Energy Resources Utilization and Climate Change
Course Name:
Energy Resources Utilization and Climate Change (MI479)
Programme:
B.Tech (Mining Engg)
Semester:
Seventh
Category:
Open Electives (OE)
Credits (L-T-P):
(3-0-0)3
Content:
Trends in Energy Supply & Quality of Life; Energy Demand & Supply Options; Energy Resources - their distribution & Utilisation ; Non-Conventional Hydrocarbons; Concepts of Energy & Exergy flows; Sustainability and Climate Change; Environmental Economics. Carbon Emissions; Potential Impacts; Climate Change Prediction Models - Basics; Global Climate Change negotiations – Problems and Issues; Carbon sequestration – Capture & Storage.
References:
David Coley, Energy & Climate Change — Creating Sustainable Future, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2008
Chris Goodall, Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate, Second edition Profile Books, 2009
Anilla Cherian, Energy and Global Climate Change: Bridging the Sustainable
Development Divide, John Wiley & Sons, 2015
Department:
Mining Engineering
