ME 426 Alternative Energy Engineering
This course: (1) reviews the status of primary energy in the United States and the world; (2) discusses energy production, use, storage, transfer, and conversion; (3) introduces and uses the concept of exergy; (4) applies thermodynamic analyses to energy systems, including ones based on renewable energy sources, which among the considered examples could be wind, solar, geothermal, ocean, tidal, biomass, and hydroelectric; and (5) time permitting, the course will include discussions of combined heating and power (CHP) systems and fuel cells.
Cross Listed Courses
ME 426 &
ME 526