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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



SES #TIMESTOPICSKEY DATES
Day 1
A19 - 10:15 amIntroduction: How energy is supplied and used, resources, depletion rates, U.S. and global energy consumption and demand (Golay)
A210:15 - 10:30 amCourse organization and format
A311 - 12:30 pmEnergy sustainability Issues: Security, availability, environmental impacts, poverty - complex trade-off systems (Drake)
A41:30 - 2:30 pmEnvironmental footprint exercise; discussion of sustainability frameworks (Drake)
A53 - 4:30 pm

Homework 1: Energy sustainability (Drake)

(work in class - submit next morning)

Day 2
B19 - 10:30 amEnergy supply portfolio - U.S. and global: Past, present, and future; Hubbert curves, exponential versus linear growth (Tester)Problem set 1 due
B211 - 12:30 pmEnergy resource availability (Tester)
B31:30 - 2:30 pmGlobal change science; energy use issues (Prinn)
B43 - 4:30 pm

Review Homework 1

Additional example problems

General discussion

Day 3
C19 - 10:30 amToolbox Lecture 1: Energy analysis and basics of thermodynamics (Tester)
C211 - 12:00 pm

Toolbox Lecture 1 (cont.) (Tester)

Introduction to energy storage and distribution, issues, energy chains

Examples worked with the class

C31:00 - 2:30 pm

Toolbox Lecture 2: Economic analysis of energy technologies and systems - discount rates, net present value, externalities (Golay)

C43 - 4:30 pmHomework 2: Energy system thermodynamics and economics (Tester and Golay) (work in class - submit next morning)
Day 4
D19 - 10:30 amFuture auto technologies: Fuel cells, electric vehicles (Sadoway)Problem set 2 due
D211 - 12:30 pmElectricity supply and distribution systems (Golay)
D31:30 - 2:30 pm

Toolbox Lecture 3a: Systems analysis methodologies (Drake):

  • Types of models
  • Life cycle analysis
  • Simulation models
D43 - 4 pmReview homework 2 (Drake, Golay, and Tester)



Week 2



SES #TIMESTOPICSKEY DATES
Day 5
E19 - 10:30 amElectric transmission and distribution system; transition from centralized supply to more distributed supply; reliability; deregulation implications (Ilic)
E211 - 12:30 pmBuilding sector - energy use and conservation opportunities in the U.S. and at MIT (Glicksman)
E31:30 - 2:30 pmBuilding developments in growing new economies - e.g. China (Glicksman)
E43 - 4:30 pm

Homework 3: Energy analysis tools

(Drake, Beckham)

(work in class - submit next morning)

Day 6
F19 - 10:30 amEnergy transmission, distribution, storage (Tester)Problem set 3 due
F211 - 12:30 pmTransportation sector: Fuels and vehicle technologies (Bandivadekar)
F31:30 - 2:30 pm

Toolbox Lecture 3b: Systems analysis methodologies (cont.) (Drake):

  • Decision models
  • Global models
  • Wedge game
F43 - 4:30 pm

Review Homework 3 (Drake and Tester)

General discussion

Day 7
G19 - 10:30 amFossil fuels and carbon management (Incropera)
G211 - 12:30 pmNuclear energy (Golay)
G31:30 - 3 pmRenewable energy overview (Tester)
G43:30 - 4:30 pmIntroduction to energy technology modules - biomass and geothermal, in addition to fossil and nuclear above
Day 8
H19 - 10:00 amWind energy fundamentals (Tester)
H210:30 am - 12:00 noonCape wind project (Gordon and Watson)
H31:00- 2:30 pmSolar energy technologies (Kern)
H43 - 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
I19 - 10:30 amInternational efforts to abate global change (Jacoby)
I211 - 12:30 pm

New energy frontiers:

  • Hydrogen (Tester)
  • Fusion (Friedberg)
I32 - 4 pmOpen forum - pathways to sustainability (Drake, Incropera, Tester, Golay)
I44 pmCourse feedback and wrap-upFinal exam take home essay due 1 day after day 9



Part B - Spring 2007



SES #TOPICSKEY 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

15Nuclear fuel cycle, proliferation, and waste disposal (Michael Golay and Andrew Kadak)
16Nuclear 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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