CHEN 3370 Energy and the Environment

This is a junior level technical elective designed for Chemical Engineering majors. In this course, we cover broad topics from multidisciplinary areas of engineering to understand the various sources of energy we use in the modern world. We also cover the environmental and economic aspects of energy production and use. Specific topics covered in this course are:

- Global energy use and supply

- Thermodynamics of Energy consumption

- Introduction to fossil, biomass, and synthetic fuels

- Generation transmission and storage of electrical energy

- Power plants – fossil and nuclear

- Renewable energy sources

- Automotive transportation

- Economics and environmental issues of energy generation and use.