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:
- Overview of energy systems
- Renewable electricity from wind and solar: Technology and Economics
- Limits to renewable electricity: Intermittency and industrial emissions
- From electrical energy to chemical energy: Batteries and electrolysis
- Hydrogen to replace fossil fuels: Power-to-X
- Gas grids, biogas and carbon capture
- Materials challenges and recycling
The emphasis will be on understanding the scale of the global energy system, the available technologies and current challenges, and the role of innovation in the energy transition.
BSc Programme in Nanoscience
Knowledge:
- Explain the thermochemical processes interconverting heat, electricity, and fuels.
- List and compare different types of electrolyzers for green hydrogen production.
- Explain strategies for storing energy and for closing the carbon cycle.
Skills:
- Calculate thermoeconomic descriptors such as emmissions payback time 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.
Lectures, exercises, student presentations, and written project work.
Various handouts, articles, and book chapters. More information on Absalon.
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)
Oral, continuous during semester
Feedback on written assignments (exercises and project work)
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
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Oral examination, 25 minutes (no preparation time)
- Examination prerequisites
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- Hand-in and approval of at least 4 of the 6 calculation exercises
- Completion of the project work.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Re-exam
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Same as the ordinary exam.
Non-approved calculation exercises and project work must be submitted no later than 3 weeks before the re-examination and must be approved no later than 2 weeks before the re-examination.
Criteria for exam assessment
See Learning Outcome
Single subject courses (day)
- 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
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1 block
- Placement
- Block 3
- Schedulegroup
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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 (18-827572757373713e807984847b7f87837b79507378757d3e7b853e747b)
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