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2023-2024 CGC Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 CGC Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MECH 617 - Advanced Topics in Renewable Energy Systems


Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites: MECH 415 or consent of program director.
Advanced topics in renewable energy sources to include solar heating and cooling, wind resource characteristics and assessments; wind turbine technologies (fixed and variable-speed turbines); wind power transmission; integration and interconnection issues; and photovoltaic energy. Surveys the life cycle cost and present value to evaluate systems. Same as MECH 417 but includes graduate student project / report.