10.023 Designing Energy Systems
This course teaches physical and design concepts in energy related products and systems, such as lighting, mobile phones, and photovoltaic systems. Students will apply reverse engineering, redesigning, data analysis, modelling and simulations to these systems. In this course, students will be required to synthesize innovative solutions to real world problems.
Learning objectives
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Use physical laws and quantitative analysis to evaluate limitations and performance of heat management and energy transformation systems
- Execute experimentation, reverse engineering, redesigning, and data analysis on energy-related products and energy systems
- Modify and design energy-related products and photovoltaics systems using design principles, simulations and data-driven approaches
Grading
| Coursework | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|
| Midterm 1 | 20 |
| Midterm 2 | 20 |
| Problem Sets | 10 |
| Hands on Activities (3) | 15 |
| In-class participation | 5 |
| Design Project (Designette: 1D and 2D) | 30 |
| Total | 100 |
Prerequisite
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Weekly Topics
| Week | Topics/ Activity/Project |
|---|---|
| 1 | Topic:聽Energy聽in Design聽鈥 general overall energy equation and Heat Transfer Introduction on how heat聽transfer affects聽form and functionality of devices. Energy system in device (closed system) |
| 2 | Topic: Energy 鈥 general overall energy equation and Heat Transfer Energy system in device (open system)Activity:聽HOA 1 鈥撀燫everse Engineering/deconstruction of thermal analysis of subsystems (e.g.聽heat sink) in LED/Laptop/聽Nespresso聽machine/mobile phone Measure power consumption of wireless mouse (transient) etc. And LED (steady state) Introduce 1D: Reverse engineering of a small device to improve energy or design聽aspect |
| 3 | Topic:聽聽Reintroduce entropy
Activity:聽HOA 2 鈥撀燘uilding of device to analyze open system聽(energy and entropy)聽and聽data collected will be used for exergy |
| 4 | Topic:聽Introduction to concepts of exergy
础肠迟颈惫颈迟测:听尝贰顿听别虫补尘辫濒别 |
| 5 | Topic:聽Analysis using exergy聽to optimize聽energy utilization of聽a system
Activity: 1D in-class |
| 6 | Topic:聽Energy Storage聽鈥撀燚ifferent types of batteries聽and non-batteries storage (e.g.聽supercapacitor, fossil fuel, hydrogen),聽and their unique applications
Activity:聽1 hour聽guest聽lecture on state of the art of battery聽and聽1 hour聽review |
| 7 | Recess |
| 8 | Topic: Energy Storage聽鈥撀爁ocusing on power density,聽energy density,聽lifespan,聽charging and discharging cycle,聽charging time and safety, product life cycle
Activity: I-V characteristics of lead battery and solar cell |
| 9 | Topic:聽Principles of photovoltaics聽systems
Activity: Solar cell simulation |
| 10 | Topic:聽Applications聽of photovoltaics systems
Activity:聽HOA聽3聽鈥 FACT trip analysis;聽PV system simulation |
| 11 | Topic:聽Guest lecture on energy systems (large vs聽nano聽scale)
Activity:聽1D due,聽2D introduction |
| 12 | 1D presentation聽and聽2D聽discussion Mid-term 2聽Friday聽on week聽6聽鈥 11 |
| 13 | 2D聽discussion and 2D due |
| 14 | Final Project wrap-up: Feedback on projects |
The weekly topics may be subjected to changes
Course instructor
Number of credits: 12
Workload: 5-0-7*
*The first number represents the number of hours per week assigned for lectures, recitations and cohort classroom study. The second number represents the number of hours per week assigned for labs, design, or field work. The third number represents the number of hours per week assigned for independent study.
Prior to AY2020, it was 10.008 Engineering in the Physical World