Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences
School : Energy Resources Engineering
Prerequisit Course : No Pre-Requisit Courses
Credit Hours : 3.00
Offered For : Post Graduate
Course Description :
Heat Engines- Ocean Thermal Energy
Conversion (OTEC)-Ocean wave energy conversion (AWEC)- Geothermal Energy- Tidal Energy Thermoelectricity- Fuel Cells- Hydrogen production and storageBiomass- Photovoltaic solar cells- Solar tracking and control systems-Solar Concentrators- Solar satellite Systems- Wind Energy
ERE503 - Solar Energy Engineering
Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences
School : Energy Resources Engineering
Prerequisit Course : No Pre-Requisit Courses
Credit Hours : 3.00
Offered For : Post Graduate
Course Description :
Introduction- Characteristics of solar Energy Systems-Solar Energy Collectors- Solar arrays- Microwave solar systemsPerformance of Solar Collectors- Solar Water Heating Systems-Solar Space Heating and Cooling- Industrial Process Heat- Solar Dryers- Solar Desalination Systems- Photovoltaic Systems- Solar Thermal Power Systems-Designing and Modeling Solar Energy Systems- Solar Energy Economic Analysis
ERE504 - Fuels and Processes
Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences
School : Energy Resources Engineering
Prerequisit Course : No Pre-Requisit Courses
Credit Hours : 3.00
Offered For : Post Graduate
Course Description :
Sources, Extraction, separation, and treatment- Transportation of petroleum- Natural Gas pipelines and Transportation- and underground storage- Basic principles of liquefaction- Liquefaction of Natural gas LNG and Transportation.
ERE505 - Computational Fluid Dynamics
Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences
School : Energy Resources Engineering
Prerequisit Course : No Pre-Requisit Courses
Credit Hours : 3.00
Offered For : Post Graduate
Course Description :
The course gives a practice of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) by using the latest CFD code. The student will develop their skills to practically solve problems, of a basic flow pattern, whose analytical solution or correlation is available, an industrial-level problem, and finally an academic-level problem found in a recent paper in peer-reviewed journals. Computational Domain and Mesh. Physical Properties and Model. Boundary Conditions. Solving Procedures.
Post-Processing Technique. Entry Flow in a Pipe. Optimal Distribution of
Mesh Density, Mesh-Independent Solution. Particulate Flow. Particle Tracking Method. Heat and Mass transfer in Boundary Layer.
ERE506 - Thermal/Hydraulics in Power Technology
Faculty : Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences
School : Energy Resources Engineering
Prerequisit Course : No Pre-Requisit Courses
Credit Hours : 3.00
Offered For : Post Graduate
Course Description :
Emphasis on thermo-fluid dynamic phenomena and analysis methods for conventional and nuclear power stations. Kinematics and dynamics of two-phase flows. Steam separation. Boiling, instabilities, and critical conditions. Single-channel transient analysis. Loop analysis including single and two-phase natural circulation. Sub-channel analysis.
