Engineering 390ge - Seminar: Advanced Topics in Engineering-Geothermal Engineering

Roughly two thirds of the energy used in a typical home in the United States is for heating and cooling.  Most often, this energy is produced by burning fossil fuels or pulling electricity from the grid to power inefficient space heaters or air conditioners.  Geothermal systems have been used since the 1970s to efficiently provide environmentally sustainable heating and cooling capacity for structures as small as homes or as large as hospitals.  Topics to be covered include the different types of geothermal systems used for heating and cooling, calculating heat exchange, evaluation of site geothermal potential, design of geothermal systems, as well as construction techniques and considerations.  Course activities will include discussions, design projects, and field trips to ongoing geothermal construction sites (when possible). Prerequisite: EGR 290. Enrollment limited to 12. EGR majors only. Juniors and seniors only.

[CE] EGR/EGN majors only; JR/SR only; Prereq: EGR 290