Outline of lecture

This course provides fundamental knowledge on the energy and environment related issues. The major topics include global energy balance,縲environmental problems and their assessment for regional and global atmosphere, atmospheric diffusion and numerical modeling, material circulation in the geosphere including unconventional hydrocarbon recovery, emission control of environmental pollutant due to fossil fuels, energy utilization and the environmental loading, utilization of nuclear energy and its impact on environment, biological effects of radiation and underlying molecular mechanisms.

Purpose of lecture

This course provides fundamental knowledge on the energy and environment related issues. The major topics include global energy balance,縲environmental problems and their assessment for regional and global atmosphere, atmospheric diffusion and numerical modeling, material circulation in the geosphere including unconventional hydrocarbon recovery, emission control of environmental pollutant due to fossil fuels, energy utilization and the environmental loading, utilization of nuclear energy and its impact on environment, biological effects of radiation and underlying molecular mechanisms.

Plan of lecture

1. Overview of energy and energy resources
2. The atmosphere and climate of the Earth
3. Atmospheric environment problems
4. Sustainable energy technologies
5. Energy and environment as local issues and global issues
6. Carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies
7. Recovery of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources
8. Fundamentals of radiative heat transport as a basis of global warming
9. Fundamentals of chemical thermodynamics relating to energy and environmental problems
10. Effective use of thermal energy
11. Utilization of nuclear energy and its impact on environment (I)
12. Utilization of nuclear energy and its impact on environment (II)
13. Overview of radiation effects
14. Mechanism of radiation effects at cellular and molecular level
15. Medical application of radiation

Textbook and reference

None

Related and/or prerequisite courses

No specific condition

Evaluation

Attendance, exercises during the class, and reports