ME 483 – Alternative Energy Engineering II

Larry Caretto   Spring 2010

Lecture Presentations

May 5: Review for final

May 3: Concentrating and passive solar applications

April 26: Solar photovoltaic applications

April 19: Review for second midterm

April 12-14: The f-chart method for solar collectors

March 22-24: Design and analysis of solar collectors

March 15: Review for first midterm

March 10: The path of the sun

March 8: Review of thermal radiation

March 1: Wind turbines

February 24: Wind probability distributions

February 22: Introduction to wind energy

February 17: Introduction to renewable resources

February 11: Energy storage

February 8: Environmental aspects of energy

February 3: Engineering economics

February 1: Introduction to combustion

January 27: Thermodynamics review

January 25: Energy reserves and resources

January 20: Course introduction, energy terminology