Study Guide
Study Guide
#savoniaUAS
Curricula starting in 2022 and earlier
Savonia's new Study Guide (curriculum starting in 2023 and after) can be found here.
| Basis of Education | Competence Standards | Structure of Studies | Development of Expertise | Methods and implementation | Course Table |
Course Description
| Code | 4 EUE4670 |
| Name | Heat and Electric Supply |
| Credits | 5 ects |
| Objectives | The student knows technical basic solutions related to energy transfer and distribution. The student is able to calculate heat and electricity demand of buildings and to estimate the fluctuations in consumption. The student knows the structure of district heating network and the basics related to its design. The student has basic information of designing and dimensioning of the pipe network and of heat loss calculation. The student knows different district heating plants and their connections to district heating and cooling network. The student knows also other alternative heat production solutions like heat pumps, solar collectors etc. The student understands also district cooling’s as well as other low energy building solutions’ impact on building’s heating and cooling network solutions. The student knows the structure of Finnish and Nordic electric grid. The student understands the meaning of intelligent grid solutions and small-scale electricity production on electricity transfer grid. |
| Content | Definition of building’s energy consumption Consumer equipment for district heating and cooling and their connections Structure and design of district heating network Design, insulation and heat losses of district heating pipelines District heating plants and their connections to district heating (and cooling) network Combined heat and power plants Other sources of heating and cooling and heat storage Finnish and Nordic electric grid structure Intelligent grid and small-scale electricity production Intelligent measuring systems Wind and solar power production Charging functions with lowest possible consumer price Intelligent grid directing electricity generation both ways |
| Requirements | Shall be announced in the beginning of the course |
| Grading Scale | 0 - 5 |
| Course material | Shall be announced in the beginning of the course |
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| Other Considerations | |
| Contact | Huhtinen Markku |
We reserve the right to make changes to the curriculum due to the need to update the content being studied.