Energy sources. Classification of energy sources and carriers of energy, oil, gas, coal, greenhouse, renewable energies.
Technologies for the power production. Thermal and hydraulic machines, Carnot cycle, ideal/real Brayton cycle, regeneration in a Brayton cycle, Rankine cycle, combined cycle.
Analysis of the components for the energy conversion systems. Pump, compressor, turbine, heat exchanger, boiler, energy balance for the plant components.
Cogeneration. Topping e bottoming, efficiency with cogeneration, index of energy saving, use of the cogeneration for different energy conversion systems.