Drossman/Veirs EV112 Block 5, 2002

ENERGY

Day		Topic		Reading
Week 1: Fossil Fuels
1 Mon	AM	Class Introduction Assessment Quiz	D/V
	PM	Nuclear Reactions: Fusion	VV HD	ACS: Energy,Chemistry, and Society ---- Ch. 8.328-331 Val's Web Notes
2 Tue	AM	Insolation, Albedo and Greenhouse Effect	VV	Val's Web Notes  R: Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect Ch.12
	PM	Chemistry Review
3 Wed	AM	Exponential Growth: Fossil Fuel Supplies & Population	VV	Bartlett: Forgotten Fundamentals of the Energy Crisis ACS Ch. 4.138, 154-160; 164-167; 173-177 ACS Ch. 4.137-145
	PM	Introduction to Ecological Footprints	HD	EF Chs. 2-3
4 Thur	AM	Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics Phase Properties	HD	CB Ch. 1; ACS:4.141-145 S6.1&3; CB Ch. 2
	PM	Field Trip-CU Boulder/NREL
5  Fri	AM	Field Trip-CU Boulder
	PM	Field Trip-CU Boulder
Week 2: Energy Conversion
1 Mon	AM	Fuel Combustion	HD/VV	CB 701-723 ACS 4.145-154; 161-164 S Ch. 6.2, 4-6
	PM	Energy Conversion	VV	CB Ch. 3 ACS 168-173
2 Tue	AM	First Law	VV	CB 4 Val's Web Notes
	PM
3 Wed	AM	Second Law	VV	CB 5 Val's Web Notes
	PM
4 Thur	AM	Entropy and Second Law Efficiency	VV	CB 7
	PM	An Actual Power Plant		R Ch.5.179-196
5  Fri	AM	Electrical Energy Conversion Wind & Hydroelectric	VV	R Ch.5.215-220
	PM	Project 2: Analysis of CC Footprint Weekend: Take-Home Midterm Exam
Week 3: Pollution
1 Mon	AM	Pollution I	HD	R 5.163-174; 196-206 R 3.84-89 S Chs. 17, 20
	PM
2 Tue	AM	Pollution II	HD	S Chs. 17, 20
	PM
3 Wed	AM	Pollution III	HD	S Chs. 16, 17, 20
	PM
4 Thur	AM	Ozone	HD	R Ch. 8 S Ch. 16
	PM
5  Fri	AM	Nuclear Power	D/V	ACS 7 R 175-178; 212-213
	PM	Project 3: Reducing the CC Footprint
Week 4: Alternative Energy
1 Mon	AM	Electrochemical Cells Batteries	HD	CB 723-732 ACS 8.306-328  S 20
	PM
2 Tue	AM	Fuel Cells Photovoltaic Cells	HD	CB 723-732 ACS 8.306-328 S20
	PM	Class Review
3 Wed	AM	Final Exam
	PM	Class Evaluations Due

CB: Cengel, Boles: Thermodynamics
ACS: Chemistry in Context
R: Rubin, Introduction to Engineering and the Environment
S: Silberberg, Chemistry, Second Edition
EF: Our Ecological Footprint

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ACS New Energy Sources -- Ch. 8.328-331

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