Electronic Handouts
2006 Course Outline
Assignment #1 Download
Assignment #2 Download Ass#2
Assignment #3 Download
Assignment3-Final
Quiz Solution Set Quiz 1 Solution Set
Waterloo Weather Data Download pdf
Example Final Questions Word .doc file of
example questions
Formulae Sheet Equation Sheet
Any material property data needed will be given in exam.
Supplemental Information about topics
discussed in class.
As per discussions in class, energy conservation is often the most economical
form of energy. Even Chevron now has figured this out. Read the green coloured
advertising at the link
here
A question was asked by several people, what is the
energy required to make photovoltaic panels versus the amount they produce.
Short answer: typical energy payback in 3 to 5 years, and newer cell types
payback in under a year, with lifespans of 20 to 30
years easily. See NREL Paper
An industrious student has identified that GPS satellites orbit at 20200km
above the earths surface, 26 500 km from the center of the earth.
A solar energy collector with a spectrally-selective coating is locally made.
See Enerworks'
Website and for more info try German Solar
Information Center
The greenhouse effect, and the role of short-wave and long-wave radiation is
discussed further here at
Wikipedia
Spray foam insulation – Icynene video showing installation. This company
founded by UW grads! Download AVI file
Spray cellulose insulation – installation of this renewable and recyclable
quality insulation Download WMV file
Rockwool Insulation ( Roxul
) Dow Styrofoam site ( Dow foam ) and
Owens-Corning Insulation ( Fibreglass )
Useful and late-breaking Information
for the Course
Quiz#2 will cover psychrometrics, and vapour movement by diffusion and heat and vapour movement by convection. No aids of any kind are allowed. Basic
equations will be provided (all of the equations in Table 4.2) not Fick’s Law (know this), as will all material properties.
See
Downloaded formula sheet and example types of questions above.
Final Exam April 11
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