ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 1 Expository Class: 12 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 25
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Agroforestry Engineering
Areas: Agroforestry Engineering
Center Higher Polytechnic Engineering School
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
Know how to manage equipment and facilities that are integrated into food production processes and systems, highlighting the importance of their energy efficiency.
The title report contemplates the following contents for this subject:
Regulation, instrumentation and control of systems and production lines. Visualization and optimization of agri-food processes: Energy monitoring and control. Sustainability and energy efficiency. Energy management systems: energy audits. Improving energy management: cogeneration and energy savings. Distribution and commercialization of electrical energy. Rates and cost of energy.
The contents of the subject are developed according to the following syllabus:
THEORETICAL CONTENTS:
• Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of May 30,. Environmental, economic and legal aspects in the energy field. (2 h; non-face-to-face: 2 h)
• Energy markets, supply and demand management. (3 h; non-face-to-face: 4,50 h)
• Transformation and use of energy. (2 h; non-face-to-face: 3 h)
• Energy efficiency. (2 h; non-face-to-face: 3 h)
• Improvement of energy management: cogeneration and energy savings. (2 h; non-face-to-face: 3 h)
• Energy management systems: energy audits (3 h; non-face-to-face: 4,50 h)
PRACTICAL CONTENTS:
• Correction of f.d.p. (2 h; non-face-to-face: 2 h)
• Basic pricing. (2 h; non-face-to-face: 2 h)
• Energy saving techniques. Certification of the ESO 50001 Energy Management System. (2 h; non-face-to-face: 2 h)
• Energy audits. (4 h; non-face-to-face: 4 h)
The duration estimate is approximate, depending on teaching needs.
BASIC
Francisco Moles Ribera y Joaquín Navarro Esbri. 2015. Gestión Energética en Plantas Industriales. Ed. Antonio Madrid Vicente. ISBN: 9788494345173.
Balcells, J. et al. 2011. Eficiencia en el uso de la energía eléctrica. Marcombo. 333 pax. ISBN 9788426716958.
Pack Eficiencia energética. Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación (AENOR). 2015. ISBN-13: 978-8481438871
Martínez, D. M., Ebenhack, B. W., and Wagner, T. P. 2019. Energy efficiency: Concepts and calculations. Elsevier
COMPLEMENTARY
Carretero Peña, Antonio y García Sánchez, Juan M. 2012. Gestión de la eficiencia energética: cálculo del consumo, indicadores y mejora. AENOR Ediciones. Madrid (216 páx.). ISBN: 9788481437522.
Fernández Salgado, José María. 2011. Eficiencia energética en los edificios. AMV Ed, 1ª ed. Madrid (244 pax.). ISBN: 9788496709713
Kanoglu, M. and Çengel, Y. A. (2020). Energy Efficiency and Management for Engineers. McGraw-Hill Education
Comp01. CG1 - Ability to plan, organize, direct and control the production systems and processes developed in the agricultural sector and the agri-food industry, in a framework that guarantees the competitiveness of companies without forgetting the protection and conservation of the environment and the improvement and development sustainable rural environment. TYPE: Competencies
Comp02. CG2 - Ability to design, project and execute infrastructure works, buildings, facilities and equipment necessary for the efficient performance of the productive activities carried out in the agri-food company. TYPE: Competencies
Comp04. CG4 - Ability to apply the knowledge acquired to solve problems posed in new situations, analyzing information from the environment and synthesizing it efficiently to facilitate the decision-making process in companies and professional organizations in the agri-food sector. TYPE: Competencies
Comp05. CG5 - Ability to transmit their knowledge and the conclusions of their studies or reports, using the means that communications technology allows and taking into account the knowledge of the receiving public. TYPE: Competencies
Comp07. CG7 - Ability to develop the necessary skills to continue learning autonomously or directed, incorporating new concepts, processes or methods derived from research, development and innovation into their professional activity. TYPE: Competencies
Comp10. CE3 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in the management of equipment and facilities that are integrated into agri-food production processes and systems TYPE: Competencies
Con01. 1.1. - A deep knowledge and understanding of mathematics and other basic sciences inherent to your engineering specialty, which allow you to achieve the rest of the competencies of the degree. TYPE: Knowledge or content
Con06. 5.3. - Complete knowledge of the application of materials, equipment and tools, technology and engineering processes and their limitations. TYPE: Knowledge or content
H/D01. 2.1. - Ability to analyze new and complex engineering products, processes and systems within a broader multidisciplinary context; select and apply the most appropriate analytical, computational and experimental methods already established, as well as innovative methods and critically interpret the results of said analyses. TYPE: Skills or abilities
H/D02. 2.2. - The ability to conceive new products, processes and systems. TYPE: Skills or abilities
H/D04. 2.4. - Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems in emerging areas of their specialty. TYPE: Skills or abilities.
In-person teaching will be developed through the application of the following methodologies:
PARTICIPATORY MASTER LESSON. SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
They are theory classes in which the contents of the program will be presented in general terms, with the help of audiovisual media. The objective of these classes is to provide students with the basic knowledge that allows them to approach the study of the subject autonomously with the help of the recommended bibliography and the exercises and work they do during the course. The student will have the teaching material available in the Virtual Classroom of the subject. The following skills will be worked on: CG1, CG2, CG7, CB6, CB9, CB10, CT3, CT5, CT10, CT11.
The seminars and conferences will be complemented by collaboration with companies in the sector so that their technicians can collaborate in the exhibition classes. The following competencies will be worked on: CG1, CG4, CB9, CE3, CT2, CT4, CT5, CT8.
PROBLEM RESOLUTION. PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF COURSE WORK.
These are classes in which exercises on each topic will be performed. Students will have the following material deposited in the Virtual Classroom of the subject:
Suggested exercises.
Proposed work scripts.
Interaction between teacher and students will be promoted in solving the proposed exercises and problems. The following skills will be worked on: CG4, CG5, CG7, CB7, CB8, CT1, CT2, CT4, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT9.
LEARNING BASED ON THE RESOLUTION OF PRACTICAL CASES AND PROJECTS.
A course work will be proposed based on a practical case for the preparation of an energy audit or similar to be carried out individually or in a group. The following skills will be worked on: CG4, CG5, CG7, CB7, CB8, CT1, CT2, CT4, CT7, CT9, CT10, CT12, CE3.
LABORATORY, FIELD OR COMPUTER CLASSROOM PRACTICES.
To carry out the laboratory, field or computer practices, each student will work in a group following the instructions of the practice scripts and teaching instructions. It will be necessary to submit the questions formulated in the practice scripts. The following competencies will be worked on: CG4, CT2, CT4, CT9, CT12, CE3.
As a transversal activity, the generation of a scientific-technical glossary, in English, of the terms used in the practices will be proposed, for which the UNESCO Thesaurus will be used (http://vocabularies.unesco.org/browser/ thesaurus/es/).
INDIVIDUALIZED AND COLLECTIVE TUTORING.
Each student can attend individual tutorials on demand during the teacher's schedule for any question related to the subject. In the sessions scheduled during the subject's schedule, the attending students will be attended to discuss, comment, clarify or resolve any doubt or question related to the development of the subject.
The following skills will be worked on: CG4, CB7, CB8, CT1, CT3, CT4, CT11.
Non-face-to-face work is essential in the learning of the subject and in the degree of student interaction that must be developed:
Autonomous work and independent study of students
Group work and cooperative learning. Active discussion sessions.
Evaluation of competencies through control exercises.
The following skills will be worked on: CG1, CT1, CT3, CT10, CT11, CT12.
The following resources will be used to teach:
• Making presentations using a computer.
• Use of classic blackboards.
• Use of the virtual classroom to provide the following material:
1. Development of the theoretical syllabus.
2. Activities proposed in interactive sessions.
3. Activities proposed as individual work.
4. Practice scripts.
5. Script for the preparation of the course work, practical scenario for preparing an energy audit of a food industry.
6. Other information of interest.
In the final grade, the electrical installations part will count for 70% of the grade and the machines and motors part for 30%.
Student learning will be monitored by taking: final exam, course work/s and use of the practices that include attendance and delivery of the practice report, according to the following table.
Evaluation system Competencies Weight in the qualification
Test or tests, oral and/or written CG1, CG4, CEG2, IA2 70%
Works delivered and/or exhibited CT1, CT4, CT8, CT12, CEG1, CEG2, CEG3, IA2 20%
Use of the practices CT1, CT4, CT8, CT9, CT12, CEG1, CEG2, IA2 10%
The percentage dedicated to exams (70%) can be obtained in its entirety in the final exam in both the first and second evaluation periods. Obtaining a grade greater than or equal to 5 in the partial exam(s) will allow students to eliminate that part of the subject for the exam of the first evaluation period. The assignments and other activities developed in the classes and the practical report must be delivered no later than the date of the last partial exam of the subject, which, if there is not one, will become the date of the exam of the first evaluation period. Students who have taken the subject and submitted the practical report in previous courses will not have to repeat them, keeping exclusively the practical note. The works will only be valid during the academic year.
To pass the subject it is necessary that both requirements are met:
• obtain a minimum grade of 3 points out of 10 in each of the sections to be evaluated.
• the overall grade obtained as a weighting according to the table of the exams, assignments and practical report is at least 5 points out of 10.
If the student does not pass the subject in the first evaluation period, he/she must take the final exam of the second period, examining the parts that he/she has failed. The student will take the exam for this opportunity under the same conditions as the ordinary exam, which implies that she will not be able to submit pending work or reports.
The grade of not presented will be reserved for students who do not have any grade in the different sections of the evaluation.
Students who have been granted attendance waiver according to Instruction 1/2017 of the General Secretariat will be able to submit all the activities carried out throughout the course, since they will be available to them on the Virtual Campus, for what your evaluation will be in the same conditions with the other students.
Fraudulent completion of any exercise or test required in the evaluation of a subject will imply a failure in the corresponding call, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be followed against the offending student. The creation of works that are plagiarized or obtained from sources accessible to the public without reworking or reinterpretation and without citations to the authors and sources will be considered fraudulent, among others.
IN-PERSON WORK IN THE CLASSROOM/HOURS
Expository teaching: 12 h
Interactive teaching: 12 h
Evaluation activities: 2 h
Total: 26 hours
PERSONAL WORK OF STUDENTS/HOURS
Reading and preparation of topics: 20 h
Performing exercises: 10 h
Preparation of course work: 10 h
Preparation of evaluation tests: 9 h
Total: 49 hours
TOTAL: 75 hours
It is a subject oriented in an eminently practical and applied way, so its study can be entertaining. It is recommended:
1. Pay attention to the brief theoretical explanations.
2. Continuous work during the course and consultation of doubts that may arise both in classes and in tutorials.
3. Carry out the proposed activities as autonomous work.
4. Completion of the course work/s.
Students enrolled in the subject will have continued in-person attention during tutorial hours in office number 12 of pavilion 2, upper 2nd floor. In addition, attention will be provided through the Virtual Campus and the professor's email: manuelramiro.rodriguez [at] usc.es (manuelramiro[dot]rodriguez[at]usc[dot]es)
The language used will be Galician.
The admission of students enrolled in the practical laboratory requires that they know and comply with the "general safety rules in practical laboratories" of the University of Santiago de Compostela. This information is available on the website (www.usc.es/estaticos/servizos/sprl/normalumlab.pdf).
Manuel Ramiro Rodriguez Rodriguez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Agroforestry Engineering
- Area
- Agroforestry Engineering
- manuelramiro.rodriguez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
| Monday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Galician | Seminar I (Pav.III) |
| Tuesday | |||
| 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Galician | Seminar I (Pav.III) |
| 01.17.2025 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 3 (Lecture room 1) |
| 06.09.2025 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 3 (Lecture room 1) |