ENGR404-14S2 (C) Semester Two 2014

Renewable Energy Technologies and Management

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2014
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 October 2014

Description

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

This course explores the use and technologies related to the needs for energy and the supply of renewable energy. This includes topics such as combined heat and power systems, biomass and thermo-chemical processing, wind, geothermal and solar energy processes relevant to energy technology.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Director of Studies

Restrictions

ENCH422

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Ken Morison

Lecturer

Shusheng Pang

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 55%
Group Lectures and Notes 15%
Renewable Calculations 21 Aug 2014 10%
Assignment (report) 06 Oct 2014 20%

Additional Course Outline Information

Notes

Recommended Reading
David JC MacKay, Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air. Available at www.withouthotair.com

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $841.00

International fee $4,638.00

* 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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