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New Jersey Institute of TechnologyDigital Commons @ NJITChemical and Materials Engineering Syllabi NJIT SyllabiFall 2019CHE 724-851: Sustainable EnergyXianqin WangFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/cme-syllabiThis Syllabus is brought to you for free and open access by the NJIT Syllabi at Digital Commons @ NJIT. It has been accepted for inclusion inChemical and Materials Engineering Syllabi by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ NJIT. For more information, please contactdigitalcommons@njit.edu.Recommended CitationWang, Xianqin, "CHE 724-851: Sustainable Energy" (2019). Chemical and Materials Engineering Syllabi. 61.https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/cme-syllabi/615  CHE 724: Sustainable Energy  On-line Course Fall 2019 Course Time/Location: Instructor: Xianqin Wang Lecture Materials will be uploaded to NJIT Moodle.   https://njit2.mrooms.net/mod/forum/view.php?id=8817   Office Hours: You can ask questions by email (xianqin@njit.edu) or Skype (xianqin@njit.edu) or through Moodle anytime. I will try to answer all your questions by every Friday evening if I can not respond you right away due to other activities.  Prerequisite(s):    Required Materials: The materials covered are mainly from recent papers, government policies, and the following text books:  1. 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. 2. Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, Second Edition by Aldo V. da Rosa (Hardcover - April 15, 2009) (recommend, but not mandatory) 3. Godfrey Boyle, et.al.  Renewable energy, 2ed, 2004, 0199261784, Oxford  Computer Usage/Accessibility:  Latest versions of Matlab or other math software, MS Office, Adobe Reader (all can be downloaded from NJIT IST webpage). Student Mall labs and ChE department PC lab have most of the software. Please see Highlander Pipeline for Matlab tutorial and example programs.  Course Description: The top five issues we are facing now and in the future 50 years are: energy, water, environment, food and health. Among these, energy is the NUMBER ONE issue due to diminishing availability of fossil fuel and the environmental impact from the use of fossil fuels. Therefore, it is critical to develop or produce energy from sustainable resources. The main goals of this course are to gain an understanding of the cost-benefit ratio of various alternative energy sources and to understand some of the various obstacles associated with actual implementation of production line in sustainable energy facilities. Different renewable and conventional energy technologies will be discussed in the class. Materials include biomass energy, fossil fuels, geothermal energy, nuclear power, wind power, solar energy, hydrogen fuel, and fuel cells.   This course is intended for MS and PhD students. It will benefit students who intend to seek employment in companies involved in supplying energy services to households, firms, and other customers. It will also benefit students who may work for firms in energy-intensive or energy-related industries, including transportation companies, vehicle manufacturers, and suppliers to producers of oil, gas, and electricity. More broadly, students interested in questions of international political economy and in the economics of strategic competition will benefit from the course.  6  Course Outcomes (CO):  By the end of the course students should be able to:  1. Explain energy principles and their sustainability. 2. Describe the technology, environmental impact and safety of each sustainable resource. 3. Explain economic and political issues around sustainable energy sources. 4. Evaluate, compare and select energy systems based on economic and environmental considerations.  5. Evaluate and compare energy efficiency for each different type of energy resources.   Assignments:  Homework: Each HW work assignment is in the final slide from each lecture.    Group Project: Each group will design a creative system or unit using renewable energy for daily life or for the industry. The project should include a description of the design (draw pictures if necessary) (written report), and be presented to the whole class via Skype (presentation). The files must to be sent to the instructor one day before the presentation.    Written report:  15-20 page technical paper on approved topic with overview, presentation of present status and issues, analysis of sustainability options for the future, and references. All pages must be formatted to fit on 8-1/2 by 11 inch paper with no smaller than 12 point font and margins not less than one inch on every side.   Oral presentation: 25 minute formal oral presentation of the topic selected for the term paper plus 5 minutes of Q&A. The files must be sent to the instructor one day before the presentation.  Grading: Homework: 30% (300 pts) (individual effort) Group design project:  (group effort)  Written report: 20% (200 pts)    Oral presentation: 20% (200 pts) Final exam (take home): 30% (300 pts) (individual effort)    Letter grades will be awarded for the following totals:  A   900  - 1000 pts B+  825  -  899 "  B  750 - 824   "  C+  700 - 749 "  C  650 - 699  "  F   less than 650   "    NJIT HONOR CODE: The NJIT honor code is being upheld on all issues related to the course.  Students are expected to be familiar with the code and conduct themselves accordingly.   7  Group activities policy: Each student will be asked at the end of the semester to confidentially rate his/her performance/effort as well as that of all his/her groupmates.  This rating will reflect the performance when the members were actually present.  Attached is the evaluation form. The completed evaluation form has to be submitted either as a hard copy in a sealed envelope or as a word-file attached to an e-mail to the instructor.  Evaluation forms (attached in the end) are due on reading day.  Submissions of forms after the due date but before the final exam will result in a 75% reduction of credit that the student would have received if the form was submitted timely.     Tentative Course Schedule    Tentative discussion topics HW assignment HW due date1 9/2/2019 Introdue yourself Bonus HW 9/9/20192 9/9/2019 Sustainable Energy Introduction (HW#1) 9/16/20193 9/16/2019 Future Fossil Fuels (HW#2)  9/23/20194 9/23/2019 Carbon Management Techniques (HW#3) 9/30/20195 9/30/2019 Hydrogen Energy and Fuel cells (HW#4) 10/7/20196 10/7/2019 Biomass, Biofuel (HW#5) 10/14/20197 10/14/2019 Solar Energy (HW#6) 10/21/20198 10/21/2019 Nuclear energy (HW#7) 10/28/20199 10/28/2019 Nuclear energy (HW#8) 11/4/201910 11/4/2019 Hydropower and Wind (HW#9) 11/11/201911 11/11/2019 Geothermal Energy and Ocean Energy (HW#10) 11/18/201912 11/18/2019 Catalysis in Sustainable energy Bonus HW 11/25/201913 11/25/2019 Thanksgiving, no discussion14 12/2/2019 Group Presentations (Skype)15 12/9/2019 Final Exam (take home) group report due16 12/16/2019 Final exam due12/22/2019 Final grade due8   Student Resources: Academic Advising Success Center “...assist in the advisement of students who are undecided in their major, transitioning into another major at NJIT, and those students who need additional support to graduate successfully and in a timely manner.”  Academic Integrity NJIT has a zero-tolerance policy regarding cheating of any kind and student behavior that is disruptive to a learning environment. 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The possible ratings are as follows:  Excellent Consistently went above and beyond (tutored teammates, carried more than his/her fair share of the load) Very good Consistently did what he/she was supposed to do, very well prepared and cooperative Satisfactory Usually did what he/she was supposed to do, acceptably prepared and cooperative Ordinary Often did what he/she was supposed to do, minimally prepared and cooperative Marginal Sometimes failed to show up or complete assignments, rarely prepared Deficient Often failed to show up or complete assignments, rarely prepared Unsatisfactory Consistently failed to show up or complete assignments, unprepared Superficial Practically no participation No show No participation at all  These ratings should reflect each individual’s level of participation, effort, and sense of responsibility, NOT his or her academic ability.  NAME OF TEAM MEMBER   RATING   ___________________________  ________________________   ___________________________  ________________________   ___________________________  ________________________   ___________________________  _________________________   Your signature: _________________________________________  

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