ENGR404-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Emerging Energy Technologies and Management

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

This course explores various emerging technologies related to the needs for renewable energy demand, supply and processing. It includes topics such as wind, solar, geothermal and biomass energy resources and processing technologies. Energy demands and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in New Zealand as well as energy storage technologies will also be discussed. This course will also discuss the applications of catalysis in the production of energy carriers, starting at a basic level, and includes sections on adsorption and surface science, catalytic kinetics, evaluation on the modern catalytic processes in oil/gas refinery and studying key characteristics of emerging nanomaterials that enable them to become an effective catalyst in energy applications.

• Overview of world energy outlook, and New Zealand energy demands and related
       environmental issues.
• Renewable energy supply and technologies: Wind, Solar, Geothermal.
• Introduction to biomass resources and conversion technologies.
• Energy demands and CO2 emission analysis for different industries.
• Applications of exergy analysis in energy systems
• Introduction to heterogeneous catalysis.
• Catalysis in the conversion of natural gas.

Learning Outcomes

  • After completing this course, the students will understand the present issues and opportunities in energy and energy related sectors. Students are expected to be able to:

  • Understand the energy demand and composition.

  • Understand the environmental concerns and future energy supply issues due to heavily use of fossil fuels.

  • Understand the renewable energy resources and related technologies and systems.

  • Understand importance and applications of catalysis in energy conversion and development of new technologies.

    Eventually the students can make choices on energy resources and technologies in the future for increasing energy efficiency and promotion of renewable energy use.

Prerequisites

ENCH291 or subject to approval of the Director of Studies.

Restrictions

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 15:00 - 16:00 F3 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00 Psychology - Sociology 210 (17/7)
Ernest Rutherford 460 (24/7-21/8, 11/9-16/10)
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 13:00 - 14:00 Link 309 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 6 Oct
14 Oct - 20 Oct

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 19:00 - 21:00 A5 Lecture Theatre
16 Sep - 22 Sep

Timetable Note

36 lectures.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Alfred Herritsch

Guest Lecturer

Wey Yang Teoh

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Final Exam 25%
Assignment 1 23 Aug 2024 25%
Test 17 Sep 2024 25%
Assignment 2 Report 11 Oct 2024 20%
Oral Presentation 17 Oct 2024 5% 17th and 18th October 2024

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,197.00

International fee $6,000.00

* 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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