Direct Energy Conversion
- First week
Introducing energy conversion and direct energy conversion
- Second week
Crystalline structure of semiconductor materials, intrinsic and doped semiconductors ,statistics of electrons and holes.
- Week three
Solar cell, photoelectric effect,general consideration of solar cell, p-n junction (abrupt and gradual).
- Week four
Calculations regarding efficiency of solar cells and parameters affecting the efficiency.
- Week five
Methods of solar cell fabrications.
- Week six
Thermoelectric energy conversion, thermoelectric effects and their relations.
- Week seven
Thermoelectric generators and thermoelectric coolers.
- Week eight
Calculation of performance of thermoelectric coolers and efficiency of thermoelectric generators.
- Week nine
Optimization and considerations of properties change with temperature.
- Week ten
General consideration of magnetohydrodynamics energy conversion and problems involve.
- Week eleven
Magnetohydrodynamics generators Hall and Faradays modules.
- Week twelve
Calculation of efficiency and power output, affecting parameters (magnetic field strength and velocity) on efficiency.
- Week thirteen
Fuel cell basic principles, different fuel cells efficiency of fuel cells.
- Week fourteen
Thermionic energy conversion, efficiency in practice.
- Week fifteen
Attending lab, observation of photoelectric, thermoelectric and fuel cell performances.