The 21st Century Energy Challenge
MAE 118B Lecture Notes
Winter 2008
Last updated 6 March 2008
Overview
The 21st Century Energy Challenge-Tynan.pdf
Climate Change
Guest Lecture Greenhouse Effect-Gille.htm
Blackbody Radiation and It’s Transport Through Gases
Simple Model of the Earth’s Power Balance-Tynan.PDF
Simple Model of Earth’s Power Balance – Lecture Notes (6 MB PDF)
The Basics of Carbon Balance and Implications for Near-term C-Emission Contraints
Integrated Model of Heat Balance, Carbon Balance, and Energy Demand
Overview of Climate Neutral Energy Technologies
Estimating Need for and Overview of Climate-Neutral Energy Technologies
Energy Return on Energy Invested
Geothermal
Steady-state Analysis
Heat Mining from Hot Rocks
Solar PV Energy
Intrinsic Limits on Conversion Efficiency
Solar PV – Governing Equations for Solar Cells
Solar PV – Estimating Charge Carrier Densities
Solar PV – Model of an Ideal p-n Diode without Illumination
Solar PV – Illuminated Diode; Performance of Real Cells & Links to Microscopic Behavior
Wind
Wind Energy-Overview
Why Wind Turbines Have a Maximum Operating Wind Speed
Effects of Intermittent Generation
Effect of Intermittent Wind and Solar PV Power Generation on Grid Integration
Electrical Energy Storage
Solar Thermal – Concentrated
Solar Thermal Overview
Biofuels
Overview of Biofuels – System Approach
Net Energy Balance – Shapouri et al 2004
Net Energy Balance – Pimentel and Patzek 2005
Fuel Cells
Fuel Cell Analysis - PEM as an Example
Fuel Cell Operation and Types
Hydrogen Economy
H Economy Overview & Research Needs
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Binding Energy and Energy Release
Market Penetration and Abandonment Models
How Do New (and Old) Technologies Move Into and Out of the Market – Introduction to the Fischer-Pry Replacement Model
Application of Replacement Model to Primary Energy Technologies & Projections for Renewables
Closing Comments & Epilogue
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