Supply Chain Management - ERASMUS Course

This course provides an understanding of fundamental concepts and definitions of supply chain management. All functional areas/key components of supply chain management are studied in an integrated way emphasizing on the selection, design, implementation and operation of distribution networks, on optimal storage siting, on the role of third-party logistics. Also newly introduced concepts like reverse logistics and green logistics are analysed in respect to their role in contemporary supply chain management. Furthermore, performance indicators used in evaluation of supply chains are also covered by the course content, with special focus on forms of modern supply chains (i.e.: energy, water, hydrogen). The course concludes with case studies and real-life applications.

Solar Energy Applications

The aim of this course is to provide the students with knowledge and understanding concerning contemporary solar applications. Furthermore, special emphasis is put on investigating the optimum exploitation of the available solar potential either for thermal applications (solar collectors) or for electricity generation (photovoltaics). Moreover, the environmental and financial performance of solar energy installations is investigated along with special topics like Concentrating Solar Power (CSP), Photovoltaic/Thermal Solar applications as well as Passive Solar Architecture and building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV).

Renewable Energy Technologies

The structure of the module is relatively straightforward, given by the variety of renewables available.

An introductory chapter provides some background to current and projected energy demands, some arguments for the need of renewable resources (in place of, or in addition to, finite energy resources), and a working definition of renewable energy resources. This is then followed by several chapters, each addressing a specific resource in turn. Each of these chapters can be broadly divided into three parts. The first part will describe the resource itself, which is then followed by a presentation of the technologies used to harness the resource. The chapters are then rounded off with a discussion of the practical application of the energy resource and its integration into the general energy demand and supply chain. Because the problems involved in the integration of the resources are very common throughout, the discussion of the specific resources is concluded by a chapter discussing their integration in general.