Program : Renewable and New Energy Systems (RNES)

Degree : MSc/MEng

Course Code : ACE 615

Course Name : Energy Conversion and Storage Processes

Course Category : Compulsory Core Courses

Semester : First Semester

Credit Hours : 3

Conventional energy sources (Coal, Oil, Gas, etc) and climate implications. Detailed analysis of heat and mass transfer mechanisms. Review of basic concepts of engineering thermodynamics; the first and second laws of thermodynamics and the notion of irreversibility. Fundamentals of chemical reactions and combustion processes. Ideal and real gases, steam production and thermodynamic properties of steam. Thermodynamic cycles; Carnot cycle, Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, Atkinson cycle, Ericson cycle, Brayton cycle and Rankine cycle. Regenerative cycle, reheat and binary cycles. Some practical applications of gas power cycles and steam power cycle in power production. Energy storage techniques-thermal, mechanical, electrical, chemical, electromechanical and hydrogen energy. Hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cells and their applications. Batteries; advances in high-power density batteries, Lithium iron and Liquid-metal batteries.