ENERGY(FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT)

Date: 12/3/09Prepared by: Javier Kienzle, Fellow - GK12  ProgramPresented at: Columbia High SchoolSupported by:  NSF Graduate Teaching Fellow in K-12 Education ProgramAssociated Institution: Stevens Institute of Technology - Hoboken, NJSources: NAE, NRC (2009)

Types of Energy

Kinetic & Potential Energy

Electrical Thermal Chemical Mechanical

Converting Energy

The Automobile

Electricity

How do we generate electricity? Power Plants

Turbines

Renewable Sources Wind Energy Hydroelectric Solar Panels

Turbine

How a Power Plant Works

Boiler

Pump

Condenser

GTurbine

Cold Water

High Pressure

High P-T Steam

Low P-T Steam

WaterCycle

My Research

Nuclear Energy Cogeneration

Making use of Waste Heat Known as CHP – “Combined Heat and Power”

Common Applications Desalination Heating Homes/Businesses Industrial Processes

Questions

Questions or Comments?