CME8061 : Advanced Materials for Energy Applications
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Shayan Seyedin
- Lecturer: Professor Lidija Siller, Dr Alasdair Charles, Dr Adrian Oila
- Owning School: Engineering
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To consider in detail the development of materials, manufacturing processes and surface engineering requirements of different components used in energy applications. Final year specialist course in materials and manufacturing technologies for engineering students.
Outline Of Syllabus
This module will cover the following topics:
• Introduction to advanced materials for power generation and storage: steels and corrosion resistant alloys, superalloys, photovoltaics, batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, hydrogen storage technologies, thermoelectrics, magnetic refrigeration, and piezoelectric materials.
• Energy efficiency in traditional materials selection and design (light-weighting: steel vs aluminium alloy vs composite). Material and process selection.
• Materials development for gas turbines: creep and corrosion, stability, directional solidification.
• Thin films for batteries and photovoltaics: deposition technologies, microstructural control.
• Composite materials for wind and tidal turbine blades: design and manufacturing methods, material optimization.
• Electric vehicle bodies: materials development, rolling and continuous casting, press technology, forming limit diagrams, joining methods, coatings, and surface treatments.
• Electrochemistry techniques: reduction potential, cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge-discharge, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.
• Electrochemical energy storage devices: batteries and supercapacitors, cell development
• Emerging materials for electrochemical energy storage devices: electrical and electrochemical properties, and performance evaluation
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 2:30 | 2:30 | Exam |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 35:00 | 35:00 | Exam revision |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 35:00 | 35:00 | Assessment preparation - Lit review |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 20 | 1:00 | 20:00 | Lectures |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 4 | 1:00 | 4:00 | Tutorials |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 103:30 | 103:30 | Review lecture notes and recommended texts as appropriate. |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
- Lectures convey the underlying engineering science and the approaches required to apply this to the discipline-specific problems identified.
- Tutorials support the students' private-study in reading around the lecture material and learning to solve the practical engineering problems posed by the Tutorial Questions.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Examination | 150 | 2 | A | 80 | N/A |
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | 2 | M | 20 | Literature review of engineering problems. Approx 2000 words |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The examination provides an appropriate way to assess both theoretical understanding and practical problem-solving skills under time-constraint as required in industry.
The literature review of engineering problems enables more in-depth review of engineering problem to be considered. It also develops the ability to apply the broad base of scientific principles which underpin engineering design, in conjunction with deeper knowledge and understanding in a specific subject area.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- CME8061's Timetable