Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

supervises many courses in the frame ofinterprofessional projects (IPRO) program.Areas of Interests:- Zonal modeling approach,- Integration zonal models/building energy simulation models,- Zero Net Energy (ZNE) building,- Airflow in Multizone Buildings & Smoke Control,- Thermal Comfort & Indoor Air Quality,- Predictive modeling and forecasting: Support Vector Machine (SVM) tools,- Energy, HVAC, Plumbing & Fire Protection Systems Design,- Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Application in Building,- BIM & REVIT: application to Architecture and Electrical/Lighting Design systems. Page 24.1282.2ASEE Annual Conference, 2014 TRNSYS as an

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yazan Alsmadi, Ohio State University ; Kaichien Tsai, Ohio State University; Mark J. Scott, Ohio State University; Longya Xu, Ohio State University; Aimeng Wang

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, with state-of-the-art equipment and software, which combine the traditional powerelectronics and motor drive circuits with recent innovative energy conversion technologies. Thecontent targets modern industrial applications, including integrating renewable energy resources(wind and solar) into electric power systems.Most of the required lab hardware was designed and fabricated by instructional lab teammembers, with additional advanced development kits provided by Texas Instruments (TI).Furthermore, each workstation is furnished with an iPad to facilitate the viewing process.Discussion starts with a review of the challenges faced by educators in power related fields.Then, the implementation of the Power Electronics and Motor Drives Open Space

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University; Jeongmin Ahn, Syracuse University; Kang Wang

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

recirculating combustors, solid-oxide fuel cells, micro heat engines, thermoacoustic engines, and thermal transpiration based propulsion and power generation. He has worked on a DARPA project to develop an integrated microscale power generator based on a solid-oxide fuel cell employing hydrocarbon fuels. Currently, his research is conducted in the Combustion and Energy Research Laboratory (COMER) at SU. Prof. Ahn has published over 20 papers in peer-reviewed journals (including Nature and other high impact journals) and a book, and made over 100 technical presentations (including over 20 invited sem- inars in Korea, Japan, China, Germany, and United States). He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

project and previous attempts wereshared with academia in an engineering education conference in 2010 [18-20].The Training Infrastructure at SHSUThe SHSU faculty made a commitment to join with Houston Community College to work on theDepartment of Energy’s Solar Instructor Training Network Grant in January 2013. The design ofthis Consortium is particularly useful for the integration of train-the-trainer sessions for facultyand graduate students at the SHSU campus and to create clear articulation among levels oftraining. SHSU is prepared to participate as an active partner in the building of the South-CentralSolar Training Consortium to meet and upgrade training facilities through grant budget support.As part of the project, SHSU faculty works

Conference Session

Renewable Energy in Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); KETKI GHAISAS, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

to legislativechanges, financial or administrative constraints. Engineering education moves into the twentyfirst century charged with an environmental agenda due to response to wider changes in thesociety. Educators are regularly modifying curriculum content to embrace technological changesin the learning outcomes. In modern world where everything changes at an extremely fast pacekeeping up to date with technology is not only desirable but necessary. The renewable energy ishighly interdisciplinary and crosses over between a numbers of research areas, making it quitedifficult to be covered in a single course. Renewable energy technologies have strong potentialfor hands-on multi-disciplinary project-based learning. In particular, projects

Conference Session

Renewable Energy in Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Naren Reddy Dhansri, TAMUK

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, o Determine the existing power capacity of wind turbine generators for a number of countries, the estimated cost of deployment, and possible incentives for wider wind turbine implementations, o Propose an innovative wind turbine energy system for the year-2050. 2. Briefly explain the theoretical wind turbine operation and associated mathematical model. 3. Develop a Matlab code to implement the wind characteristics shown in Fig. 3 of the handout. (You need to bring the code to the lab for implementation purposes) 4. Study and explain the block diagrams in Figs. 2 and 4 of the lab handout. 5. Elaborate on the effects of a Proportional-Integral (PI) controller during the

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nattee Cheeweewattanakoon, California State University, Northridge; Gurveen Kaur, California State University, Northridge; Neha Chawla; Nattee Cheeweewattanakoon

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

others. Utilization of energy storage systems begins at the transmissionlevel where large scale storage devices are the best options to be used. Next, the small scaleenergy storage devices are the ones that are used at the consumers end.Small scale energy storage devices include battery energy storage system (BESS), thermalenergy storage (TESS), ultra-capacitors (EDLC), and flywheels. Among the listed small scaleenergy storage systems, Battery Energy Storage systems (BESS) is the most commonly usedcategory of energy storage systems with the renewable energy sources. Battery Energy StorageSystems play a significant role in the integration of small scale renewable energy sources into themain power system network (a.k.a. smart grid). They can be