Engineering of Sustainable Power Systems

Studying and obtaining knowledge within the "Engineering of Sustainable Energy Systems" specialisation, in a period of dynamic climate changes as well as intensive development of climate protection technology and systems, is realised through the transfer of specialist knowledge on the design, development, implementation and assessment of solutions applied in sustainable energy. This represents a guarantee of competencies for all students, who through their actions would like to achieve ambitious global objectives regarding climate protection and sustainable development. The study program, suitably chosen for the contents of the specialisation, is based on knowledge from the field of power engineering, targetted towards the idea of new, sustainable, low and even zero-emission energy technology, supported by examples and technological solutions enabling the combination of classic solutions with new types of fuel, renewable energy sources and hydrogen technology.

All the subjects within the specialisation have been chosen thematically so that they enable the study of knowledge and the acquisition of skills from the field of modern energy technology, obtaining zero-emission fuel as well as energy sources, the production of electric energy and heat, recovery of energy from waste products, storage methods, the rational use of energy, and also modelling sustainable energy systems together with their basic components. Complementary to this will be visits to innovative as well as previously implemented installations, including domestic and foreign ones, both small local and large-scale energy production. The Department of Power Systems and Environmental Protection Facilities has cooperated for many years with leading Polish and foreign scientific centres as well as enterprises. Widening the theoretical knowledge with practical knowledge, learning about implemented innovative installations, the opportunity to listen to lectures given by invited scientists and work placements in the field, strengthens and extends the offered program contents.

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The offered range of the specialisation will also include the resources of knowledge from the basic subjects for energy: fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat exchange, combustion, heat and flow metrology, IT, modelling of heat and flow processes as well as environmental protection.

For educational purposes, professional tools applied in the energy industry are used in the specialisation, among others, for modelling and simulation of energy systems as well as modelling of heat and flow phenomena, such as:

  • Ebsilon®Professional,
  • TRNSYS,
  • ANSYS Fluent,
  • Simcenter.

The proposed subjects of master’s theses are suitably selected in light of the program content, and the promoters ensure wide-ranging access to specialised source materials, obtained research results, research stations, modern computer applications and programs as well as other educational aids.

Graduates of the specialisation during their studies gain:

  • very good theoretical and practical preparation in the design, implementation and exploitation of sustainable energy systems, allowing them to meet the modern challenges of climate protection with their high-level skills,
  • complex knowledge from the field of modern energy technology, allowing them to not only achieve the assumed goals in energy production, but also climate protection, with economic justification for the conducted activities during the current energy transformation taking place throughout the world,
  • access to experimental bases through laboratory activities and work placements, excellent supervision during model-project exercises using advanced applications, meaning that graduates of the specialisation will, in their professional path, be well prepared for independently conducting conceptual work, complex analysis for all stages of the energy transformation, design and implementation of low and zero-emission technology,
  • necessary knowledge from the field of economics, production organisation, management, marketing, environmental protection and EU and national laws, including copyright law, to fully use the obtained knowledge from the field of technical science.

All of this allows students of the specialisation to undertake industrial internships and graduates to begin work in such firms as (based on the employment history of graduates):

  • Siemens Polska, Warsaw
  • MARS, Niepołomice
  • General Electric, Warsaw
  • Engineering Design Center, Warsaw
  • Alfa Laval Polska, Krakow
  • AGH in Krakow

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An exemplary project within the specialty as an bachelor (engineering) or master's thesis

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As part of classes in specialization subjects, a number of trips to plants are organized, where you can see systems, installations, devices, and how processes are carried out in industrial plants. The following objects and installations are covered by cyclical trips:

  • Power plants or heat and power plants with flue gas treatment installations - dedusting systems, flue gas desulfurization systems, technological lines in power plants,
  • Biomass power plants or power plants with biomass co-combustion systems - biomass storage, preparation and transport systems, technological lines in power plants, flue gas purification systems,
  • Thermal waste treatment station - sludge drying system, combustion in a fluidized bed boiler, flue gas treatment - electrostatic precipitator, bag filter, catalyst,
  • Hydro power plants - devices in the dam, turbines and generators used in hydroelectric power plants.
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