Courses Handbook 2010

312200 (v.1) Sustainable Energy Systems and Technologies 431


Area: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 8.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s): Substantial completion: Final year Engineering or Science Bachelors or enrolment to Masters program.
Syllabus: The challenges of energy demand and supply; major energy uses in contemporary national economies; the energy scenario and foreseeable changes in the prevailing energy scenario; energy costs and penalties; technologies for energy production, conversion, storage, delivery and recovery; sustainable energy sources, systems and their usage in various sectors of the economy; generation, storage and distribution of solar energy, wind energy, bio- fuels, geothermal power, wave- motion power, hydrogen energy; energy management and planning; energy conservation practices and technologies; case studies in energy system selection, energy management and conservation;
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 030701 Mechanical Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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