Sustainable Energy Infrastructure (211040-003)
The course will take place in two blocks :
During the first part of the Semester, there will be a series of introductory online lectures after which every student will be assigned a topic including instructions and references. During the semester the students will prepare their topic and we will make feedback meetings (online) on your progress. The second block will be a series of lectures towards the end of the semester in which each student will do a 20 minute presentation on the assigned topic. This presentation will be graded and count as the final exam for the module.
Dates, times and rooms for the lectures :
Here is the updated seminar schedule, the seminar will take place on the 7th of July in room A10.039
at the Strasse der Nationen:
9.00 - 9.30 Solar Power - Photovoltaics
9.30 - 10.00 Energy Storage - Batteries
10.00 - 10.30 Nuclear Fusion
10.30 - 11.00 Carbon Capture and Storage
Break
12.30 - 13.00 Electrochemical Energy Conversion
13.00 - 13.30 Redox-Flow Batteries
13.30 - 14.00 Acidic Water Splitting
14.00 - 14.30 PEM Fuel Cells
Break
16.00 - 16.30 Electrolyte Membranes
16.30 - 17.00 Storage Power Plants
17.00 - 17.30 Life Support Systems on Space Stations
17.30 - 18.00 Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Here is a collection of links to documents that we discussed in the lectures :
David MacKay - Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air
https://www.withouthotair.com/
pdf download :
https://www.withouthotair.com/download.html
Lecture Notes of the Joint EPS-SIF International School on Energy:
https://epjwoc.epj.org/articles/epjconf/abs/2020/22/contents/contents.html
Lecture on history of climate change - Dirk Notz
Lecture on sustainable energy - Andrea Contin
Lecture on chemical energy conversion - Alexander Auer
Lecture on chemical energy conversion :
The transition to a sustainable energy economy relies on the availability of key technologies for energy conversion and storage. The development and evolution of these technologies is becoming a central aspect for scientists in research and industry.
The purpose of this module is to outline various scenarios and key reactions, materials and devices for a renewable energy economy. We will discuss the complexity of the transition from fossil to renewable resources and focus on specific aspects in materials science like functional materials and important reactions in catalysis like water splitting and hydrogen evolution.