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Lecture 1: 8/27/12 Introduction, Terms, and Vocabulary Reading/review assignment: Textbook Chapter 1 Homework 1 assigned |
Lecture 2: 8/29/12 Intro to Electromagnetics and Magnetism (Chapter 1) Reading/review assignment: Textbook Chapter 1 |
Lecture 3: 8/31/12 KVL, KCL, Resistance and Capacitance Reading/review assignment due: Textbook Chapter 1 |
9/3/12 - Labor Day NO CLASSES
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Lecture 4: 9/5/12 Inductors and Intro to Transformers Homework 2 assigned Reading/review assignment: Textbook Chapter 2 Homework 1 due |
Lecture 5: 9/7/12 Transformers continued and Power Systems Overview Slides |
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Lecture 6: 9/10/12 RMS Current, Sinusoidal Voltages, Power Factor Homework 3 assigned |
Lecture 7: 9/12/12 Residential Wiring, Three Phase, and Harmonics Reading/review assignment due: Textbook Chapter 2 Reading/review assignment: Textbook Chapter 3 |
Lecture 8: 9/14/12 Power Supplies Homework 2 due
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Lecture 9: 9/17/12 Power Supplies cont. Homework
3 due |
Lecture 10: 9/19/12 Generators |
Lecture 11: 9/21/12 Carnot Cycle |
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Lecture 12: 9/24/12 Heat Rate and Distributed Generation Homework 4 due |
Lecture 13: 9/26/12 Microturbines, Stirling Engine, CSP |
Lecture 14: 9/28/12 Reading/review
assignment due: Reading/review assignment: Textbook Chapter 4 |
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Lecture 15: 10/1/12 Micro-hydro, Fuel Cells, and Pelton Turbine Homework 5 due |
Lecture 16: 10/3/12 Utility Rate Structures Reading/review assignment due: Textbook Chapter 4 Reading/review assignment: Textbook Chapter 5 |
Lecture 17: 10/5/12 Energy Economics, Energy Conservation Supply Curves |
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10/8/12 Midterm Exam 1
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Lecture 18: 10/10/12 CHP, Cooling, Heating and Cogeneration Homework 6 due |
Lecture 19: 10/12/12 Economic Modeling & Analysis in Business Decisions Reading/review assignment due: Textbook Chapter 5
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Lecture 20: 10/15/12 Energy Management in Water Distribution Systems Homework 7 due
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Lecture 21: 10/17/12 Wind Power, Tower Height and Rotor Efficiency Reading/review assignment: Textbook Chapter 6 Homework 8 assigned |
Lecture 22: 10/19/12 Wind Turbine Generators, Speed Control
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Lecture 23: 10/22/12 Origins of Public Utility Regulation
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Lecture 24: 10/24/12 continuation of regulation talk Homework 8 due |
10/26/12
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Lecture 25: 10/29/12 Average power, Wind farms |
Lecture 26: 10/31/12 Wind Capacity Factor Read Chapter 7 Homework 9 due Homework 10 & 11 assigned |
Lecture 27: 11/2/12 Solar Energy |
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Lecture 28: 11/5/12 Homework 10 due |
Lecture 29: 11/7/12 Solar Panels, materials, and circuit theory
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Lecture 30: 11/9/12 more materials, PV Systems, and arrays |
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Lecture 31: 11/12/12 Homework 11 due |
Lecture 32: 11/14/12 example PV Installation and further solar discussion |
Lecture 33: 11/16/12 Midterm Exam 2 |
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Lecture 35: 11/26/12 Homework 12 due |
Lecture 36: 11/28/12 |
Lecture 37: 11/30/12 |
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Lecture 38: 12/3/12 Energy Storage Homework 13 due |
Lecture 39: 12/5/12 Biomass and Biochar |
Lecture 40: 12/7/12 Presentation by Barbara Farhar Term Papers due (electronic and paper) |
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Lecture 41: 12/10/12 Homework 14 due |
Lecture 42: 12/12/12 |
Lecture 43: 12/14/12 |
Final Exam Tuesday Dec 18th, 4:30-7:00 p.m.