The Royal Institue of Technology, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), was founded in 1827 and is the largest of Sweden’s universities of technology. Since 1917 KTH has been housed in central Stockholm in beautiful buildings which today have historical monument status.
KTH is the largest, oldest and most international technical university in Sweden. No less than one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education capacity at university level is provided by KTH. Education and research spans from natural sciences to all the branches of engineering and includes architecture, industrial management and urban planning. The educational programmes lead to Bachelor, Master or PhD degrees in engineering, science, or architecture. There are a total of just over 13,000 full-year equivalent undergraduate students, more than 1,500 active postgraduate students and around 3,000 full time equivalent employees at KTH.
KTH conducts top-notch education and research of a broad spectrum - from natural science to all branches of technology, including architecture, industrial economics, urban planning, work science and environmental technology.
KTH is an international institution with established research and educational exchanges all over the world, especially in Europe, the USA, Australia and Southeast Asia. Cooperation schemes with the Baltic states and Russia are on the increase. It is KTH’s ambition to play an even stronger role in the EU research programmes than today. Various joint efforts with the Swedish International Development Agency and other development bodies abroad are also part of our international programme.
Semester 3 for option 1-A - Sustainable Energy Technologies
Sustainable Power Generation
9 ECTSThe objective of this course is to discuss energy-efficient and environmentally compatible power generation systems. It includes an overview of heat and power technologies, followed by an analysis of the most significant heat and power generation technologies, including those based on steam and gas turbine cycles, as well as combined steam and gas cycles. The course further provides a general overview of non-combustion-based (renewable) power generation technologies, including those based on the exploitation of wind, hydro, solar and geothermal resources. Topics in nuclear reactor technology and nuclear power safety are considered, focusing on reactor physics and the properties and performance of boiling and pressurized water reactors.
Sustainable Energy Utilisation
9 ECTSThe purpose of this course is to discuss the energy use in society in light of what is considered as (environmentally, and otherwise) sustainable practice, with special focus on technologies used for satisfying a broad range of cooling demands, as well as technologies used for space-conditioning (heating/cooling, ventilating) in the built environment.
Renewable Energy Technologies
6 ECTSThe purpose of this course is to provide a survey of the most important renewable energy resources and the technologies for harnessing these within the framework of a broad range of simple to state-of-the-art advanced energy systems. The course discusses the use of solar (thermal and photovoltaic), hydro-electric, wind, geothermal, ocean thermal, wave, tidal and geothermal energy, as well as energy from biomass. The use of fuel-cell and heat pump systems is dealt with. Issues relevant to energy efficiency and energy storage are discussed. The potential of using renewable energy technologies as a complement to, and, to the extent possible, replacement for conventional technologies, and the possibility of combining renewable and non renewable energy technologies in hybrid systems are analyzed.
Energy and Environment
6 ECTSThe topic ‘energy and environment’ can embody either broad or focused themes, and this course gives participants relevant experience in both areas. An overview is given of the impacts of large-scale energy conversion on the environment, including issues like acid rain, ozone layer depletion, and greenhouse gas emissions. Concepts related to environmental management are provided via tools like environmental impact assessment, life cycle analysis, and material flow analysis. Technical mitigation methods along with alternatives related to renewable energy sources and energy efficiency are covered. Legal frameworks in the EU and internationally are presented, and use of economic analysis and energy forecasting tools are also included.
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