ENGR404-12S1 (C) Semester One 2012

Renewable Energy Technologies and Management

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2012
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 4 March 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 20 May 2012

Description

Renewable energy technologies including: Energy in the New Zealand context, renewable energy resource management, principles of advanced energy technologies such as photovoltaic's and fuel cells, and the importance of advanced materials in energy technologies.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Director of Studies

Restrictions

ENCH422

Course Coordinator

Aaron Marshall

Lecturers

Shusheng Pang and Gabriel Visnovsky

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Mid term assessment 15%
Final exam 45%
x 3 6% There will be 3 quizzes.
Test 34%

Notes

Topics

Fuel cells, hydrogen and energy storage (ATM)
Overview of world energy outlook, and New Zealand energy demands and renewable energy resources (SSP)
Combined heat and power systems (SSP)
Biomass resouces and thermo-chemical processing technologies for HP and liquid fuels (SSP)
Photobiological production of hydrogen  (GAV)
Anaerobic digestion: Production of Biogas using thermophiles micro-organisms (GAV)
Production of biodiesel: from Algae and other raw materials (GAV)
Fermentation: Production of (Bio) Ethanol from Sugar Cane: the Brazilian Model (GAV)

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $777.00

International fee $4,375.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Chemical and Process Engineering .

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