ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Applied Mathematics
Areas: Applied Mathematics
Center Faculty of Physics
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
The objective of the course is to learn a commercial Computational Fluid Mechanics (CFD) package, namely ANSYS Fluent, by means of practical examples including different types of flows with special application to boilers using biomass, natural gas or coal as fuel, as well as wind turbines or wind farms.
Introduction to CFD simulation using the commercial software ANSYS Fluent. Application to the study of different problems related to the subjects of the master's degree:
1. Incompressible laminar and turbulent flows.
2. Turbomachines: ‘moving reference frame’ (MRF) and ‘sliding mesh’ models.
a. Wind turbines.
3. Reactive flows:
a. Mass and energy transfer. Chemical reactions.
b. Boilers with combustible particles.
• Basic:
1. Ansys Fluent Theory Guide.
2. Ansys Fluent User Guide.
3. H.K. Versteeg, W. Malalasekera. An introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics. The finite volume method. Second Edition. Prentice Hall, 2007.
• Complementary:
1. Y.A. Çengel, J.M. Cimbala. Mecánica de Fluidos. Mc Graw Hill, 2013.
2. J.H. Ferziger, M. Peric. Computational methods for Fluid Dynamics. Springer-Verlag, 1997.
3. C.A.J. Fletcher. Computational techniques for Fluid Dynamics. Volume I and II. Springer-Verlag, 1988.
4. Hirsch. Numerical computation of internal and external flows. Volume I and II. John Wiley & Sons, 1991.
Basic:
CB7.- That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their problem-solving skills in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
CB9.- That students know how to communicate their conclusions - and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them - to specialised and non-specialised audiences in a clear and unambiguous way.
Generic:
CG01.- Mastery of the work methodology necessary for professional dedication to the field of renewable energies as well as R&D&I.
CG02.- Competence to join a research group or companies that carry out developments in the aforementioned fields.
Specific:
CE08.- Design and calculate biomass, solar and wind energy installations, applying planning and optimisation tools as well as system modelling skills.
Theoretical lectures and face-to-face seminars (using a computer, projector and ANSYS Fluent software), complemented with virtual teaching tools. In the seminars, different problems explained in the theoretical lectures will be solved with the help of the aforementioned CFD software.
Use of specialised computer programmes of which a version with an academic licence provided by the distribution company ANSYS Inc. can be installed on the student's personal computer. The tutorials can be carried out, upon request by e-mail, both in person and by videoconference using the Microsoft Teams platform.
General considerations:
The basic criteria by which student assessment will be followed are:
a) Final exam on the contents of the subject seen in the course.
b) Completion of personal work (which may include oral presentation and defence of the same).
c) Active participation in the classes and in the debates formulated by the teacher on different topics.
Any student who participates in at least one assessable activity will be considered to have been presented.
NOTE: For cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the ‘Regulations for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and revision of grades’ of the USC will be applied.
Specific evaluation aspects and criteria:
EVALUATION SYSTEM MINIMUM WEIGHTING MAXIMUM WEIGHTING
Examination 30% 50%
Work/Activities 50% 70%
CRITERIA FOR THE 2ND EVALUATION OPPORTUNITY:
The same as for the first assessment opportunity, with the qualifications obtained in the first assessment opportunity being retained.
TRAINING ACTIVITIES ECTS FACE-TO-FACE HOURS NON-FACE-TO-FACE HOURS
(ECTSx10) (ECTSx15)
Academic activity Type of activity
Lecture classes Master classes 1.125 9 19
Interactive class Laboratory 1.25 10 22
Seminars - - - -
Computer room - - - -
Group tutoring 0.375 3 5
Individual tutoring 0 0 0 0
Exam and revision 0.25 2 5
Total 3.0 24 51
- Bringing the matter up to date.
- Participate actively in the classes.
José Luis Ferrín González
Coordinador/a- Department
- Applied Mathematics
- Area
- Applied Mathematics
- Phone
- 881813191
- joseluis.ferrin [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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| 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Boardroom - Block II |
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| 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Boardroom - Block II |
| Friday | |||
| 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Boardroom - Block II |
| 05.13.2026 09:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom C |
| 07.09.2026 09:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom C |