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Biomass and biogenious wastes are important sources for a sustainable (green) energy production. The module contents „Biomass and Waste Utilization“ will focus on biological, thermochemical and as well as chemical and physical processes to transform, utilize and treat biomass and waste for energy purposes.

Learning outcomes and competences:

Objective of the module is to provide knowledge to the students about conventional and advanced technologies for bioenergy utilization and the basic concepts of sustainability. The major (Bio-) energy systems will be introduced and the specifics in their applications explained.

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• Passive building elements: (discrete and integrated building elements), ohmic resistance, coil and capacity
• Semiconductor technologies: terms and principles of IC design and production, pn junction, semiconductor technologies
• Active building elements: bipolar transistor, CMOS transistor
• Principles of analogue technology: basic circuits, biasing, static and dynamic behaviour, 2-port network theory, simulation techniques

ECTS 2:                                              

Learning outcomes and competences:

Under the supervision of the lecturer and potentially under the instruction of a tutor, students work in small groups on a scientific or engineering project chosen from the areas of physics, electrical engineering or software engineering that can be implemented with the available resources (time frame, facilities and equipment).

Content:

As the final outcome, the students develop a functioning circuit, build a device or conduct an experiment. Students are responsible for theoretical preparation, practical implementation and documentation of circuits/protocols and evaluations of experiments. Students will acquire any missing knowledge by studying relevant literature during the semester or from the lecturer if necessary. The results of the project must be presented. Different presentation forms can be chosen following discussion with the lecturer.

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The students carry out subsequent research and development work. On the basis of the previously developed device or experiment, students apply scientific methods to systematically look for new findings or practically implement the first concrete application. The available resources (time frame, facilities and equipment) must be taken into account.

First, the project groups have to devise a theoretical or applied research question. On this basis, a concept must be developed and documented in a requirements specification. The requirements specification is then submitted to the supervisor and discussed. On the basis of the devised concept, the students conduct experiments or further develop the implementations, analysing their findings with a theoretical or applied research approach. The results must be presented as a research poster or research paper or as a documented system or acceptance test to provide functional verification. In addition, the students must give a final presentation.

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Learning outcomes and competences:

This module provides students with a basic knowledge of LaTeX. A key focus is the application of LaTeX to create texts with mathematical formulas and implement algorithmic methods of numeric mathematics. They also use the Scientific Notebook tool. Students learn how to independently create texts with LaTeX.

ECTS 5:

Learning outcomes and competences:

The students use, calculate, describe and define the fundamentals of sustainable building technology. They evaluate a building designed by architects with regard to the energy required for conditioning and the energy used for construction and plan a sustainable building technology concept.