Prerequisite: PHY 555 Energy & Environment is a thermodynamics course where the current state and the upcoming challenges of our energy system are derived from basic physics.
Lectures introduce the current state of the main energy sectors, and derive orders of magnitudes, scaling laws and limiting factors from first principles. Tutorials allow students to investigate technical details and to perform calculations by themselves.
The final grade is built on weekly online quizzes, a homework assignment and a final exam.
There is no strict requirement to attend to this course, but a good knowledge of basic physics (mechanics, fluid mechanics, quantum mechanics and thermodynamics) is certainly helpful. No advanced concepts will be used, but we will rely on many different basics ideas.
Language: English
- Teaching coordinator: De Naurois Mathieu
- Teaching coordinator: Johnson Erik
- Teaching coordinator: Suchet Daniel