KB7070 - Thermo-Mechanical Energy Conversion Systems

Active learning sessions will allow you to engage with and appraise specialist knowledge and assist you in exploring and critiquing key concepts and topics within the module. Sessions will involve a combination of content delivery and practical learning exercises to enable you to apply your learning to complex and authentic engineering problems. A problem-solving focused curriculum will allow you to explore and analyse solutions to complex challenges where wide-ranging and conflicting constraints require innovative discovery and enterprise. Learning activities will enable students to work collaboratively and practice and reflect upon the effectiveness of teamwork and communication skills, and the facilitation of creative thinking approaches to solve open-ended engineering problems.

During your active learning sessions, academic support will be available to facilitate your exploration of the problem-solving activities. Formative feedback will be provided by the module team, including answering student queries and providing guidance concerning the module such as assessments and your academic progress. The electronic learning platform (eLP) provides a comprehensive resource for integrated learning incorporating learning materials and reading lists that will facilitate directed and self-directed learning. Contact with academic tutors and your peers outside formal teaching hours is encouraged through dedicated ‘office hours’, discussion boards and messaging systems within the eLP. Professional support staff, such as Ask4Help, provide the first point of contact for a range of queries, including, for example, those concerning assessment submission, late submission/extensions, and other administrative issues.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. Online reading lists (provided after enrolment) give you access to your reading material for your modules. The Library works in partnership with your module tutors to ensure you have access to the material that you need.

Knowledge & Understanding:

MLO1. Evaluate a comprehensive knowledge of mathematics, statistics, natural science, and engineering principles to the solution of complex problems in core subject areas. (M1)

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:


MLO2. Select and apply appropriate computational and analytical techniques to model complex problems, discussing the limitations of the techniques employed. (M3)


Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):


MLO3. Apply creativity and curiosity to formulate and analyse complex problems to reach substantiated conclusions. (M2)



MLO4. Evaluate the environmental and societal impact of solutions to complex problems (to include the entire life-cycle of a product or process) and minimise adverse impacts. (M7)



MLO5. Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader of a team. Evaluate effectiveness of own and team performance. (M16)

Formative Assessment

Academic staff on the module will assess you in a formative manner to help build your confidence and highlight any improvements required to meet the MLOs. Your formative feedback will be given to you either verbally by academic staff on the module during formally scheduled teaching sessions or using the eLP. Your formative feedback aims to help you learn and prepare for the submission of your summative assessment.





Summative Assessments:



Academic staff on the module will assess you in a summative manner by two pieces of assessment


1. Coursework 001 (30%), involving a group research activity on core subject areas, at the end of which an individual written reflection report (2500 words or equivalent) will be assessed, covering MLOs 1, 4 & 5

2. Coursework 002 (70%), an individual coursework related to a set of defined analytical and open-end problem solving written tasks (3500 words or equivalent), assessing MLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4.

Feedback will be provided electronically through the eLP within 20 working days of the date of submission.

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This module will evolve your understanding of and develop specialist knowledge in the subject of the renewable and sustainable energy sources for heat and power production using heat engines and other types of thermomechanical converters. You will appraise practical methods in solving complex problems in the subject field using analytical, computational, and experimental approaches. Various forms of energy sources such as solar, biomass, hydrogen, nuclear, geo-thermal and thermal waste will be covered. You will evaluate the characterisation of complex systems and emerging technologies in this field in the context of global development. Active learning sessions will allow you to engage with and appraise specialist material and assist you in exploring and critiquing key concepts and topics within the module. The module utilises the electronic learning platform (eLP) to provide a comprehensive resource for integrated learning incorporating learning materials and reading lists that will facilitate directed and self-directed learning.