printer friendly pageENERGY 24: Making Molehills out of Mountains: Energy and Development in Appalachia
Preparation for Alternative Spring Break trip to examine the past, present, and future role of energy in Appalachia. Positive and negative impacts of energy production; meetings with energy industry leaders, community groups, and policymakers. The larger role of energy development and energy issues in society. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Gerritsen, M. (PI)
ENERGY 101: Energy and the Environment (EARTHSYS 101)
Energy use in modern society and the consequences of current and future energy use patterns. Case studies illustrate resource estimation, engineering analysis of energy systems, and options for managing carbon emissions. Focus is on energy definitions, use patterns, resource estimation, pollution. Recommended:
MATH 21 or 42,
ENGR 30.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-AQR, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Durlofsky, L. (PI)
;
Kovscek, A. (PI)
ENERGY 102: Renewable Energy Sources and Greener Energy Processes (EARTHSYS 102)
The energy sources that power society are rooted in fossil energy although energy from the core of the Earth and the sun is almost inexhaustible; but the rate at which energy can be drawn from them with today's technology is limited. The renewable energy resource base, its conversion to useful forms, and practical methods of energy storage. Geothermal, wind, solar, biomass, and tidal energies; resource extraction and its consequences. Recommended: 101,
MATH 21 or 42.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA, GER:DB-EngrAppSci
Instructors:
Gerritsen, M. (PI)
;
Kovscek, A. (PI)
ENERGY 104: Technology in the Greenhouse
Technologies that might be employed to reduce emissions of greenhouse materials, such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and black soot, produced by the generation and use of energy. Sources of greenhouse materials in the current energy mix and evidence for global geochemical and climate changes. Advantages and limitations of technologies to reduce emissions. Examples include renewable sources such as wind and solar energy, more efficient use of energy, hydrogen, capture and storage of carbon dioxide, and nuclear power.
Last offered: Spring 2008
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR
ENERGY 120: Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering (ENGR 120)
Lectures, problems, field trip. Engineering topics in petroleum recovery; origin, discovery, and development of oil and gas. Chemical, physical, and thermodynamic properties of oil and natural gas. Material balance equations and reserve estimates using volumetric calculations. Gas laws. Single phase and multiphase flow through porous media.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-FR, WAY-SMA
ENERGY 121: Fundamentals of Multiphase Flow (ENERGY 221)
Multiphase flow in porous media. Wettability, capillary pressure, imbibition and drainage, Leverett J-function, transition zone, vertical equilibrium. Relative permeabilities, Darcy's law for multiphase flow, fractional flow equation, effects of gravity, Buckley-Leverett theory, recovery predictions, volumetric linear scaling, JBN and Jones-Rozelle determination of relative permeability. Frontal advance equation, Buckley-Leverett equation as frontal advance solution, tracers in multiphase flow, adsorption, three-phase relative permeabilities.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
Instructors:
Tchelepi, H. (PI)
;
Iranshahr, A. (TA)
ENERGY 125: Modeling and Simulation for Geoscientists and Engineers
Hands-on. Topics include deterministic and statistical modeling applied to problems such as flow in the subsurface, atmospheric pollution, biological populations, wave propagation, and crustal deformation. Student teams define and present a modeling problem.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
ENERGY 130: Well Log Analysis I
For earth scientists and engineers. Interdisciplinary, providing a practical understanding of the interpretation of well logs. Lectures, problem sets using real field examples: methods for evaluating the presence of hydrocarbons in rock formations penetrated by exploratory and development drilling. The fundamentals of all types of logs, including electric and non-electric logs.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Lindblom, R. (PI)
;
Chabora, E. (TA)
ENERGY 153: Carbon Capture and Sequestration (ENERGY 253)
CO2 separation from syngas and flue gas for gasification and combustion processes. Transportation of CO2 in pipelines and sequestration in deep underground geological formations. Pipeline specifications, monitoring, safety engineering, and costs for long distance transport of CO2. Comparison of options for geological sequestration in oil and gas reservoirs, deep unmineable coal beds, and saline aquifers. Life cycle analysis.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
ENERGY 155: Undergraduate Report on Energy Industry Training
On-the-job practical training under the guidance of on-site supervisors. Required report detailing work activities, problems, assignments and key results. Prerequisite: written consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Aziz, K. (PI)
;
Benson, S. (PI)
;
Caers, J. (PI)
;
Durlofsky, L. (PI)
;
Gerritsen, M. (PI)
;
Horne, R. (PI)
;
Kovscek, A. (PI)
;
Orr, F. (PI)
;
Tchelepi, H. (PI)
;
Wilcox, J. (PI)
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