Course Description - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology

Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Catalog 2005
measurement. Fluid flow in pipes. Fluid machinery.
Modes and concepts of conductive, convective and
radiative heat transfer. Engineering heat transfer
equations and applications.
EMS 303 Energy Technology and 0(0‐0‐0)
Management Training
Prerequisite: Junior standing
Students are required to obtain practical training in the
field of energy technology and management at selected
private sectors or governmental departments for not less
than 240 hour during summer vacation of the third year.
The objective is to allow the students to have
opportunities to experience actual working conditions
other than what learned in the classrooms and
laboratories. Students must submit a report at the end
of the training period, Satisfactory (S) or unsatisfactory
(U) grade will be given based on student’s performance,
quality of the report and supervisor’s comments.
EMS 312 Combustion and Emission Control 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: (MES 311 or equivalent) or
consent of Head of School
Properties of fossil fuels. Production of synthetic fuels
from biomass, coal, oil shales and tar sands.
Stoichiometry, combustion processes and emission
control in boilers and furnaces, internal combustion
engines and gas turbines.
EMS 343 Thermal Environment Control 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: MES 342 or BFS 308 or
consent of Head of School
Review of properties of moist air and refrigerants,
refrigeration cycles. Refrigeration processes and
cryogenics. Solar energy fundamentals and applications.
Heat transfer in building structures, Heating and cooling
loads. Thermal environmental control systems. Energy
conservation in buildings.
EMS 381 Measurement and Instrumentation 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: (TCS 301 or equivalent) and (MES 311 or
Equivalent) or consent of Head of School
Measurement of temperature, pressure, time fluids
flows. Exhaust gas analyzers and emission measurement.
Measurement of volt, ampere and power. Oscilloscope ,
transducers and their applications. Digital techniques in
measurement. Data acquisition systems.
EMS 391 Electrical Energy Laboratory 2(1‐3‐2)
Corequisite: (EMS 381 and EPS 301) or
consent of Head of School
Laboratory practice and experimental studies study on
DC machines, transformers, AC machines. Practice on
energy and power measurement of AC electrical loads
are also included.
EMS 392 Thermal Energy Laboratory 2(1‐3‐2)
Prerequisite: (MES 311 or equivalent) or
consent of Head of School
Tests and experiments cover fluid mechanics,
thermodynamics, heat transfers selected thermal energy
systems and measurements on flow, pressure,
temperature, etc. Report/technical notes on the
tests/experiments have to be submitted for grading.
EMS 393 Energy Laboratory 2(1‐3‐2)
Prerequisite: (EMS 211 and TCS 303) or
consent of Head of School
Laboratory practice and experimental studies on
electrical energy and power measurement.
Measurements of pressure, temperature and fluid flow.
Tests and experiments on heat transfer, selected energy
systems.
EMS 413 Advanced Thermodynamics 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: (MES 311 or equivalent) or
consent of Head of School
Review of basic concepts and definitions, the first‐law
and energy, the second law and entropy. Analysis of
theoretical and practical engineering cycles including
power and refrigeration cycles. Helmholtz and Gibbs
energy. Availability and irreversibility. Availability
equation for a control mass and applications. Energy and
energy equation for a control volume and applications.
Second law efficiencies. Chemical availability.
Introduction to thermoeconomics and pinch technology.
EMS 422 Energy System Design 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: None
System design procedure. Economics of energy systems.
Characterization of energy equipment performance by
regression analysis of experimental data. Modeling of
equipment and processes of energy systems. Energy
system modeling and simulation. Selected optimization
techniques for energy systems.
EMS 443 Renewable Energy Resources 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: None
Global and regional resources, conversion technologies
and economics of renewable energy such as hydropower,
biomass energy, solar energy, wind energy and
geothermal energy.
EMS 444 Power Generation and 3(3‐0‐6)
Environment
Prerequisite: (Senior or junior standing) or
consent of Head of School
Thermal power plants and the atmospheric, land and
water environment. Hydropower plants: the land, forest
and water environment. Nuclear power plants:
radioactivity, safety in nuclear fission reactors, and
nuclear waste management. Introduction to
environmental impact assessment for power plants.
EMS 471 Electrical Energy Management 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: (Senior or junior standing) or
consent of Head of School
Basic concepts. Management of electrical energy.
Distribution circuits and equipment. Electrical tariff.
Load and demand management. Power factor and loss
management. Applications of thermodynamics to the
analysis of electromagnetic circuits, transformer, motor
and generator.
EMS 472 Thermal Energy Management 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: (Senior or junior standing) or
consent of Head of School
Efficient uses of thermal equipment and systems such as
boilers and steam equipment, evaporator and condenser,
pre‐heater and economizer, dryers and drying systems,
etc.
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