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WELCOME
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This is an introduction to energy
conversion and storage with special emphasis on renewable sources.
Fundamental energy conversion limits based on physics and existing material
properties will be discussed. Various sources such as solar, wind,
hydropower, geothermal and fuel cells will be described. An analysis of
different alternative sources will be performed and key scientific,
economical and social roadblocks for large scale implementation will be
examined. Finally, the latest research on solar cells and applications of
nanotechnology on energy conversion and storage will be introduced.
EE80J Prerequisites:
This class does not have any math, physics or engineering prerequisites.
All the necessary concepts will be introduced during the course.
New in 2009: Hands-on
Laboratories
Various renewable energy devices and their functions will be explored.
Following energy conversions will be observed and measured;
- Lab 1: Greenhouse effect
(Radiation to thermal energy)
- Lab 2: Flywheel (Mechanical
to electrical energy)
- Lab 3: Solar path finder –only for EE180J students-
- Lab 4: Photovoltaic motor
(Solar to electric to mechanical energy)
- Lab 5: Hydroelectric
(Mechanical to electric energy)
- Lab 6: Wind turbine
(Mechanical to electric energy)
- Lab 7: Thermoelectric
(Thermal to electrical to mechanical)
- Lab 8: Hydrogen fuel cell
car (Chemical to electrical to mechanical energy)
EE180J Advanced Renewable
Energy Sources
5 credits
Prerequisite
(pre-calculus: Math 3 or AMS 2, 3, 5 or 7)
Enrollment limited to 30
Same lectures as EE80J + additional
discussion sections/homeworks + more comprehensive lab reports, project and
final exam
EE180J students are expected to do
everything EE80J students do and, in addition, they have to be able to do
some quantitative analysis of the site assessment and resource requirements
for key renewable sources.
Additional discussion
session topics:
- Energy
and power, energy conversion units
- Solar
energy estimation, site selection, photovoltaic installation
- Biomass
energy content, energy balance
- Wind energy
estimation, site selection
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NEWS
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SYLLABUS
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Instructor:
Prof. Ali Shakouri
Office:
253A Baskin Engineering Building
Phone:
(831) 459-3821
E-mail:
ali@soe.ucsc.edu
Lecture:
Baskin Engineering Auditorium 101; T,Th 4-5:45pm
Office Hours: Wednesday
4-5pm, Thursday 3-4pm
Discussion Sections/Labs: These
will be all in Baskin Engineering Room 162 (we will combine labs and
discussion sessions)
Project Coordinator: Dr.
Dustin Mulvaney (dustin@ucsc.edu) (Report
3) Office Hours: Thursday 2-4pm (545B Engineering 2)
Teaching Assistant: Dan
O’Leary (dan@soe.ucsc.edu) (Labs,
EE180J) Office Hours: TBA
Teaching Assistant: Qi
Zhao (zhaoqi@soe.ucsc.edu) (Course
logistics, WebCT, Reports 1,2) Office Hours: Tuesday 3-4pm (301 Engineering
2)
Grader/Reader : Lucy
McLaurin, Jas Condley, and Corinne Morozum
Texts:
- Course Reader ($20,
Business with Pleasure: www.bwp.cc;
will come to 1st and 2nd lectures)
- Renewable Energy, Godfrey
Boyle, 2004
Additional References: (reserved
at Science Library, 1 day)
- Out of Gas, David
Goodstein, 2004
- Energy at the Crossroads:
Global Perspectives and Uncertainties by Vaclav Smil, (2005)
- Energy: Physical,
Environmental, and Social Impact (3rd Edition) by Gordon J.
Aubrecht (2005)
- Energy: Science, Policy,
and the Pursuit of Sustainability by Randall Baker, Lloyd Orr, and
Robert Bent (2002) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucsc/Doc?id=10064667
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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
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Lect. #
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Date
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Topic
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Course Reader, events
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Labs/ Discussion Sections
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CEE180J ONLY
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Additional Recommended Reading
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1
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3/31
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Introduction/ Overview;
World Energy Usage
Lecture 1
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Energy/Environment/Science/Technology(12
pages); Introduction (course reader pp.1-6)
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Scientific
notation (5pages)
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2
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4/2
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Energy basics;
Heat and Thermodynamics Lecture 2 (Overview)
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Energy Basics (course reader: pp. 7-25) ; Heat,
Temperature and Thermodynamics (pp. 26-33)
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Hmwk 1 on Energy and
Power (due on 4/10 10am, WebCT)
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Greenhouse effect
(2pages)
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3
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4/7
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Solar Thermal, Building Design
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Heat, Temperature, Specific Heat (pp.77-102)
Historic passive solar techniques (1
page)
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Week2: Lab 1 Greenhouse effect
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Performing calculations (pp.65-69)
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4
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4/9
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Electricity, Radiation Lecture 4 (World, US energy)
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Basic electricity (course reader pp. 137-145)
Electric power history (5
pages)
Electricity and Magnetism,
Sun (5 pages)
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Hmwk 2: Power and
Temper-ature (due on 4/16 at 4pm, WebCT)
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Projections (4pages)
Order/Disorder
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5
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4/14
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Home Energy Audit, Conventional Energy Sources (power
plants, engines, nuclear power)
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Home energy audit (course reader pp. 33-76)
Hot water energy
(1 page)
Nuclear energy history (4 pages)
Heat/work demonstration
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Week 3: Lab 2 Flywheel;
Energy and Power review
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Fossil fuels history (2 pages)
Nuclear
energy (advanced reading, 7 pages)
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6
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4/16
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Solar Energy, Photovoltaics
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Photovoltaic (pp. 103-110)
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Report
1: (in class Energy Quiz)
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Course reader pp. 110-136
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Photoelectricity
(4pages)
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7
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4/21
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Photovoltaics (cont.)
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Guest lecture (Dustin Mulvaney)
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Week 4 : Lab 3 Solar Path Finder
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Large scale solar
(5 pages)
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8
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4/23
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Class project, Entrepreneurial problems of new initiatives
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Proposals (Getting ready for report # 3)
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Report
2 (Energy Audit) Due on WebCT
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9
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4/28
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Hydroelectricity,
Ocean Power, geothermal
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Week 5: Lab 4 Photovoltaic Motor +Discussion section:
class project, group formation
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10
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4/30
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Bioenergy, biomass;
Guest Lecture (Renewable
Energies in Denmark)
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Introduction to Biomass (pp.183-212); Guest Lecture
(Anders Mueller –Baltic Sea Solutions)
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Hmwk3: Photovolatic
cells (due on 5/7 at 4pm, WebCT)
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Biomass (17 pages)
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11
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5/5
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Bioenergy (cont.),
Energy predictions
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V. Smil: Ch 3. Against Forecasting
(pp. 121-180); Guest lecture (Dustin Mulvaney);
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Week 6: Lab 5 Hydroelectric + Discussion section: class
project, outside resources
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12
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5/7
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Wind Energy,
Guest Lecture (de Winter: viewgraphs
-125MB-; lecture
notes)
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Wind power (pp.146-156); Guest lecture (Francis de Winter: The Future
in Energy, Peak Oil,
Domestic Solar Hot Water)
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Report
3 (Outline) due in class and on WebCT
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Hmwk 4: Biomass
(due on 5/14 at 4pm, WebCT)
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Wind development (4pages)
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13
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5/12
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Energy in the society
(Shove)
Debate (Copenhagen Concensus)
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Paper
by Shove Revealing the invisible (sociology, energy and the environment)
Guest Lectures (Ben Crow –Sociology; Elizabeth
Shove –Univ. of Lancaster)
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Week 7: Lab 6 Wind Energy + Discussion section: group
project feedback
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Baker et al. Chapter 4 Culture and
Energy Consumption by Richard Wilk
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14
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5/14
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Wind Energy (cont.), Waste heat
recovery, Thermoelectrics, Energy in transportation
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Hmwk 5: Wind energy (due
on 5/21 at 4pm, WebCT)
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15
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5/19
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Economics of
renewable energy sources, Sociology and Climate
Change
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Guest Lectures (Nirvikar Singh –Economics; Ben Crow
–Sociology);
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Week 8: Lab 7 Thermoelectric + Discussion section: group
project
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Borenstein:
The Market Value and Cost of Solar
Photovoltaic Electricity Production (January 2008)
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Baker et al. Chapter 6 Energy and
Sustainable Economic Growth by Lloyed Orr
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16
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5/21
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Hydrogen
Economy, Fuel cells, energy storage
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Hydrogen/Fuel
cell (5 pages); Energy Storage (pp.157-181); Climate change
discussion ; Energy audit
discussion
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Report 3 (Rough
Draft) due in class and on WebCT
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17
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5/26
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Energy scavenging, electric bike, hybrid car
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Guest Lecture (Ken Pedrotti –Electrical Engineering)
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Week 9: Lab 8 Fuel Cell Car
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18
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5/28
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Energy
saving (illumination/appliances)
Recycling, Algae
Biofuels; UC-SC Initiative -54MB-
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Illumination
saving (4pages)
Recycling (5 pages)
Guest Lecture (Jonathan Trent, NASA Ames); Algae OMEGA, UC Sustainable Community Proposal,
UC-SC Funding
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Alternative View on Global Warming: Wired
Magazine June 2008
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19
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6/2
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Renewable Energy Policy
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Guest Lecture (Brent Haddad –Env. Studies, Jason Burnett)
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Report 3 (Final written project) due in class and
on WebCT at 4pm (new date)
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Week 10 : Final Review
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Smil, V. 2006. 21st century
energy: Some sobering thoughts. OECD Observer 258/59: 22-23.
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20
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6/4
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Nanotechnology
and its applications to energy conversion and storage; Renewable energy
research at UCSC; Course Overview
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Report 3 (Self/peer
evaluation form) due in class and on WebCT at 4pm
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Baker et al. Chapter 5 Energy
Policy : The Problem of Public Perception by Randall Baker
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Final
EE80J Sample Final Questions
EE180J Sample Final Questions |
Wednesday, June 10; 8:00–11:00 A.M.
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EE80J: Multiple choice questions (optional final exam) (90
min)
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EE180J: Multiple choice + descriptive (3 hours)
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REPORTS
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Report 1: (Individual)
in-class quiz (Energy Basics)
Thursday 4/16, 4:00pm-4:45pm.
The quiz will cover the material in the first 4-5 lectures. This should help
with the personal energy audit.
Report 2: (Individual)
Personal Energy Use Audit
Due Thursday 4/23 at 4pm
on WebCT.
-See handouts, WebCT
questionnaire and course reader for details-
The goal of this project is for
students to get a full picture of the supply and demand of energy used in
their daily life. While working on this project, students will identify all
energy services and their energy sources, obtain historical records of
energy usage, determine the energy consumption for each service, analyze
the information, draw conclusions and make recommendations.
Required report format:
- Abstract (5pts)
- Introduction (should
include information about student) (5pts)
- Calculations and Analysis
- List of energy services
and sources (5 pts)
- Hot water consumption (15
pts)
- Transportation (15 pts)
- Electricity usage
- Calculated from labels
(15 pts)
- Measured with “Kill a
Watt” (15 pts)
- When
appliances are on
- When
appliances are off
- Conclusion (should include qualitative
and quantitative analysis summary from previous section). Should
answer following questions, (15 pts)
- Which energy services are
the biggest energy users?
- How would you expect
energy use for each service to change though out the year?
- Any surprises or
noteworthy points?
- From working on this
project, would you now consider alternative energy sources for
particular services?
- From the calculations
above, suggest a replacement for one of the high energy
appliances?
- Would you now consider a
habit or lifestyle change?
FINAL PROJECT
Project Overview
Report 3: (Group Project)
Write a Proposal Related to Renewable Energies, 10 pages
Proposal Outline Due on Thursday 5/7 at 4pm on
WebCT and in class
Proposal Rough Draft Due to Tuesday 5/21 at 4pm on
WebCT and in class
Final Report Due Tuesday
6/2 at 4pm on WebCT and in class
Self/Peer Evaluation
Form Due
Thursday 6/4 at 4pm on WebCT and in
class
Write a proposal to a Private
Foundation, the National Science Foundation, etc. about an idea to help
with the energy crisis in the future. The proposal should include
(abstract, introduction, statement of the problem, proposed solution,
implementation, budget, personnel, and timeline). The ideas could be scientific
(e.g. how to make a better solar cell), or non-scientific for a company,
store, school, hospital or for a city, state or country on how to improve
energy efficiency, increase recycling, reduce pollution, increase the use
of renewable energies.
-See handouts, Example
of proposals will be given-
May 7th: (10 points).
Project outlines due in Lecture. (This is your initial idea, which who your
partner(s) are, research questions, implementation goals and
timelines. Feedback will be provided within a week. We also
expect you to contact other students as well as the individuals and
organizations currently involved in this work.
May 21th Complete
Rough Draft Due (20 points)
This will be a full first draft, structured according to the project
description. We expect only one draft per group. You will get
feed-back through a peer review process in section as well as from the
graders/TAs / instructors and allied project partners.
June 2nd Final Written Project Due (70 points) Please
remember that the full project is worth 25-30% of your course grade. There
are several components relevant to the final project and they include the
following:
• There will also be peer review process in which each member will
state their contribution to the group and evaluate the contributions made
by other team members.
• If you write an outstanding project, we can assist you to
submit this to a granting institution (government, foundation or other) to
finance this project. This is optional, but it will be a great experience.
• No late Final Written Projects will be accepted, please
contact TA’s and instructors for assistance.
The final report will be evaluated as
follows:
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Creativity (originality
and innovative thinking evidenced in both the proposal and implementation
strategy)
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10 pts
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Implementation
Have you clearly identified the steps needed to implement
the final project?
Budget and budget justification
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10ps
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Background (What is the
context? Are there other examples elsewhere?)
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10pts
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Peer / Self Evaluations *(See
attached form)
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10pts
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Measurements (What measurements / estimates
did you take? Do they appear to be accurate? What calculations were
made, for example did the team estimate the carbon footprint associated
with a given technology, calculate a rate of return on investment, and/or
estimate the payback time?)
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10pts
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Overall Report (the overall
quality of the final report)
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10pts
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References (Are the sources
credible?)
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5ps
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Format and Clarity (Is the paper
clearly written and formatted?)
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5pts
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*In exceptional cases the peer / self evaluations can a larger
percentage of the final project.
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GRADING
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EE80J Grading (tentative):
- Personal energy audit
(report 1: 10%, report 2: 25%) total: 35%
- In class activities (10%)
- Labs and discussion
sessions (25%)
- Group project (report 3:
local implementation of renewable energy sources or efficiency
measures) (30%)
- Optional final exam (multiple choice questions, can replace
in-class activities + labs/discussion sections) (35%)
EE180J Grading (tentative):
- Personal energy audit
(report 1: 7%, report 2: 18% ; total = 25%)
- Labs and discussion
sections (15%)
- Homeworks (10%)
- In class activities (5%)
- Group project (report 3,
local implementation of renewable energy sources or efficiency
measures) –more extensive than the report required for EE80J (each
student in the group should have a separate contribution) (25%)
- Final exam (multiple choice
+ problems based on the discussion sections and labs) (20%)
Late reports will be penalized (-20%/day). You need to turn
in your report before the deadline (typically at 4pm). To give some
flexibility, each student will have a total of 5 days of grace
period to miss the deadlines (you can e.g. turn in report 2 three days late
and report 3 two days late without penalty). In addition, you can miss 2
in-class activities and 2 labs/discussion sections without any
penalty.
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RELATED COURSES
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·
Sociology 179 Nature, poverty and
progress
Prof. Ben Crow, who is giving guest lectures in this course, covers the
social aspects of the development and its environmental impacts in the
course Sociology 179 (Nature, poverty and progress –dilemmas of environment
and development). We are coordinating the syllabus of these two courses so
that students who want to learn more about the societal impacts of
development and the role of renewable energies sources can take Sociology
179. Sociology 179 will be offered in Fall 2009.
Sociology 115
Collaborative Design for Sustainable Technology, Prof. Melanie Dupuis
Spring 2009
A small lab course designed to help students work interdisciplinary teams
to practice sustainable technology design.
EE80S Sustainability
Engineering and Practice,
Profs. Ronnie Lipschutz, Steve Gliessmann, Melanie Dupuis, Ben Crow and Ali
Shakouri
http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/classes/ee080s/Fall08/
Summer 2009 (part of
Summer Sustainability Institute http://summer.ucsc.edu/sustainability)
or Fall 2009
Topical introduction to principles and practices of sustainability
engineering and ecological design with emphasis on implementation in
society. Provides an understanding of basic scientific, engineering, and
social principles in the design, deployment, and operation of
resource-based human systems, and how they can be maintained for this and
future generations. No specialized background in engineering, science, or
social sciences is assumed. (General Education Code(s): T7-Natural Sciences
or Social Sciences.)
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FINAL PROJECTS 2008
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FINAL PROJECTS 2007
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- Biodiesel
Production Through Algae Farms
- The
Potential of Algal Biodiesel
- Biodiesel
1
- Seeking
Sustainability
- UCSC
Campus Biodiesel Proposal
- Alternative
Fuels: Cost and Taxation
- CitySolidFuels:
Biosolids as a Renewable Energy Source for CEMEX
- Solar
Panel Installation for College 8 Dorm Facilities
- College
10
- Home
Town Energy Consulting Bio diesel consulting group
- Passive
Solar Action, Inc- A Consultancy and Marketing Firm Specializing in
Passive Solar Design Implementation
- Cowell
Dorm Window Replacement
- Solar
Water Heater Construction and Education
- Proposal
for Hybrid Initiatives
- Instituting
Renewable Solar Energy Sources in Santa Cruz County
- Alternative
fuel for coal for Cemex
- PV for
You and Me
- Solar
Schools: Teaching the youth of America the importance of renewable
energy
- Renewable
Work-out
- Solar
Kiosk Proposal
- Solar
Incentives
- Solar
Hot Water At UCSC
- Solatubes
in Schools
- Stevenson
House 3 Energy Retrofit
- Watsonville
Solar Project
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ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
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ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AND CHEATING
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Any confirmed academic dishonesty
including but not limited to copying reports or cheating on exams, will
result in a no-pass or failing grade. You are encouraged to read the campus
policies regarding academic integrity. Examples of cheating include (but
are not limited to):
- Copying results or other
information during in-class activities or final.
- Submitting a report that is
not your own work.
- Using material from
internet, books, journals, other people’s reports without proper
referencing
If there is any question as to whether
a given action might be construed as cheating, see me before you engage in
any such action.
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