Energy Resources
Presentation
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
It is intended that the students knows the theories about the genesis of mineral energy resources, that allows:
- Generic knowledge about the relationship between energy resources, society and global economy.
- Specific knowledge about the genesis, migration, concentration and exploitation of fossil fuels (Coal, Oil and Gas) conventional and unconventional.
- Knowledge about the genesis and exploitation of nuclear resources.
- Knowledge about the genesis and exploitation of geothermal resources.
The students develop skills that allows investigate and understand the occurrence of mineral energy resources, the prospecting methods used and their exploration and utilization.
Contents
(Energy resources and society.
Energy resources and economy.
Coal: Genesis, typologies and exploitation.
Hydrocarbons (oil and gas): Genesis, migration and accumulation.
Unconventional hydrocarbons.
Methane hydrates.
Nuclear resources: Genesis and exploitation.
Geothermal resources: Genesis and exploitation.
The future of energy.
Teaching Methods
In the lectures the students contact it with the genetic models of mineral energy resources, followed by a period of discussion with full and active students participation.
The tutorial orientation is done through the Moodle platform (e-learning), which also work as a forum about the topics covered in the lectures.
Each student do a review work (monograph) on energy resources. For this purpose, it will be used to b-on platform (Online Knowledge Library) for searching and Moodle platform for work supervision.
The classes will be presented by members of the University of Évora, occasionally being invited guest speakers to teach specific topics as seminars.
Assessment
The continuous evaluation will consider the participation in lectures and forums (20%), the writing of a review work (50%) and its oral presentation (30%).
Final theoretical exam in alternative to continuous evaluation.
Recommended Reading
Para além da bibliografia abaixo indicada serão fornecidos artigos científicos e/ou relatórios técnicos específicos para cada tema leccionado.
Berkowitz, N. (1997). Fossil Hydrocarbons. Chemistry and technology. Elsevier.350pp.
Brookins, D. (1990). Mineral and energy resources. Occurrence, exploitation and environmental impact. Merrill publihing company. 389pp.
Brown, G. & Skipsey, E. (1986). Energy resources. Geology, supply and demand. Open University Press. 213pp.
Chilingar, G., Buryakovsky, L. Eremenko, L. & Gorfunkel, M., (2005). Geology and geochemistry of oil and gas. Elsevier. 391pp.
Evans, A. (1997). An introductionto economic geology and its environmental impact. Backwell science.364pp.
Gupta, H. & Roy, S. (2007). Geothermal energy. An alternative energy for the XXI century. Elsevier. 279pp.
HANJALI´C,K., VAN DE KROL, R. & LEKI´C, A., (2008). Sustainable Energy Technologies Options and Prospects. Springer. 341pp.
Miller, B. (2005). Coal Energy Systems. Elsevier. 526pp.
Murray, L. (2000). Nuclear energy. An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes. Butterworth Heinmann. 514pp.
Nelson, R. (2001). Geologic Analysis of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs. Gulf Professional publishing. 350pp.
World Energy Outlook 2015 Special Report (http://www.iea.org/)
Teaching Staff
- Júlio Ferreira Carneiro [responsible]
