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2017　Environment and Electric Energy

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Instructor(s)
Kuzumoto Masaki 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon5-6(S223)  Wed5-6(S223)  
Group
-
Course number
EEE.P511
Credits
2
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2017/3/17
Lecture notes updated
2017/11/6
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

The global problem right now is escaping the trilemma of energy security and sustainability, environmental preservation, and economic growth, which have a mutual influence on one another. However, each country has its own circumstances, and no unique solution is in sight. In this course, students study the events, technology, and national policies which form the basis of the above three issues. Building on that, students will learn to think for themselves about what sort of role Japan should bear in global society, what it can contribute, and what path Japan's development should take.
This course consists of the above three issues, and is composed of the following four chapters.
1. Industry and economics 2. Policies and trends for environmental problems 3. Power conversion, efficient use technologies, and measures 4. Energy, policies and trends 5. Report presentations and group debates on the above four units

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Understand basic topics in industry and economics.
2. Understand policy for and trends of environmental issues.
3. Understand power conversion, efficient use of technology and measures.
4. Understand the energy policy and trends.
5. Select a problem from environmental and power energy issues, and propose a solution.
6. Cultivate the skills necessary for reaching a mutual understanding and forming a consensus by discussions in groups.

Keywords

Environment, electric power, energy, power electronics, plasma engineering, discharge

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills ✔ Communication skills ✔ Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

The instructor lectures based on lecture materials, with lecturers working on the front line in private industry, so that students can come in contact with the cutting-edge technology. Finally students work in groups to organize and present a proposal based on the contents provided in lectures.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Orientation: Basic knowledge of industry and economics Understand basic knowledge about industry and economics
Class 2 Industrial change and intellectual properties/business model Importance about the intellectual properties and the standardization is understood.
Class 3 Japanese industry in the world Cultivate the ability to think about what direction Japanese industry is heading
Class 4 Environmental problem I (Recycling society, atmospheric environment, CO2 reduction) Think about building a sustainable recycling society
Class 5 Environmental problem II (international hazardous materials regulations, response from private industry) Legal systems related to the environment are understood.
Class 6 Water and atmospheric cleanup technology Understand the current situation of water and atmospheric processing technologies
Class 7 Smart grid and smart community (Mitsubishi Electric Mr. Izui) Current technologies of the smart grid and smart community are understood.
Class 8 Discussions, supplements to contents from first half Problems about the environment and energy are considered.
Class 9 Power electronics (Prof. Horiguchi) Basic technologies of electric power conversion are understood.
Class 10 Charge and control technique (Mitsubishi Electric: Mr. Yoshioka) Stationary energy storage and control technique are understood.
Class 11 Topics Current technologies about the environmental improvement applied by discharge are understood.
Class 12 The situation for power and energy in Japan and the world Energy situations of the world are understood.
Class 13 Renewable energy Problems of renewable energy are understood.
Class 14 Group discussion preparations Problems and measures about the environment and energy are considered.
Class 15 Group discussion Deepen understanding of issues and response measures through group discussion

Textbook(s)

The materials used for each lecture will be uploaded to OCW-i.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

For example, Yagi Shigenori "Barrier Discharge" Asakura Electric electronics outline (ISBN: 978-4254226423)

Assessment criteria and methods

1) total 80 points of an attendance (remark) point and a report point 　
2) 20 points of group discussion

Related courses

  • EEE.L331 ： Science and Engineering Ethics (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
  • EEE.P311 ： Power Electronics
  • EEE.P321 ： Electric Power Engineering I
  • EEE.P322 ： Electric Power Engineering II
  • EEE.P341 ： Energy and Electric Power Conversion Technology

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None in particular

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