CHEN 5551: Renewable Energy
Technologies
Tues,
Thurs: 02:30 P.M. - 03:45 P.M.
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Announcements - 11/24/09: Exam
solutions, along with the most current lectures are now posted. Email
micha252@umn.edu with "ChEn5551 Grade Report" in the subject to get
a report of your current grades. - 11/22/09: HW 8 is now
posted - 11/16/09: Mark von
Keitz's lectures are now posted - 11/03/09: Cecil
Massie's lecture and HW5 solutions are posted. - 10/30/09: The lectures
have been changed to PDF for readability, and are now updated. REMINDER:
Notes and calculators WILL NOT be allowed in the exam. You should not require
a calculator, as any math will be simple arithmetic. - 10/29/09: HW 5 has
been modified, and is now updated on the homework page. Please note that 2
problems have been added, and some small modifications have be made to the
existing problems. - 10/28/09: Lecture 15
and HW 5 have been posted. Please note that in the HW statement handed out in
class, there is a typo. Coal should be assumed to be CH, not CH2. - 10/27/09: Lectures
13-14, and Roger Ruan's Lecture has been posted. - 10/19/09: Lectures
10-12 are posted, as well as HW 4 solutions. ****THE MIDTERM EXAM
WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2009**** - 10/6/09: Answer
question 2 of HW 4 in two parts. First, look up how many cars are in Minnesota,
and assume 20 MPG. Then, compare this to the acreage of corn in Minnesota. Is
it enough? Second, use the crude oil number for the entire US, then determine
if we grow enough corn in the entire US to replace gasoline (you should know
this second answer from the billion ton study) - 10/01/09: Lectures 7
and 8, and Homework 4 are posted. - 09/29/09: Lecture 6 is
posted - 09/24/09: Homework 3,
lectures, and homework 2 solutions are now posted on their respective pages. - 09/17/09: Homework 1
solutions are posted, and a homework formatting guideline handout is posted. Please follow the guidelines when
preparing your homework solutions. - 09/15/09: Homework 2
is posted in the Homework Sets page. It is due
09/22/09. - 09/11/09: REMINDER
homework will account for a large portion of the grade in this class (~50%)
so it is important that it is completed in-full. Additionally, homework
credit is discounted for late submission by the following function:
- Note: in HW1 problem
2, the carbon content of food must be used. Provide a reasonable estimate of
this figure and state your assumptions. You can also look to other resources for
a number, but please cite your source. 09/10/09: The conversion
factors handout and Lecture 2 are now posted under HANDOUTS and LECTURES,
respectively. - 09/09/09: The Syllabus is posted
on the left, and Lecture 1 is available on the Lectures
page. - 09/08/09: HW 1 is
posted in the Homework Sets page. It is due
09/15/09. - For permission numbers, please
contact Laura Ericksen |
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