MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MASTER TRACK

ENERGY AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

EPT

Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology

Coordinator: Dr. ir. Mark J. Tummers

Phone: 015-2782477
E-mail: M.J.Tummers@tudelft.nl
Room: F-1-620, 3mE building

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ENERGY AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGY
Energy and Process Technology (EPT) is a new ME track that combines the fluid dynamics part of the
discontinued track Solid and Fluid Mechanics and the current ME track Sustainable Process and Energy
Technology (SPET). The EPT program takes two years corresponding to a study load of 120 EC. The
colourful table on page 3 visualizes the study program.
The four courses in blue (Physics and Measurement, Control Systems Design, Advanced Heat Transfer, and
Non-Linear Mechanics) are mandatory courses for all mechanical engineering master students (not just the
EPT students). These courses are concentrated in Q1 and Q2 and sum up to 16 EC.
In orange are five so-called social courses: Technology and Global Development, Philosophy of Engineering
Science and Design, Introduction to Safety Science, Turning Technology into Business, and Project
Management. These courses are also mandatory for all mechanical engineering students, and EPT students
have to select one of these courses.
The courses in dark green (Advanced Fluid Dynamics, Advanced Applied Thermodynamics, Equipment for
Heat and Mass Transfer, and World of EPT) form the core of the EPT curriculum. These courses (together 16
EC) are therefore mandatory courses for all EPT students. In light green are four courses (Turbulence, Process
Plant Design, Modelling of Thermo- and Hydrodynamic Systems, and Advance Reaction & Separation
Systems) from which the EPT student has to select (at least) two. This selection (together with the elective
courses) allows you to create a study program that is oriented towards either energy technology, fluid
mechanics, or process technology.
Finally, there are the elective courses that can be selected from the list of "pre-approved electives" shown in
the table below:
Refrigeration & Heat Pumps Fundamentals ME45075 Fluid-Structure Interaction AE4117
Energy Storage: Processes, Materials & Equipment ME45180 Gas Dynamics AE4140
Fuel Cell Systems ME45100 Molecular Thermodynamics CH3141
Introduction to Multiphase Flow ME45025 Computational Materials Science CH3672
Turbomachinery ME45170 Product & Process Design CH3804
Energy from Biomass SET3041 Non-linear Differential Equations WI4019
Indoor Climate Control Fundamentals ME45110 Numerical Analysis WI4014TU
Process Dynamics & Control CH3043a Gas Turbine Simulation/Application AE4203
Multiphase Reactor Engineering CH3062
In principle it is possible to select electives from the TU Delft study guide that are not in the above list.
However, the track coordinator decides whether or not such a course is a valid elective for EPT students so
that it can be part of your study program. Therefore, consult the track coordinator before you enrol into such a
course. The minimum study load of all courses in the study program is 60 EC. Of course, more than 60 EC is
allowed.
The second year consists of the Internship (15 EC), literature study (10 EC) and the graduation project (35
EC). For EPT students the literature study is directly linked to the graduation project. The topic of the
graduation project is chosen in consultation with staff members of the Department of Process and Energy and
often linked to one of the running research programmes and consists of a mix of fundamental and applied
research.
The honours programme of TU Delft (www.honours.tudelft.nl) is a 35 EC program for motivated students
seeking a unique challenge in their course work. You can build your own programme based on an inter- or
mono-disciplinary approach. By enrolling into the honours program you become part of an active honours
community and benefit from social and networking events. For more information on the Honours track you
can contact Judith de Kruijf (J.deKruijf@tudelft.nl) or Wim Buijs (W.Buijs@tudelft.nl).
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EPT STUDY PROGRAM

Detailed information on the individual courses can be found in the TU Delft study guide:
http://www.studiegids.tudelft.nl/

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SPET INTRODUCTION WEEK

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TEST IN PROGRAMMING AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SKILLS
13:45-15:30 hr, Wednesday September 7, IO building, room “van der Grinten”
Lecturer: Mathieu Pourquie (m.j.b.m.pourquie@tudelft.nl).
This session consists of two parts, a programming skill check and a questionnaire about your background in
(simple) numerical methods.
It is important to be able to write simple programs in e.g. Matlab, C, Fortran or any other programming
language. You often need this whatever subject you will be working on, not just as an EPT student but also
later during your professional career.
In the first part of the session (the programming skill check) you will be asked to answer some questions about
short (parts of) programs that are given to you. You will also be asked to write a few pieces of simple code in
any language you like. In case you forgot the exact syntax, use something that looks like a programming
language (correct syntax is not important). As a result of the programming skill check, we may advise you to
follow a programming course, such as the course Matlab/Programming AES1011 in Q1. Alternatively, several
courses are available on the www.
The second part of the session is about elementary numerical methods. For most (or all) EPT students some
knowledge of numerical methods is required or at least desirable. For some lectures, for instance the course on
Modelling of Thermo- and Hydrodynamic Systems ME45155, knowledge of elementary numerical methods
and some programming skills are required. The second part of the session is mainly a questionnaire to find out
whether you are familiar with certain concepts from numerical methods. Expect questions like “Do you know
what finite difference means?” or “Did you learn about numerical integration?”. The answer can often be just
“yes” or “no”. Depending on your answers, we may recommend you to follow the course Numerical Methods
for Differential Equations WI3097TU which starts in Q2.
You may not like the idea of a skill check, or a questionnaire about numerical methods, but you will get some
valuable advice (and not an official mark in Osiris).
The contact person for the test is Mathieu Pourquie (room F-1-600, 3mE building, Fluid Mechanics section).