Sustainable and Renewable
Energy Engineering (SREE)
Faculty of Engineering and Design
SREE 3003 [0.5 credit]
Sustainable Energy Systems Design
Residential, commercial and institutional use of energy, efficiency of end use systems. Solar power; technology, generation and economics. Passive solar heating/cooling. Fuel cell thermodynamics, kinetics and solid oxide fuel cells. Wind, ocean, geothermal, biofuels and biogas. Integrated systems combining thermal and mechanical needs. Life-cycle analysis of alternatives.
Prerequisite:
SREE 3001 and (
ELEC 2501 or
ELEC 3605).
Lectures three hours per week, laboratories/problem analysis three hours per week.