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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

436-454 Energy Conversion and Utilisation

Credit Points:

7.1

Coordinator:

Professor H. C. Watson

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

26 hours of lectures and 13 practical/tutorial classes

Objectives:

Upon completion, students should: comprehend the local and global extent of energy resources including the technical, economic and political limitations; appreciate energy source-to-end-use processes and how these can be improved through technology and societal organisation; understand the concepts of environmental impact studies in thermal, air pollution and waste disposal; and, have an appreciation of advanced energy conversion processes.

Content:

Energy resources. Conversion: Thermal, solar, nuclear, wind and tidal. Alternative fuels. Conversion efficiencies. Utilisation: Efficiencies of conversion systems in current use in transportation, manufacturing processes and heating. Hybrid and stored energy systems. Environmental impact: Aspects of air and thermal pollution and waste disposal problems.

Assessment:

Tests, practical work and seminars during the year to a maximum of 5000 words or equivalent; a two-hour end-of-semester paper.
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