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    Introduction to environmentally friendly engineering and technological advances and new technologies that utilize green principles and green transportation. Course includes topics in new areas of green manufacturing and materials used today and planned for the future, including the operation and manufacture of solar cells and the production of wind, thermal, and hydroelectric power. Topics will vary depending upon new trends in industry. Several experiments related to green technology were exposed in this subject.

  • Topic 1

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      Solar Energy File

      ·         Introduction

      ·         Seasonal, latitudinal and diurnal distribution of solar energy,

      ·         Photovoltaic electricity

      ·         Solar thermal generation of electricity

      ·         Solar thermal energy for heating and hot water

      ·         Industrial uses of solar thermal energy

      ·         Direct use of solar energy for desalination, in agriculture and for cooking

      ·         Dealing with the intermittent nature of solar energy, Synthesis and global potential

  • Topic 2

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      Wind Energy File

      ·         Introduction

      ·         Components and characteristics of wind turbines,

      ·         Wind turbine aerodynamics,

      ·         Wind turbine generators,

      ·         Variation of wind speed and turbulence with height of earth’s surface,

      ·         Power output from a wind turbine,

      ·         Available wind resources,

      ·         Wind Farms,

      ·         Scaling relationships and implications for required land area,

      ·         Offshore wind power,

      ·         Mitigating the adverse effect of fluctuations in available wind energy,

      ·         Long-distance transmissions

      ·         Economics

  • Topic 3

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      Batteries File

      ·         Bbattery systems

      ·         Lifecycle of fuel cell and battery electric vehicles

      C     Comparison of different electric vehicles

  • Topic 4

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      Hydroelectric Power File

      ·         Physical principles

      ·         Hydroelectric configurations and types of runners

      ·         Existing hydroelectric capacity and electricity generation

      ·         Technical and economic potential for further hydropower

      ·         Upgrading existing facilities

      ·         Social and environmental considerations, GHG emissions

  • Topic 5

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      Carbon storage File

      ·         Introduction

      ·         Sources of CO2 for capture and storage

      ·         Capture of CO2

      ·         Compression or liquefaction and transport

      ·         Compounded energy penalties for production of electricity and hydrogen

      ·         Methods for and costs of long-term storage of CO2


      ·         Environmental and safety issues

      ·         Regional and global storage potential

      Current status and scenarios

  • Topic 6

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      Hydrogen economy File

      ·         Introduction

      ·         Properties of hydrogen as an energy carrier

      ·         Production of hydrogen

      ·         Storage of hydrogen

      ·         Transmission of hydrogen

      ·         End-use applications of hydrogen

      ·         Safety and environmental considerations

      ·         Regional and global storage potential

  • Topic 7

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      Fuel Cells File

      ·         Types of fuel cells

      Energy density of fuel cell 

      Lifecycle of fuel cell

      Explain future roles of fuel cells




       


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