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2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Calendar [ARCHIVED CALENDAR]
Course descriptions
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Contact hours are divided into lecture, laboratory, tutorial, and other. Each contact hour may consist of a variety of instructional methods (i.e., in-class or online). Please refer to the registration section on MyOntarioTech for specific course offering information.
Not all courses are offered in any one term or academic year.
Note: If searching by Code or Number be sure to include the U at the end of the number.
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ENSY 2210U – Principles of Electrical Systems
Basic concepts of electricity, magnetism and electric circuits. Electric charge; Coulomb’s law; electric field; electric flux; Gauss’ law; electrostatic potential; capacitance; magnetic forces and magnetic field; Biot-Savart law; Ampere’s law; magnetic flux; Faraday’s law; inductance; magnetic circuits. DC circuits; Kirchoff’s Laws; series and parallel circuits; Ohm’s Law; Thevenin Theorem; Norton Theorem; voltage/current divider; Wheatstone bridge; DC power. AC circuits; response to step functions; response to sinusoidal functions and steady state analysis; resonance; AC power; three phases; filters; principles of electrical equipment such as instruments, motors, and generators; solenoids; transformers. Basics of electronics: diodes, transistors, and operational amplifiers.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Laboratory hours: 2 (biweekly)
Tutorial hours: 1
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1020U and PHY 1010U
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ENSY 2220U – Fluid Mechanics for Energy Systems
Fundamentals of fluid mechanics, including: properties of fluids and their units; fluid statics. Control volumes and conservation of mass. The Bernoulli equation; energy and hydraulic grade lines; the energy equation. Flow of viscous fluids: laminar and turbulent flows; flow through pipes and fittings; the Moody diagram. Flows around immersed bodies: lift and drag on bodies; boundary layers; flow separation. Flow measurement techniques.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Laboratory hours: 2 (biweekly)
Tutorial hours: 1
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1020U and PHY 1010U
Credit restriction(s): MECE 2860U , NUCL 2860U
Cross-listed: NUCL 2860U
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ENSY 2330U – Mechanical Equipment and Systems
Heating, cooling and refrigeration systems; fluid systems; pumps, compressors, turbines; valves; piping design; pressure vessels; gear and flexible drive systems; bolted and welded joints; heat exchangers and shields; measurements in mechanical systems of solids and fluids; free and forced vibration, single-plane and two-plane balancing of rotating machines, mechanism balancing; preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance; life cycle aspects of mechanical equipment and systems, including their economic and environmental impacts.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Laboratory hours: 3 (biweekly)
Prerequisite(s): ENSY 2220U
Credit restriction(s): ENGR 2330U
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ENSY 2410U – Low Carbon Technologies
Carbon-based fuels, conventional energy conversion technologies, and techniques for mitigating harmful environmental impacts on a life cycle basis. Fuels include traditional fossil fuels, unconventional fossil fuels such as shale gas, and biofuels. Thermodynamic cycles and efficiency. The link between carbon-based fuels and transportation, and implications of the changing transportation sector. Simple cycle electricity generating plants, engines, cogeneration and polygeneration plants, combined cycle electricity generating plants, integrated gasification combined cycle. Carbon capture and storage.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Laboratory hours: 2 (biweekly)
Tutorial hours: 1
Prerequisite(s): ENSY 1000U and ENVS 1000U and CHEM 1110U
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ENSY 3600U – Sustainable Energy Thesis I
The thesis provides students with the opportunity, under the supervision of a faculty member, to integrate and synthesize knowledge gained so far through their program of study. Through completion of their thesis, students working in a team will demonstrate an understanding of the technological, environmental, social and economic implications of an energy system. Students will be required to organize and conduct a project with a significant analytical component. Sustainable Energy Thesis I, will typically be a group project, but with each student having clearly defined roles, objectives and outcomes.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 2
Laboratory hours: 2
Tutorial hours: 1
Prerequisite(s): Dean’s or dean’s designate’s permission. Students must have completed all courses up to and including semester one of third year and be in clear standing.
Cross-listed: NUCL 4994U
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ENSY 3730U – Solar Energy Technologies
Solar geometry and the spectral distribution of solar radiation; radiation available at the earth’s surface, including the effects of atmospheric attenuation; available solar insolation data, and methods of estimation; analysis of flat plate solar collectors; solar thermal electricity generation; the design of photovoltaic cells; photovoltaic systems; advances in photovoltaic cells; and the economic and environmental performances of solar thermal and photovoltaic systems.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Laboratory hours: 2 (biweekly)
Prerequisite(s): ENSY 1000U and ENSY 2210U and PHY 2050U
Credit restriction(s): ENGR 3730U
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ENSY 3830U – Wind Energy Systems
Availability and characteristics of wind energy; location of individual generators and wind farms, as well as the related socio-economic issues; wind turbine designs for maximum range of wind speeds and electrical outputs; associated mechanical and electrical systems; characteristics of energy storage devices for wind energy systems; operation and maintenance of wind generators; design aspects to minimize environmental impact, as well as construction and operating costs; wind turbine and system designs to meet the needs of the bulk electric system.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Tutorial hours: 1
Prerequisite(s): ENSY 1000U and ENSY 2210U and ENSY 2220U
Credit restriction(s): ENGR 3830U
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ENSY 3840U – Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Systems
Principles and current state of fuel cell technologies and systems; fuel cell thermodynamics, kinetics, charge transport and mass transport; reliability and efficiency; fuel cell systems and areas of applications; techno-economic and environmental performance of fuel cell systems; the Hydrogen Economy and integrated energy systems; hydrogen production and storage methods; minimizing combustion and explosion hazards; applications in transportation, small and large scale stationary power applications.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Laboratory hours: 2 (biweekly)
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1110U and ENSY 2210U and PHY 2050U
Credit restriction(s): ENGR 3840U , ENGR 4470U
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ENSY 4300U – Environmental Protection Systems
Discusses the environmental effects associated with the Power and Process industries through air, liquid, and solid waste streams and their impacts on the surrounding ecosystem. Topics include: waste streams, significant environmental aspects, environmental codes and standards, environmental monitoring systems (detection of pollutants), environmental protection systems (collection systems, dispersion systems, neutralization systems, active remedial process, engineered barriers and institutional controls), optimization, integration and management of remedial processes. Methods for capture of pollutants in gas streams, liquid streams, and solid streams including impacts of toxicity, particle size, chemical reactions and radiation.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1000U and CHEM 1110U and ENSY 2220U
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ENSY 4400U – Electric Power Systems
Power system overview: generation, transmission and distribution. Distributed Generation (DG), energy conversion, conservation and efficiency. Active and reactive power, power factor, harmonics, power quality, single and three phase circuits. Elements of power systems: inductors, transformers, generators, circuit breakers, transmission lines; single and three-phase systems; equivalent circuits, operating modes; network calculations: power flow, fault analysis and protection, power system stability. Introduction to DC AC, synchronous and asynchronous machines. Substations, switchboards and panel boards. Power protection and safety codes.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Tutorial hours: 2 (biweekly)
Prerequisite(s): ENSY 2210U
Credit restriction(s): ENGR 2360U
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ENSY 4500U – Geo-Engineered Systems
The course provides students with an understanding of geothermal applications within energy systems. The main focus is geothermal as it relates to heating and cooling buildings. The geothermal facility at the university is used as a model (with a field-laboratory on the specific facility). Geothermal applications for larger buildings as well as single family residences are evaluated (costs, design, pros and cons for Ontario, the rest of Canada and globally). Geothermal applications for electricity generation are studied (technologies, application, geographies with the most promise). About 20 per cent of the course is reserved for an overview of the global applicability of geo-engineering as a means to address climate change. Technologies are studied and assessed, and a preliminary analysis of the geo-political ramifications of various geo-engineering options reviewed.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Laboratory hours: 2 (monthly)
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ENSY 4530U – Hydroelectric Power Systems
Principles of hydroelectric energy conversion; design of dams and reservoirs; run-of-river plants; design of hydroelectric turbine-generators; AC and DC generators; mini- and micro-hydro generators; operating and maintenance aspects; special uses as spinning reserves and for frequency control of the bulk electric system; pumped storage; environmental impacts.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENSY 1000U and ENSY 2220U and ESNS 3380U
Credit restriction(s): ENGR 4530U
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ENSY 4600U – Sustainable Energy Thesis II
The thesis provides students with the opportunity, under the supervision of a faculty member, to integrate and synthesize knowledge gained throughout their program of study. Through completion of their thesis, students working in a team will demonstrate an understanding of the technological, environmental, social and economic implications of an energy system. Students will be required to organize and conduct a project with a significant analytical component. Sustainable Energy Thesis II, will typically be a group project, but with each student having clearly defined roles, objectives and outcomes. Lectures will cover topics such as ethical behavior in the work environment, current events in the energy industry and emerging energy issues.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 2
Laboratory hours: 6
Prerequisite(s): Dean’s or dean’s designate’s permission. Students must have completed all courses up to and including semester one of fourth year and be in clear standing.
Corequisite(s): ENSY 4700U
Cross-listed: NUCL 4998U
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ENSY 4610U – Community and Urban Design
Discusses urban form and its relationship to energy security and consumption. How can buildings and communities be designed to use less energy and be more resilient; how does geography impact energy supply, use and system design? Topics include: energy use, community design and urban resilience; the role of transportation (and energy use) in urban design; building design and materials; energy technologies and urban design, e.g., decentralized energy supply, energy storage, combined heat and power supply; the special case of remote communities; the nexus of energy, water and food in cities; planning tools and policy interventions for energy savings and increased resilience.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENSY 1000U and SSCI 1470U and 4th year standing
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ENSY 4620U – Smart Grids
This course introduces smart grids. Smart grids are defined and applied at a building, neighbourhood and community (Ontario) level. Focus is mostly on electricity, however, other data systems and energy transference grids are evaluated. The course examines the challenges of modernizing and digitizing the electrical grid in Ontario. The course explores the engineering and technological challenges of smart grids, issues of privacy and security, third party access to data, technologies which allow the customer to manage their consumption of energy, and the innovation and economic opportunities of smart grids.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENSY 2210U and ENSY 4400U
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ENSY 4700U – Energy Policy, Standards and Safety
Discusses energy policy as it relates to local governments (cities), as well as regional and national governments. Discuss, by major type and system, inherent risks associated with energy. Design ways to reduce these risks. Topics include: the geopolitics of energy – historical and projected; energy supply and urban resilience; energy safety and security – the role of regulations, consideration of public health and safety by fuel type; threats from energy and potential disruption of supply; typical codes and standards associated with energy supply and public safety; the role of long term energy planning; energy intensity; energy poverty; the role of the private sector in energy security; decentralized vs centralized energy systems. The role of energy in today’s economies and anticipated global trends of demand and supply will be defined.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENSY 1000U and ENSY 2410U
Corequisite(s): ENSY 4600U
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ENSY 4800U – Energy Systems Analysis
The ability to assess existing and emerging energy systems in terms of their technical, economic, environmental and/or social performance is an important skill for people working in the energy sector. The course will introduce new methods for these analyses, and develop skills in methods previously introduced in other courses. Methods and tools covered will include some or all of: Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Costing, Sustainability Assessment, Environmental Assessment, including regulatory requirements. Emerging techniques and applications (e.g., in government approval processes) will also be discussed, as will multi-criteria decision-making techniques.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENSY 1000U and at least two of (ENSY 3730U or ENSY 3830U or ENSY 3840U or ENSY 4400U or NUCL 4460U or ENSY 4530U )
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