Alternative Energy Conversion

Catalog description

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Design and analysis of alternative energy conversion processes and systems based on converting energy directly (e.g. fuel cells, photovoltaics); utilizing non-combustible heat sources (e.g. geothermal, ocean gradients, solar, and nuclear fission and fusion); obtaining energy from the environment (e.g. wind, hydroelectric, ocean tides and waves). Prerequisite: Graduate classification.