Energy and Environment, Engineering ENEE
Instruction offered by members of the Schulich School of Engineering.
Associate Dean (Academic & Planning) - R. Brennan
Director, Centre for Environmental Engineering Research & Education - A.K. Mehrotra
Senior Courses
Energy and Environment, Engineering 311 H(3-1.5T-3/2)
Engineering Thermodynamics of Energy Systems
Thermodynamic systems, properties and state, energy, temperature and the zeroth law, equilibrium, properties of the pure substance, equations of state. Work, reversibility, heat, first law, specific heats, enthalpy, ideal gas, flow systems. Entropy and the second law, Carnot cycle, thermodynamic temperature scale, process equations, cycles, process efficiencies, calculation of entropy change. Exergy analysis, Thermo-economics of energy and environmental systems. Applications to common machines.
Prerequisites: Engineering 201 and Applied Mathematics 217.
Note: Credit for both Energy and Environment, Engineering 311 and Engineering 311 will not be allowed.
Energy and Environment, Engineering 355 H(3-1T)
Introduction to Energy and the Environment
History of energy technologies, energetics of natural systems and agriculture, formation, extraction, and transformations of fossil fuels, renewables such as biomass, solar and wind; and the electricity system, environmental impacts of energy systems, technical options for transforming energy systems to reduce environmental impacts.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Energy Management Concentration (Haskayne School of Business) or the Engineering Energy and Environment Specialization (Schulich School of Engineering) or the Energy Sciences Concentration (Faculty of Science).
Energy and Environment, Engineering 501 H(3-2T-1)
Pollution Prevention and Control for Energy Industry
An overview of environmental laws and regulations. Environmental standards for air quality, water and land. Regulatory approval process for new energy projects. Base-Line Study and Environmental Impact Assessment. Environmental review of new energy projects. Pollution prevention methodology and techniques. Separation and recycle streams. Process modification, integration, analysis and control. Risk assessment.
Prerequisites: Fourth or fifth year standing in the Schulich School of Engineering.
Energy and Environment, Engineering 503 H(3-2T-1)
Life Cycle Assessment
Concepts of life cycle analysis. Applications to energy utilization, environmental consequences, sustainable development, environmental process analysis, and optimization. Inventory, impact and improvement analyses of energy systems. LCA Model development and utilization. Human health and safety considerations.
Prerequisites: Fourth or fifth year standing in the Schulich School of Engineering.
Energy and Environment, Engineering 505 H(3-2T-1)
Effluent Treatment Processes for Energy Industry
Application of fundamental engineering concepts to develop process design specifications for various unit operations and separation processes used for the treatment of gaseous (air), aqueous (wastewater) and solid effluents from mining, exploration, production, transportation and utilization of carbon-based energy sources.
Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 331 or Mechanical Engineering 341, as well as Fourth or fifth year standing in the Schulich School of Engineering.
Energy and Environment, Engineering 519 H(3-2T)
Special Topics in Energy and Environment
Current advanced topics in Energy and Environment.
Prerequisites: Consent of the ENEE Director or designate.
Energy and Environment, Engineering 555 H(3-1T)
(formerly Engineering 555)
Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis
Analyzes the technologies that energize industrial civilization by adopting a systems view of energy extraction, transformation and end-use, and of the interaction of energy technologies with the environment. Topics include energetics of natural systems and agriculture; formation, extraction, and transformations of fossil fuels; nuclear power; modern renewables such as biomass, solar and wind; electricity generation, transmission and economics; and, energy use in buildings. Energy systems operate within environmental constraints, arguably the most important of which is the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to slow climate change. Technical options for transforming energy systems to meet such environmental constraints will be assessed.
Prerequisites: Third, fourth or fifth year standing in the Schulich School of Engineering.
Note: Credit for both Energy and Environment, Engineering 555 and Engineering 555 will not be allowed.
Energy and Environment, Engineering 573 H(3-2T)
Engineering Aspects of Sustainable Communities
Ecological footprint, life cycle assessment, sustainable construction, energy efficiency in buildings, intelligent and sustainable transportation, control of water/air pollution from mobile and stationary sources, energy from waste.
Prerequisites: Fourth or fifth year standing in the Schulich School of Engineering.
Energy and Environment, Engineering 575 H(3-2T-3/2)
Alternative Electrical Energy Systems
Review of electrical machines, alternative electrical energy systems such as clean coal, tidal energy, biomass, fuel-cell, solar power and wind power, demand side management, environmental impact of electrical generation.
Prerequisites: Fourth or fifth year standing in the Schulich School of Engineering.
Energy and Environment, Engineering 577 H(3-2T-3/2)
Electrical Transmission System Planning and Operation
Electricity markets, carbon markets, optimal operation of electricity systems, environmental impacts of transmission networks, regulatory issues.
Prerequisites: Fourth or fifth year standing in the Schulich School of Engineering.