Schedule & Lecture Slides for Fall 2013
| Lectures: | Mon, Wed, Fri 1pm-2pm (56-114) |
| Recitations: | Thu 10am-11am (26-168) or 1-2pm (56-162) |
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| 9/4 (W) | 1 | Introduction and units (WT) | ||
Part I - Energy and its uses |
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| 9/6 (F) | 2 | Mechanical energy and transport (WT) | ||
| 9/9 (M) | 3 | Electromagnetic energy (WT) | ||
| 9/11 (W) | 4 | Heat and thermal energy (WT) | ||
| 9/13 (F) | 5 | Heat transfer (IC) | ||
| 9/16 (M) | 6 | Quantum Mechanics I: Intro to quantum, energy quantization (WT) | ||
| 9/18 (W) | 7 | Entropy and temperature (WT) | ||
| 9/23 (M) | 8 | Energy in matter (WT) | ||
| 9/25 (W) | 9 | Heat engines (WT) | ||
| 9/27 (F) | 10 | The second law of thermodynamics, revisited (WT) | ||
| 9/30 (M) | 11 | Internal combustion engines (IC) | ||
| 10/2 (W) | 12 | Phase change energy conversion (IC) | ||
| 10/4 (F) | 13 | Thermal power and heat extraction cycles (IC) | ||
Part II — Sources of energy |
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| 10/7 (M) | 14 | The forces of nature (WT) | ||
| 10/8 (T) | Quiz I [15%] | |||
| 10/9 (W) | 15 | Quantum phenomena in energy systems (WT) | ||
| 10/11 (F) | 16 | Nuclear binding, structure and decays (WT) | ||
| 10/16 (W) | 17 | Nuclear Power I: Nuclear fission and fusion power (WT) | ||
| 10/18 (F) | 18 | Nuclear Power II: Nuclear reactors (WT) | ||
| 10/21 (M) | 19 | Solar I: Energy in the Universe and solar radiation (WT) | ||
| 10/23 (W) | 20 | Solar II: Absorption and thermal utilization (WT) | ||
| 10/25 (F) | 21 | Solar III: Solar-thermal electricity (WT) | ||
| 10/28 (M) | 22 | Solar IV: Photovoltaics (WT) | ||
| 10/30 (W) | 23 | Solar V: Advanced PV, overview (WT) | ||
| 11/1 (F) | 24 | Ocean energy flow and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) (WT) | ||
| 11/4 (M) | 25 | Nuclear radiation, fuel cycles, waste and proliferation (RLJ) | ||
| 11/6 (W) | 26 | Wind I: Overview, power in the wind, nature and scale of the resource (IC) | ||
| 11/8 (F) | 27 | Wind II: Fluids mechanics, wind turbines, and utilization of wind (IC) | ||
| 11/12 (T) | Quiz II [15%] | |||
| 11/13 (W) | 28 | Water I: Hydro, tidal, and marine current energy (WT) | ||
| 11/15 (F) | 29 | Water II: Wave power (WT) | ||
| 11/18 (M) | 30 | Geothermal energy (WT) | ||
| 11/20 (W) | 31 | Fossil fuels I (WT) | ||
| 11/22 (F) | 32 | Fossil fuels II (WT) | ||
Part III – Systems and Synthesis |
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| 11/25 (M) | 33 | Biological energy sources (IC) | ||
| 11/27 (W) | 34 | Energy storage (IC) | ||
| 12/2 (M) | 35 | Electricity generation and transmission: the grid (IC) | ||
| 12/4 (W) | 36 | Energy and climate I (WT) | ||
| 12/6 (F) | 37 | Energy and climate II (WT) | ||
| 12/9 (M) | 38 | Energy and climate III (WT) | ||
| 12/11 (W) | 39 | Energy conservation; summary and conclusions (WT) | ||