Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion
Fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, and transport applied to energy systems. Analysis of energy conversion and storage in thermal, mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical processes in power and transportation systems, with emphasis on efficiency, performance, and environmental impact. Applications to fuel reforming and alternative fuels, hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries, combustion, catalysis, combined and hybrid power cycles using fossil, nuclear and renewable resources. CO 2 separation and capture. Biomass energy. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
Spring 2020
Topics
- Introduction, Energy Challenges
- Thermodynamics and Tools to Analyze Conversion Efficiency
- Thermodynamics of Ideal Gas Mixtures and Separation
- Liquefaction and Gas Storage
- Chemical Thermodynamics I
- Chemical Thermodynamics II
- Chemical Thermodynamics III
- Electrochemical Thermodynamics
- Fuel Cells at Finite Current
- Electrolysis and Energy Storage
- Batteries and Energy Storage
- Solar Photovoltaics
- Thermo-mechanical Conversion I
- Thermo-mechanical Conversion II
- Solar Thermal Energy
- Geothermal Energy
- Gas Separation Technologies
- CO 2 Capture and Storage
- Energy System Modeling and Examples
- Wind Energy
- Energy and Materials
- Biomass Energy
- Energy Storage
- Project Presentations
Prerequisites & course information
Same subject as 10.390[J] Subject meets with 2.62[J] , 10.392[J] , 22.40[J] Prereq: 2.006 , (2.051 and 2.06), or permission of instructor U (Spring) 4-0-8 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Spring 2020
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.