ME 659Energy and Environment

Review Canada's and the world's energy situation from energy reserve availability to consumption trends, to environmental impact. The technological capabilities and challenges associated with, and physics and engineering principles behind, a range of energy conversion systems for a range of energy resources and energy storage mediums including fossil fuels, nuclear, solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, bio-fuels, hydrogen (fuel cells), wave, and tidal. The thermodynamics of energy conversion systems is considered from the perspectives of optimization, improving energy conversion efficiency, and energy system decision making. May be held with ME 459 Energy Conversion but with enhancements for the ME 659 students.