Fall 2024 - SEE 477 E100
Special Topics in Sustainable Energy Engineering (3)
Class Number: 6179
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 4:30–5:50 p.m.
SurreyOct 15, 2024: Tue, 4:30–5:50 p.m.
SurreySep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 4:30–5:50 p.m.
Surrey
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Instructor:
Vahid Hosseini
vhossein@sfu.ca
1 778 782-6971
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Prerequisites:
Permission of the undergraduate curriculum chair.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Special topics in sustainable energy engineering. Students may repeat this course for further credit under a different topic.
COURSE DETAILS:
1. Experience Combustion in Action! 2. Predicting Energy and Temperature: A Challenge 3. Environmental Impact: Quantifying Harm from Combustion 4. Pollution Experiment: Less vs. More 5. Understanding Emissions: Factors, Activities, and Inventories 6. Meteorology’s Role in Air Quality 7. The Power of Wind and Turbulence 8. Tracking Emissions: How Far Do They Go? 9. AERMOD Training: Your Tool for Tracking Emissions 10. Greenhouse Gases: Do They Behave the Same? 11. Exploring Alternative Fuels: Impact on Emissions 12. Urban air pollution: the air we breathe Understand the basics and terminology of air pollution, both as a receptor in cities and as a sustainable energy engineer. 13. AERMOD testdrive Deploy your newly learned knowledge and skills to support a local cause |
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
- Describe urban ambient criteria air contaminants and their health impacts based on standards and regulations;
- Differentiate and explain ambient air pollutants based on their sources, properties, and effects on health;
- Solve theoretical combustion problems and calculate heat rate and combustion emissions;
- Interpret local lower atmosphere stability using fluid dynamics, turbulent, and buoyancy theories;
Grading
- Lab report, class activity 25%
- Course quizzes 50%
- Project 25%
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
· Thermodynamics and engineering approach, Cengel, Boles, Kanoglu, 9th edition, McGraw Hill, Chapters 13,15,16 |
· An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications, Turns, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill, Chapter 2 |
· Atmospheric chemistry and physics, from air pollution to climate change, Seinfeld, Pandis,3rd edition, Wiley, Chapters 1,16,18
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REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html
RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.