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The Chemistry of Energy
Dr Dylan P [email protected]
Dr David L. Davies, Dr Kevin Parker
The Chemistry of Energy
Dr Dylan P [email protected]
Dr David L. Davies, Dr Kevin Parker
Department of ChemistryDepartment of Chemistry
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
OUTLINEOUTLINE
A 5 credit PBL case study currently being developed based on the RSC Roadmap priority area of energy.
Part of the RSC/HE STEM project C/PBL resource development project.
AIM - Challenge the student belief that chemistry’s benefit to society is confined to medicine.
• World Energy demand forecast to double from 2010 to 2030– 4000 to 8000 GW (+extra 1000 GW for electric vehicles)
• Current proportion electric power supplied by renewables 22%– Need to install 36 GW renewables pa just to ‘stand still’
• International energy agency ‘blue scenario’ reduces CO2 by 40% to 2030
ENERGY
• What we need to build to hit IEA ‘blue scenario’
THE ENERGY CHALLENGE
Transport – fuel cells batteries (enough Li?), H2 storage
Hydro - CH4 emissions (& clean-up in atmosphere)
Wind - Reliance on rare earth magnets, corrosion if offshore
PV - efficiency, a-Si/μc-Si, CdTe
CCS – CO2 absorption, reservoir chemistry
Power Transmission – spikes and troughs in supply, super-conductors
Building insulation – 40% UK CO2 from buildings
CHALLENGES FOR CHEMISTRY
ENERGYENERGY
The development of sustainable energy sources is one of the greatest challenges facing society.
Due to the range of chemical issues in this area, it can not be categorised as falling into a single I/O/P category.
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PROBLEM DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM DEVELOPMENT
Problems will be developed July-December 2011
Problem development will be led by a team with both academic (DLD and DPW) and industrial (KP) backgrounds.
First drafts of the problems will be made available by the RSC for testing in early 2012.
STRUCTURESTRUCTURE
In order to allow flexibility, the case study will be divided into three units:
Power Generation (the major unit)
Environmental impact & societal issues
Energy Conservation
Problems could be used together or run independently.
University of Leicester
SKILLS DEVELOPMENTSKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Unit Skills areas
Power Generation
• Solar Chemistry• Nuclear Power• Organic Chem.& Thermodynamics
Environmental impact and societal issues
• Evaluation of scientific & political issues (e.g. security of supply)
• Atmospheric chemistry (e.g. the effect of power generation/usage)
Energy Conservation
• Materials chemistry
All Problems • Transferable skills • Problem solving strategy
STAKEHOLDERSSTAKEHOLDERS
For further information or to register your interest in trialling these resources (or the resources developed at other institutions) please see the project website:
http://www.rsc.org/Education/HESTEM/CPBL/CPBLTrial.asp