View Course WUT11

Session: November 2026
Institution: Warsaw University of Technology (WUT)
Title: Energy Sources, Conversion and Storage
Code: WUT11
Type of Course: Classic ATHENS course
Location: Warsaw University of Technology
Address: Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Institute of Heat Engineering, ul. Nowowiejska 21/25
City: Warsaw
Minimum Year of Study: 2
Language of Tuition: English
Prerequisites: Basic thermodynamics
Objectives: After the course the student should be able to evaluate energy resources, construct energy scenarios, make evaluation of implementation possibilities for new energy technologies, evaluation of environmental threats related to energy conversion processes, feasibility of individual technologies for certain geographical areas (esp. EU). Higher emphasis will be put on alternative energy sources; presenting new and prospective energy conversion and storage technologies.
Programme to be Followed: Basic terms related to energy conversion processes. World’s energy resources (organic fossil fuels, nuclear fuels, renewable sources) - documented and possible. Selected scenarios for world’s energy development. Threats related to energy conversion processes. Fundamentals of thermodynamics and heat transfer. Energy conversion efficiency for selected processes and devices. Environmental footprint of energy conversion processes: local and global. Prospective power generation technologies. Fossil fuels technologies. Renewable sources: sun as an energy source, conversion of solar radiation energy (heat and electricity). Biomass and biofuels. Energy of waters and oceans. Wind energy conversion. Geothermy – geothermal systems, prospective hot dry rock technologies. Heat pumps, examples of application. Fuel cells in power industry and transportation. Issues of energy accumulation in various forms. Possibility of energy storage. Hydrogen as an energy carrier, hydrogen production and storage.
Course Exam: Multi choice test (about 30 questions)
Professor Responsible: Prof. Tomasz Wiśniewski, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Participating professors: Prof. Tomasz Wiśniewski, Prof. Roman Domański, Prof. Piotr Łapka, M.Sc. Łukasz Cieślikiewicz, M.Sc. Michał Wasik, M.Sc. Adam Rajewski
EDA Estimated Start Time: 14/11/2026 17:00
Cost of EDA: 175 PLN = 40 EURO cash in PLN only
EDA Content: TBC
Categories: Electricity and energy