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Drake, Elisabeth, Frank Incropera, Jefferson W. Tester, and Michael Golay, 10.391J Sustainable Energy, January IAP 2007 - Spring 2007. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed 08 Jul, 2010). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Our sun is a major source of energy; other sources include nuclear fuels and geothermal springs. These sources can be converted into the various types of energy we use: Heat, mechanical work, and electricity. Because the conversion of heat into mechanical work cannot be 100%, some energy is always lost as heat as we use energy for residential power, industrial manufacturing, and transportation. (Image by MIT OCW.)
Course Description
This course assesses current and potential future energy systems, covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use, and emphasizes meeting regional and global energy needs in the 21st century in a sustainable manner. Different renewable and conventional energy technologies will be presented including biomass energy, fossil fuels, geothermal energy, nuclear power, wind power, solar energy, hydrogen fuel, and fusion energy and their attributes described within a framework that aids in evaluation and analysis of energy technology systems in the context of political, social, economic, and environmental goals. This course is offered during the last two weeks of the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month, and continues into the Spring semester.
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Course Description
This course assesses current and potential future energy systems, covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use, and emphasizes meeting regional and global energy needs in the 21st century in a sustainable manner. Different renewable and conventional energy technologies will be presented including biomass energy, fossil fuels, geothermal energy, nuclear power, wind power, solar energy, hydrogen fuel, and fusion energy and their attributes described within a framework that aids in evaluation and analysis of energy technology systems in the context of political, social, economic, and environmental goals. This course is offered during the last two weeks of the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month, and continues into the Spring semester.
Course Format
For this offering the course is divided into two parts:
Part A (IAP 2007)
Sustainable Energy toolkit and overview of options (9 credits). A two week IAP full time course presenting an overview of issues, analysis techniques and an introduction to energy supply and use today and options for the future (For nine days, from 9am to 4:30pm daily). Methodologies for evaluating energy options in the context of achieving sustainable development within a framework of multiple environmental, economic, political, and social goals and objectives. Overviews of energy supply and end-use options. Three problem sets and an exam.
Part B (Spring 2007): Specific Energy Technology Modules
(6 credits for two modules and a term paper; 9 credits for three or four modules and one term paper) Four, 2-week, subject modules will be offered to explore multiscale, multiattribute aspects of new energy technology development. Each module will meet twice a week for two-hour sessions as scheduled below during the first half of the Spring 2007 semester. Assignments include problem sets during the modules and an end-of-term written term paper and oral report (20-30 page technical paper on approved topic with overview, presentation of present status and issues, analysis of sustainability options for the future, and references; 20 minute formal oral presentation of results with 10 minutes of Q&A.) Term papers will be due on 10 days after Ses #17 and orals are scheduled for 29 to 30 days after Ses #17.
Modules of Part B
Course table.
| MODULE # |
SES # |
TITLES |
PROFESSORS |
| 1 |
1-5 |
Biomass energy |
Professor Tester |
| 2 |
6-9 |
Future of fossil fuels and carbon management |
Professor Incropera |
| 3 |
10-13 |
Geothermal energy |
Professor Tester |
| 4 |
14-17 |
Nuclear energy |
Professor Golay |
Prerequisites
Open to all graduate students and upper class undergraduates by permission of the instructors. Normally, Part A would be considered as a pre-requisite for Part B, but we recognize that scheduling issues may make it difficult for everyone to attend Part A during IAP. Consequently, course materials will be available for self-instruction without credit for students taking Part B during the Spring 2007 semester.
Textbooks
Tester, J. W., E. M. Drake, M. W. Golay, M. J. Driscoll, and W. A. Peters. Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780262201537.
DiPippo, R. Geothermal Power Plants: Principles, Applications and Case Studies. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Advanced Technology, 2005. ISBN: 9781856174749.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The Future of Geothermal Energy: Impact of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) on the United States in the 21st Century." Idaho Falls, ID: Idaho National Laboratory, January 2007. ISBN: 9780615134383.
Grading
Part A (IAP 2007)
Grading criteria.
| ACTIVITIES |
PERCENTAGES |
| Three problem sets (15% each) |
45% |
| Final exam |
45% |
| Class participation |
10% |
Part B (Spring 2007)
Grading criteria.
| ACTIVITIES |
PERCENTAGES |
| Four problem sets (5% each) |
20% |
| Term paper |
45% |
| Term paper oral presentation |
25% |
| Class participation |
10% |
Recommended Citation
For any use or distribution of these materials, please cite as follows:
Jefferson Tester, Elisabeth Drake, Frank Incropera, Michael Golay, course materials for 10.391J/1.818J/2.65J/11.371J/22.811J/ESD.166J, Sustainable Energy, IAP 2007 to Spring 2007. MIT OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Downloaded on [DD Month YYYY].
Calendar
The section contains table of topics for the two parts of course: Part A - IAP 2007 (week 1) (week 2) and Part B - Spring 2007.
Part A - IAP 2007
The following presenters appear: Anup Bandivadekar, Gregg Beckham, Elisabeth Drake, Leora Friedberg, Leon Glicksman, Michael Golay, Jim Gordon, Marija Ilic, Frank Incropera, Henry Jacoby, Edward Kern, Ronald Prinn, Donald Sadoway, Jeff Tester, and Greg Watson.
Week 1
Calendar table.
| SES # |
TIMES |
TOPICS |
KEY DATES |
| Day 1 |
|
| A1 |
9 - 10:15 am |
Introduction: How energy is supplied and used, resources, depletion rates, U.S. and global energy consumption and demand (Golay) |
|
| A2 |
10:15 - 10:30 am |
Course organization and format |
|
| A3 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
Energy sustainability Issues: Security, availability, environmental impacts, poverty - complex trade-off systems (Drake) |
|
| A4 |
1:30 - 2:30 pm |
Environmental footprint exercise; discussion of sustainability frameworks (Drake) |
|
| A5 |
3 - 4:30 pm |
Homework 1: Energy sustainability (Drake)
(work in class - submit next morning)
|
|
| Day 2 |
|
| B1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
Energy supply portfolio - U.S. and global: Past, present, and future; Hubbert curves, exponential versus linear growth (Tester) |
Problem set 1 due |
| B2 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
Energy resource availability (Tester) |
|
| B3 |
1:30 - 2:30 pm |
Global change science; energy use issues (Prinn) |
|
| B4 |
3 - 4:30 pm |
Review Homework 1
Additional example problems
General discussion
|
|
| Day 3 |
|
| C1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
Toolbox Lecture 1: Energy analysis and basics of thermodynamics (Tester) |
|
| C2 |
11 - 12:00 pm |
Toolbox Lecture 1 (cont.) (Tester)
Introduction to energy storage and distribution, issues, energy chains
Examples worked with the class
|
|
| C3 |
1:00 - 2:30 pm |
Toolbox Lecture 2: Economic analysis of energy technologies and systems - discount rates, net present value, externalities (Golay)
|
|
| C4 |
3 - 4:30 pm |
Homework 2: Energy system thermodynamics and economics (Tester and Golay) (work in class - submit next morning) |
|
| Day 4 |
|
| D1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
Future auto technologies: Fuel cells, electric vehicles (Sadoway) |
Problem set 2 due |
| D2 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
Electricity supply and distribution systems (Golay) |
|
| D3 |
1:30 - 2:30 pm |
Toolbox Lecture 3a: Systems analysis methodologies (Drake):
- Types of models
- Life cycle analysis
- Simulation models
|
|
| D4 |
3 - 4 pm |
Review homework 2 (Drake, Golay, and Tester) |
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Week 2
Calendar table.
| SES # |
TIMES |
TOPICS |
KEY DATES |
| Day 5 |
|
| E1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
Electric transmission and distribution system; transition from centralized supply to more distributed supply; reliability; deregulation implications (Ilic) |
|
| E2 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
Building sector - energy use and conservation opportunities in the U.S. and at MIT (Glicksman) |
|
| E3 |
1:30 - 2:30 pm |
Building developments in growing new economies - e.g. China (Glicksman) |
|
| E4 |
3 - 4:30 pm |
Homework 3: Energy analysis tools
(Drake, Beckham)
(work in class - submit next morning)
|
|
| Day 6 |
|
| F1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
Energy transmission, distribution, storage (Tester) |
Problem set 3 due |
| F2 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
Transportation sector: Fuels and vehicle technologies (Bandivadekar) |
|
| F3 |
1:30 - 2:30 pm |
Toolbox Lecture 3b: Systems analysis methodologies (cont.) (Drake):
- Decision models
- Global models
- Wedge game
|
|
| F4 |
3 - 4:30 pm |
Review Homework 3 (Drake and Tester)
General discussion
|
|
| Day 7 |
|
| G1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
Fossil fuels and carbon management (Incropera) |
|
| G2 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
Nuclear energy (Golay) |
|
| G3 |
1:30 - 3 pm |
Renewable energy overview (Tester) |
|
| G4 |
3:30 - 4:30 pm |
Introduction to energy technology modules - biomass and geothermal, in addition to fossil and nuclear above |
|
| Day 8 |
|
| H1 |
9 - 10:00 am |
Wind energy fundamentals (Tester) |
|
| H2 |
10:30 am - 12:00 noon |
Cape wind project (Gordon and Watson) |
|
| H3 |
1:00- 2:30 pm |
Solar energy technologies (Kern) |
|
| H4 |
3 - 4:30 pm |
Final exam - in class (2 in-class problems) and a take home essay problem due 1 day after day 9
|
Final exam in class |
| Day 9 |
|
| I1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
International efforts to abate global change (Jacoby) |
|
| I2 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
New energy frontiers:
- Hydrogen (Tester)
- Fusion (Friedberg)
|
|
| I3 |
2 - 4 pm |
Open forum - pathways to sustainability (Drake, Incropera, Tester, Golay) |
|
| I4 |
4 pm |
Course feedback and wrap-up |
Final exam take home essay due 1 day after day 9 |
Part B - Spring 2007
Calendar table.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
KEY DATES |
| I. Biomass energy |
| 1 |
Introduction to biomass resource (Jeff Tester)
Resource assessment - biomass types and magnitudes (Jeff Tester)
Overview of chemical, thermal, and bio-conversion technologies (Jeff Tester)
|
Biomass problem set out |
| 2 |
Thermochemical and hydrothermal conversion technology - gasification and liquefaction (Andy Peterson)
Discussion of example and homework problems (Jeff Tester and Gregg Beckham)
|
|
| 3 |
Ethanol as a fuel (Jeff Tester)
Ethanol production across its full life cycle (Jeremy Johnson)
Discussion of homework problem set (Jeff Tester and Gregg Beckham)
|
Biomass problem set due |
| 4 |
Advanced technologies and opportunities:
- Green fuel - Engineered algae for NOx and CO2 removal (Isaac Berzin)
- Biological Hydrogen (Peter Weigele)
- Agrivida - Bioengineering biomass feedstocks (Michael Raab)
|
|
| 5 |
Special Lecture: "Biomass to ethanol and evolving story of expectations and opportunities." (Dr. Michael Pacheco, Director national Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
|
|
| II. Future of fossil fuels and carbon management |
| 6 |
Origins and characterization of fossil fuels
Consumption and production trends
Metrics for assessing fuel production options
Reserves and resources:
What's left; how long will it last?
A supply-side model: Hubbert's Peak
|
Fossil fuels problem set out |
| 7 |
Thermodynamics of fossil fuels:
- The nature of energy
- Heat engines: First and second las considerations
- Steam and gas turbine power plants
Clean coal technology options: Super-critical, oxy-combustion and IGCC systems
There is no free lunch: The costs of clean coal
|
|
| 8 |
Radiation transfer and the global energy balance
Radiative forcings and the greenhouse effect
Carbon dioxide emissions: Past and future trends
An approximate carbon cycle model
|
|
| 9 |
Trends in the Earth's average temperature and sea level
Effects of ice melting
Strategies for stabilizing atmospheric CO2 concentrations at 450 to 550 ppmv
The Future of Coal. Results of a special MIT study (Howard Herzog)
The Future of Tar Sands. A special lecture (Murray Gray)
|
|
| III. Geothermal energy |
| 10 |
General overview of the geothermal resource (Jeff Tester)
Worldwide production of geothermal electricity and heat (Ron DiPippo)
Drilling - gaining access to the resource for exploration and production (Jeff Tester)
|
Fossil fuels problem set due |
| 11 |
Reservoir engineering and characterization (Jeff Tester and Nafi Toksoz)
Energy conversion systems and power plant fundamentals (Ron DiPippo)
Assign and discuss example and homework problems (Ron DiPippo)
|
Term paper topic assignments distributed |
| 12 |
Environmental impacts of geothermal uses (Ron DiPippo)
Review of power plant homework problems (Ron DiPippo)
|
GPP problem 5.3 due
GPP problem 6.1 due
|
| 13 |
Economic modeling (Jeff Tester)
Enhanced/engineered systems - HDR technology (Jeff Tester)
Prognosis: "The future of geothermal energy" (Jeff Tester and Ron DiPippo)
|
Term paper outline due
Supplementary problems 8.1 and 8.4 due 2 days after Ses #13
|
| IV. Nuclear power |
| 14 |
Nuclear power prospects and technologies (Michael Golay)
Advanced reactors (Michael Golay)
|
Nuclear power problem set out
|
| 15 |
Nuclear fuel cycle, proliferation, and waste disposal (Michael Golay and Andrew Kadak) |
|
| 16 |
Nuclear energy and global warming (Michael Golay) |
|
| 17 |
Non-electrical nuclear energy products:
- Hydrogen production
- Hydrogen transport
- Hydrogen storage
- Water
- Heat (Mujid Kazimi)
|
Nuclear power problem set due 1 week after Ses #17
Final term paper due 19 days after Ses #17
Term paper oral presentations due 29 to 30 days after Ses #17
|
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Further Reading:
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Readings
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Readings
This section features the readings for Part A and Part B of the course. Additional readings for both parts are also listed below.
Part A - IAP 2007
Textbook
SE = Tester, J. W., E. M. Drake, M. W. Golay, M. J. Driscoll, and W. A. Peters. Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780262201537.
Readings by Session
Course readings.
| SES # |
TIMES |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| Day 1 |
|
| A1 |
9 - 10:15 am |
Introduction: How energy is supplied and used, resources, depletion rates, U.S. and global energy consumption and demand (Golay) |
SE: Chapters 2 and 4. |
| A2 |
10:15 - 10:30 am |
Course organization and format |
|
| A3 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
Energy sustainability Issues: Security, availability, environmental impacts, poverty - complex trade-off systems (Drake) |
SE: Chapter 1. |
| A4 |
1:30 - 2:30 pm |
Environmental footprint exercise; discussion of sustainability frameworks (Drake) |
|
| A5 |
3 - 4:30 pm |
Homework #1: Energy sustainability(Drake)
(work in class - submit next morning)
|
|
| Day 2 |
|
| B1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
Energy supply portfolio - U.S. and Global: Past, present, and future; Hubbert curves, exponential versus linear growth (Tester) |
SE: Chapter 2. |
| B2 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
Energy resource availability (Tester) |
|
| B3 |
1:30 - 2:30 pm |
Global change science; energy use issues (Prinn) |
SE: Chapter 4. |
| B4 |
3 - 4:30 pm |
Review Homework #1
Additional example problems
General discussion
|
|
| Day 3 |
|
| C1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
Toolbox Lec #1: Energy analysis and basics of thermodynamics (Tester) |
SE: Chapter 3. |
| C2 |
11 - 12:00 pm |
Toolbox Lec #1 (cont) (Tester)
Introduction to energy storage and distribution, issues, energy chains
Examples worked with the class
|
|
| C3 |
1:00 - 2:30 pm |
Toolbox Lec #2: Economic analysis of energy technologies and systems - discount rates, net present value, externalities (Golay)
|
SE: Chapter 5. |
| C4 |
3 - 4:30 pm |
Homework #2: Energy system thermodynamics and economics (Tester and Golay) (work in class - submit next morning) |
|
| Day 4 |
|
| D1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
Future auto technologies: Fuel cells, electric vehicles (Sadoway) |
|
| D2 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
Electricity supply and distribution systems (Golay) |
SE: Chapter 17. |
| D3 |
1:30 - 2:30 pm |
Toolbox Lec #3a: Systems analysis methodologies (Drake):
- Types of models
- Life cycle analysis
- Simulation models
|
SE: Chapter 6. |
| D4 |
3 - 4 pm |
Review homework #2 (Drake, Golay, and Tester) |
|
| Day 5 |
|
| E1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
Electric transmission and distribution system; transition from centralized supply to more distributed supply; reliability; deregulation implications (Ilic) |
|
| E2 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
Building sector - energy use and conservation opportunities in the U.S. and at MIT (Glicksman) |
SE: Chapter 20. |
| E3 |
1:30 - 2:30 pm |
Building developments in growing new economies - e.g. China (Glicksman) |
|
| E4 |
3 - 4:30 pm |
Homework #3: Energy analysis tools
(Drake, Beckham)
(work in class - submit next morning)
|
|
| Day 6 |
|
| F1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
Energy transmission, distribution, storage (Tester) |
SE: Chapter 16. |
| F2 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
Transportation sector: Fuels and vehicle technologies (Bandivadekar) |
SE: Chapter 18. |
| F3 |
1:30 - 2:30 pm |
Toolbox Lec #3b: Systems analysis methodologies (cont.) (Drake):
- Decision models
- Global models
- Wedge game
|
SE: Chapter 21. |
| F4 |
3 - 4:30 pm |
Review Homework #3 (Drake and Tester)
General discussion
|
|
| Day 7 |
|
| G1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
Fossil fuels and carbon management (Incropera) |
SE: Chapter 7. |
| G2 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
Nuclear energy (Golay) |
SE: Chapter 8. |
| G3 |
1:30 - 3 pm |
Renewable energy overview (Tester) |
SE: Chapter 9. |
| G4 |
3:30 - 4:30 pm |
Introduction to energy technology modules - biomass and geothermal, in addition to fossil and nuclear above |
|
| Day 8 |
|
| H1 |
9 - 10:00 am |
Wind energy fundamentals (Tester) |
SE: Chapter 15. |
| H2 |
10:30 am - 12:00 noon |
Cape wind project (Gordon and Watson) |
|
| H3 |
1:00- 2:30 pm |
Solar energy technologies (Kern) |
SE: Chapter 13. |
| H4 |
3 - 4:30 pm |
Final exam - in class (2 in-class problems) and a take home essay problem due 1 day after day 9 |
|
| Day 9 |
|
| I1 |
9 - 10:30 am |
International efforts to abate global change (Jacoby) |
|
| I2 |
11 - 12:30 pm |
New Energy Frontiers:
- Hydrogen (Tester)
- Fusion (Friedberg)
|
|
| I3 |
2 - 4 pm |
Open forum - pathways to sustainability (Drake, Incropera, Tester, Golay) |
SE: Chapter 22. |
| I4 |
4 pm |
Course feedback and wrap-up |
|
Part B - Spring 2007
Textbooks
SE = Tester, J. W., E. M. Drake, M. W. Golay, M. J. Driscoll, and W. A. Peters. Sustainable energy: Choosing among options. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780262201537.
GPP = DiPippo, R. Geothermal Power Plants: Principles, Applications and Case Studies. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Advanced Technology, 2005. ISBN: 9781856174749.
FGE = Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The Future of Geothermal Energy: Impact of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) on the United States in the 21st Century." Idaho Falls, ID: Idaho National Laboratory, January 2007. ISBN: 9780615134383.
Readings by Session
Course readings.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| I. Biomass energy |
| 1 |
Introduction to biomass resource (Jeff Tester)
Resource assessment - biomass types and magnitudes (Jeff Tester)
Overview of chemical, thermal, and bio-conversion technologies (Jeff Tester)
|
Liu, Hong, Stephen Grot, and Bruce E. Logan. "Electrochemically Assisted Microbial Production of Hydrogen from Acetate." Environ Sci Technolo 39 (2005): 4317-4320.
Ghirarid, M. L., and P. W. King, M. C. Posewitz, P. Ching Maness, A. Fedorov, K. Kim, J. Cohen, K. Schulten, and M. Seibert. "Approaches to Developing Biological H2 -photoproducing Organisms and Processes." Biochemical Society Transactions 33, part 1 (2005): 70-72.
Bennetto, H. P. "Electricity Generation by Microorganisms." Biotechnology Education 1, no. 4 (1990): 163-168.
|
| 2 |
Thermochemical and hydrothermal conversion technology - gasification and liquefaction (Andy Peterson)
Discussion of example and homework problems (Jeff Tester and Gregg Beckham)
|
| 3 |
Ethanol as a fuel (Jeff Tester)
Ethanol production across its full life cycle (Jeremy Johnson)
Discussion of homework problem set (Jeff Tester and Gregg Beckham)
|
| 4 |
Advanced technologies and opportunities:
- Green fuel - Engineered algae for NOx and CO2 removal (Isaac Berzin)
- Biological Hydrogen (Peter Weigele)
- Agrivida - Bioengineering biomass feedstocks (Michael Raab)
|
| 5 |
Special Lecture: "Biomass to ethanol and evolving story of expectations and opportunities." (Dr. Michael Pacheco, Director national Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
|
|
| II. Future of fossil fuels and carbon management |
| 6 |
Origins and characterization of fossil fuels
Consumption and production trends
Metrics for assessing fuel production options
Reserves and resources:
What's left; how long will it last?
A supply-side model: Hubbert's Peak
|
SE: Chapter 1, pp. 2-9 and 20-32.
SE: Chapter 2, pp. 51-85.
SE: Chapter 7, 337-341.
|
| 7 |
Thermodynamics of fossil fuels:
- The nature of energy
- Heat engines: First and second las considerations
- Steam and gas turbine power plants
Clean coal technology options: Super-critical, oxy-combustion and IGCC systems.
There is no free lunch: The costs of clean coal
|
SE: Chapter 3, pp. 88-108.
SE: Chapter 7, pp. 295-324 and 341-358.
|
| 8 |
Radiation transfer and the global energy balance
Radiative forcings and the greenhouse effect
Carbon dioxide emissions: Past and future trends
An approximate carbon cycle model
|
SE: Chapter 4, pp. 158-172.
SE: Chapter 7, 329-337.
|
| 9 |
Trends in the Earth's average temperature and sea level
Effects of ice melting
Strategies for stabilizing atmospheric CO2 concentrations at 450 to 550 ppmv.
The Future of Coal. Results of a special MIT study (Howard Herzog)
The Future of Tar Sands. A special lecture (Murray gray)
|
SE: Chapter 4, 172-184.
Socolow, Robert H., and Stephen W. Pacala. "A Plan to Keep Carbon In Check." Scientific American 295, no. 3 (September 2006): 50-59.
Hawkins, David G., Daniel A. Lashof, and Robert H. Williams. "What to Do About Coal." Scientific American 295, no. 3 (September 2006): 68-75.
Brainard, Jeffrey, and Richard Monastersky. "Congress Debates Climate Change." The Chronicle of Higher Education 53, no. 25 (February 23, 2007): A20.
|
| III. Geothermal energy |
| 10 |
General overview of the geothermal resource (Jeff Tester)
Worldwide production of geothermal electricity and heat (Ron DiPippo)
Drilling - gaining access to the resource for exploration and production (Jeff Tester)
|
GPP: Chapter 5, sections 5.1 to 5.6.
GPP: Chapter 7, sections 7.1 and 7.3 to 7.5.
SE: Chapter 11, sections 11.1, 11.2, and 11.5.
|
| 11 |
Reservoir engineering and characterization (Jeff Tester and Nafi Toksoz)
Energy conversion systems and power plant fundamentals (Ron DiPippo)
Assign and discuss example and homework problems (Ron DiPippo)
|
GPP: Chapter 6, sections 6.1 to 6.6.
GPP: Chapter 8, sections 8.1 to 8.5.
SE: Chapter 11, section 11.3.
|
| 12 |
Environmental impacts of geothermal uses (Ron DiPippo)
Review of power plant homework problems (Ron DiPippo)
|
GPP: Chapter 9, sections 9.1 to 9.5, 9.8, and 9.9.
SE: Chapter 11, sections 11.1.4, 11.4, and 11.5.2.
|
| 13 |
Economic modeling (Jeff Tester)
Enhanced/engineered systems - HDR technology (Jeff Tester)
Prognosis: "The future of geothermal energy" (Jeff Tester and Ron DiPippo)
|
FGE: Chapters 1 to 9.
SE: Chapter 11, sections 11.5 to 11.8.
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Nuclear power prospects and technologies (Michael Golay)
Advanced reactors (Michael Golay)
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Nuclear fuel cycle, proliferation, and waste disposal (Michael Golay and Andrew Kadak) |
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Nuclear energy and global warming (Michael Golay) |
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Non-electrical nuclear energy products:
- Hydrogen production
- Hydrogen transport
- Hydrogen storage
- Water
- Heat (Mujid Kazimi)
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Additional Readings
Part A and B
Energy Security Leadership Council. "Recommendations to the Nation on Reducing U.S. Oil Dependence." Securing America's Future Energy, December 2006.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The Future of Geothermal Energy: Impact of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) on the United States in the 21st Century." Idaho Falls, ID: Idaho National Laboratory, January 2007. ISBN: 9780615134383.
Part A
Munson, Richard. From Edison to Enron: the Business of Power and What It Means for the Future of Electricity. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005. ISBN: 9780275987404.
Depledge, Joanna, and Robert Lamb, eds. Caring for Climate: A guide to the Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol. Revised 2005 edition. Bonn, Germany: Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC), 2005. ISBN: 9789292190200.
Lovins, Amory B., E. Kyle Datta, Odd-Even Bustnes, and Jonathan G. Koomey. Winning the Oil Endgame. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute, 2004. ISBN: 9781881071105. See a video lecture at MIT World.
Browne, John. "What Will It Take to Attain Sustainability?" World Energy 10, no. 1 (2007).
Loomis, Richard R., and Susan Salter. "Can BP Come Clean?" World Energy Monthly Review (September 2006).
Nickisch, Curt. "Geothermal: Hot New Energy Source?" WBUR News report, January 22, 2007.
Part B
King, David A. "Introduction: Energy for a Sustainable Future." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 365 (2007): 883-895.
Barber, James. "Biological Solar Energy." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 365 (2007): 1007-1023.
Edwards, P. P., V. L. Kuznetsov, and W. I. F. David. "Hydrogen Energy." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 365 (2007): 1043-1056.
Grätzel, Michael. "Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Conversion of Solar Energy." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 365 (2007): 993-1005.
Holloway, Sam. "Carbon Dioxide Capture and Geological Storage." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 365 (2007): 1095-1107.
Ion, Sue. "Nuclear Energy: Current Situation and Prospects to 2020." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 365 (2007): 935-944.
Kerr, David. "Marine Energy." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 365 (2007): 971-992.
Leithead, W. E. "Wind Energy." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 365 (2007): 957-970.
Sigfusson, Thorsteinn I. "Pathways to Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 365 (2007): 1025-1042.
Llewellyn Smith, Chris, and David Ward. "The Path to Fusion Power." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 365 (2007): 945-956.
Socolow, R. H., and S. H. Lam. "Good Enough Tools for Global Warming and Policy Making." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 365 (2007): 897-934.
Tester, Jefferson W., Brian J. Anderson, Anthony S. Batchelor, David D. Blackwell, Ronald DiPippo, Elisabeth M. Drake, John Garnish, Bill Livesay, Michael C. Moore, Kenneth Nichols, Susan Petty, M. Nafi Toksoz, Ralph W. Veatch, Roy Baria, Chad Augustine, Enda Murphy, Petru Negraru, and Maria Richards. "Impact of Enhanced Geothermal Systems on U. S. Energy Supply in the Twenty-First Century." Phil Trans R Soc A 365 (2007): 1057-1094.
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