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The Helios Prototype solar-electric flying wing, a remote-piloted aerial vehicle (Image: NASA)
This course covers fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemistry, and transport applied to energy systems. Topics include 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 include fuel reforming and alternative fuels, hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries, combustion, catalysis, combined and hybrid power cycles using fossil, nuclear and renewable resources.
The OCW site includes complete lecture slides and problem sets with sample solutions.
Instructor: Prof. Ahmed Ghoniem
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