مصادر الطاقة
Department of Environment&Earth Science
ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA
ENVT4213-Energy Resources
Semester: Fall 2008
Total Credits: 2 credit hour, Lectures
Course Description: In this course the nature, distribution, explotation, and limitations of global energy resources are reviewed including wind, solar, fossil fuels, nuclear, biomass, geothermal. Management processes and enviromental impactes.
Lecturer: Ali Tarshawi
Office: C309
Textbooks: Energy – Roger A. Hinriches – 1991
Course Aims:
-Understanding of an overview of the world energy resources and consumption
-Understanding of the scientific laws of energy mechanics and transfer
-Understanding of the fundamentals for each energy resource
Grading: Grades will be determined as Follows:
Quizzes 10%
Midterm 1 15 %
Midterm 2 15 %
Final 60%
Course Outlines
No. of Week | Description | Note |
Week 1 | Introduction : An Overview | |
Week 2 | Energy Mechanics | |
Week 3 | The First Law and Concepts of Heat Transfer | |
Week 4 | Heat Engines, Heat Pumps and the Second Law of Thermodynamics | |
Week 5 | Solar Energy: Characteristics and Heating | |
Week 6 | Electricity: Circuits and Superconductors | |
Week 7 | Electromagnetism and the Generation of Electricity | |
Week 8 | Electricity from Solar Energy | |
Week 9 | Med Exam | |
Week 10 | Building Blocks of Matter: The Atom and Its Nucleus | |
Week 11 | Nuclear Power: Fission | |
Week 12 | Air Pollution and Energy Use | |
Week 13 | Energy from Fossil Fuels | |
Week 14 | Biomass: From Plants to Garbage | |
Week 15 | Tapping the Earths Heat: Geothermal Energy | |
Week 16 | Final Exam |