Energy and Power: Production, Distribution, and Society

This course is an introduction to energy and power within a societal context.

Useful Prerequisites
A general knowledge base in these topics will facilitate learning.


 * Calculus
 * Electricity and Magnetism
 * Physics
 * Statistics
 * Thermodynamics

Topics

 * /Introduction: A Global Energy Balance/

Energy Consumption: Utility and Inequality

 * 1) /World Portfolio/
 * 2) * /Breakdown by Users, Sources, and End Use/
 * 3) * /Relationship to GDP/
 * 4) * /Trends, Projections, and Scenarios/
 * 5) * /International Efforts/
 * 6) /United States Energy Policy/
 * 7) * /Energy Portfolio/
 * 8) * /The Department of Energy/
 * 9) * /History, Policy, and Industry/

Basic Ideas: Exercises and Review

 * 1) /The Conservation of Energy/
 * 2) * /Special Topic: Crackpot Claims and Spotting Violations of the First Law/
 * 3) /Work and Heat in Thermodynamic Analysis/
 * 4) * /P-V Diagrams/
 * 5) * /T-S Diagrams/
 * 6) * /Psychrometrics/
 * 7) * /Chemical Energy and Combustion/
 * 8) * /Temperature Dependent Chemical Equilibrium/
 * 9) /Circuits: Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors/
 * 10) * /DC Circuits/
 * 11) * /AC Circuts/
 * 12) /Transformers, Motors, and Turbines/
 * 13) /Distribution of Electric Energy/

Energy Sources: Technology, Cost, and Potential

 * 1) /Special Topic: Non-Renewable, Renewable, Sustainable/
 * 2) /Fossil/
 * 3) * /Coal/
 * 4) * /Natural Gas/
 * 5) * /Petroleum/
 * 6) /Nuclear/
 * 7) /Solar/
 * 8) * /Photovoltaics/
 * 9) * /Solar Thermal/
 * 10) /Water/
 * 11) * /Hydroelectric/
 * 12) * /Ocean Wave/
 * 13) * /Ocean Tidal/
 * 14) * /Ocean Current/
 * 15) /Biomass/
 * 16) /Wind/
 * 17) /Geothermal/

Energy Storage and Conversion

 * 1) /Gasification/
 * 2) /Waste to Energy/
 * 3) /Fuel Cells/
 * 4) /Hydrogen/
 * 5) /Micro-Turbines/
 * 6) /Flywheels/
 * 7) /Batteries/
 * 8) /Electricity/
 * 9) /Distributed Generation/
 * 10) /Diesel Generators/
 * 11) /Turbines/

Building Energy Use

 * 1) /Green Building Design/
 * 2) * /Information Technology and Building Energy Management/
 * 3) * /HVAC systems/
 * 4) ** /Psychrometrics, Human Comfort, and Energy/
 * 5) * /Lighting/
 * 6) /Time-Dependent Demand/
 * 7) /Commercial and Residential/

Transportation

 * 1) /Spark Ignition, Diesel, and Hybrid Vehicles/
 * 2) /Freight and Shipping/
 * 3) /Air Travel/

The Path of Emerging Technologies
Power Cycles and Car Engine Design
 * 1) /Otto Cycle/
 * 2) /Diesel Cycle/

Power Cycles and Power Plant Design

 * 1) /Rankine Cycle/
 * 2) * /Reheat/
 * 3) /Brayton/
 * 4) /Issues in Efficiency and Cost/

Combustion and Pollution

 * 1) /Combustion and Chemical Energy/
 * 2) /Kinetics/
 * 3) /Common Pollutants and Concerns/
 * 4) /Regulation/

Economics and Energy Markets

 * 1) /Limited Natural Resource Economics/
 * 2) * /Jevons Paradox/
 * 3) * /The Consumption Curve/
 * 4) * /Reserves/
 * 5) /Pollution Caps and Trading/
 * 6) /Electricity/
 * 7) * /Supply and Demand: Peaks and Valleys/
 * 8) * /Grid Capacity and Infrastructure Costs/
 * 9) * /Deregulation/
 * 10) * /Real-time Pricing/
 * 11) /Developmental Economics and Energy/
 * 12) * /Traditional Energy Portfolios/
 * 13) * /Human Impacts and Correlations/
 * 14) * /The Great Divide: North vs South/
 * 15) /Econometrics and Energy Forecasting/

Sustainability and Energy

 * 1) /Global Warming/
 * 2) * /CO2 Equivalent Sources and Sinks Accounting/
 * 3) * /Carbon Sequestration/
 * 4) * /Atmospheric Modeling/
 * 5) /Energy Sources and Magnitudes/
 * 6) /Special Topic: Consumption, Capitalism, and Unsustainable Growth/

The Future: Scenarios of Disaster and Opportunity

 * 1) /Economic and Environmental Forces for Change/
 * 2) /The Role of the Engineer: Ideas with Potential/