Energy and Power: Production, Distribution, and Society
This course is an introduction to energy and power within a societal context.
Useful Prerequisites edit
A general knowledge base in these topics will facilitate learning.
- Calculus
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Physics
- Statistics
- Thermodynamics
References edit
Topics edit
Energy Consumption: Utility and Inequality edit
Basic Ideas: Exercises and Review edit
- The Conservation of Energy
- Work and Heat in Thermodynamic Analysis
- Circuits: Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors
- Transformers, Motors, and Turbines
- Distribution of Electric Energy
Energy Sources: Technology, Cost, and Potential edit
- Special Topic: Non-Renewable, Renewable, Sustainable
- Fossil
- Nuclear
- Solar
- Water
- Biomass
- Wind
- Geothermal
Energy Storage and Conversion edit
- Gasification
- Waste to Energy
- Fuel Cells
- Hydrogen
- Micro-Turbines
- Flywheels
- Batteries
- Electricity
- Distributed Generation
- Diesel Generators
- Turbines
Building Energy Use edit
Transportation edit
Energy-Intensive Industrial Processes edit
The Path of Emerging Technologies edit
Power Cycles and Car Engine Design
Power Cycles and Power Plant Design edit
Combustion and Pollution edit
Economics and Energy Markets edit
- Limited Natural Resource Economics
- Pollution Caps and Trading
- Electricity
- Developmental Economics and Energy
- Econometrics and Energy Forecasting
Sustainability and Energy edit
- Global Warming
- Energy Sources and Magnitudes
- Special Topic: Consumption, Capitalism, and Unsustainable Growth
The Future: Scenarios of Disaster and Opportunity edit
Further reading edit
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