Energy Principles of Environmental Engineering
Applies energy principles to environmental engineering, covering thermodynamics, heat transfer, system efficiencies, and renewable energy resources.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.85 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Describe the sources and limitations of renewable and non-renewable energy
Describe options to minimize the use of energy and maximize its production from renewable resources
Describe important environmental consequences of energy production and consumption
Prepare process flow diagrams and perform relevant energy balance calculations for an environmental engineering system or process
Estimate the performance efficiency of a process or component from thermodynamic principles and size a pump, compressor, or other machine based on these principles
Estimate heat transfer, heat losses, and heating demand for a system or process
Using at least two energy principles, complete a preliminary design of an environmental engineering system, process, or component to meet stated needs
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.85 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).
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Topics
- Energy resources, sustainability, work, power, and thermodynamics
- System and process efficiencies, energy production from waste, heat transfer, and heating/cooling
Skills
- Preparing process flow diagrams and performing energy balance calculations
- Estimating process efficiency and sizing pumps or compressors using thermodynamic principles
- Estimating heat transfer, heat losses, and heating demand
- Completing preliminary designs of environmental engineering systems using multiple energy principles
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