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