SEE8204 Solar Thermal Energy Systems

This elective course covers details of thermal applications of solar energy. Heating, cooling, drying applications are studied, with students visiting example sites of these applications. Additionally, they work as team leaders of multilevel design and construction projects with senior undergraduate students, where they design, mathematically model, and supervise the construction and testing of prototypes by the latter.

Aims

• To expose students to latest practical developments and analytical methods in solar heating, cooling and mass transfer applications
• To avail students the opportunity to lead other experts in solving a real life solar thermal engineering problem using existing cutting edge knowledge and methods 
• To prepare students for intensive research on an issue in solar thermal engineering 

Learning Outcomes

• Students design and model complex systems involving solar heating, cooling and mass transfer 
• Students design and implement experimental protocols to test solar thermal systems, and validate theoretical models of these systems 
• Students display technical leadership qualities when in a group of well informed technical experts