Fall 2024 - SEE 477 E100

Special Topics in Sustainable Energy Engineering (3)

Atmosph. Fluid Dyn. & Pollution

Class Number: 6179

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 4:30–5:50 p.m.
    Surrey

    Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 4:30–5:50 p.m.
    Surrey

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 4:30–5:50 p.m.
    Surrey

  • 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!
Witness a live combustion demonstration and uncover its mysteries.

2.       Predicting Energy and Temperature: A Challenge
Can you estimate the energy output and temperature from our combustion experiment?

3.       Environmental Impact: Quantifying Harm from Combustion
Analyze the potential environmental harm caused by our combustion and learn to quantify it.

4.       Pollution Experiment: Less vs. More
Experiment with pollution levels and discover the outcomes of reducing or increasing pollutants.

5.       Understanding Emissions: Factors, Activities, and Inventories
Dive into emission factors, activities, and how emission inventories are created and used.

6.       Meteorology’s Role in Air Quality
Explore how local weather patterns can help or hinder the dispersion of emissions.

7.       The Power of Wind and Turbulence
Investigate how wind and turbulence can disperse pollutants and improve air quality.

8.       Tracking Emissions: How Far Do They Go?
Learn how emissions travel through the air and the factors affecting their dispersion.

9.       AERMOD Training: Your Tool for Tracking Emissions
Get hands-on experience with AERMOD to track and model emission dispersion.

10.   Greenhouse Gases: Do They Behave the Same?
Compare the movement patterns of greenhouse gases to other emissions.

11.   Exploring Alternative Fuels: Impact on Emissions
Examine the effects of using alternative fuels, synthetic fuels, and biofuels on emission levels.

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:

  1. Describe urban ambient criteria air contaminants and their health impacts based on standards and regulations;
  2. Differentiate and explain ambient air pollutants based on their sources, properties, and effects on health;
  3. Solve theoretical combustion problems and calculate heat rate and combustion emissions;
  4. Interpret local lower atmosphere stability using fluid dynamics, turbulent, and buoyancy theories;
Apply the theory and concepts of ambient air pollution on a specific emissions source and a receptor site leading to health impacts;

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 

 

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.