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CHE-4114: Energy and Climate Change Solutions

Description: Fundamentals of energy production technologies, alternative and renewable energy sources, electrochemical energy storage, direct carbon capture technologies, negative emissions technologies, and chemical process that use CO2 as a feedstock. Fundamentals of water purification technologies, the water cycle, and the impact of climate change on water resources and demands. Discussion of carbon and water economics, and how geographical, societal, and environmental factors affect energy and water management policies. Techno-economic analysis of solutions based on chemical technologies, and the communication of those solutions in the context of policy development.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: CHE-3144 and CHE-3184

Required By: ECE-5210

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 1

Average GPA: 4.00 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 100.00%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

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