3b7d768181787c848078764d7075727a3b78823b7178)
Saved on the
14-02-2024
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