2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Energy and Electric Power Conversion Technology
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hiroshi Akatsuka
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- EEE.P341
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course introduces thermal power technologies and related knowledge of thermodynamics and hydrodynamics as the basis of these technologies. Emphasis is placed on principles, structures, roles and technical development status of the electric power equipment. Scientific basis of energy/environmental problems is also discussed. In addition, hydraulic power, nuclear power, alternative energies, transmission/transformation facilities and energy transformation/storage technologies are explained.
Course description and aims
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand basic principles of generation, transmission and transformation of electricity, and explain key technologies of planning, design and operation of thermal, hydraulic and nuclear power plants.
2) Understand various related scientific fields, ranging from the basics of hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, combustion theory, electrochemistry and nuclear reactions to application to environmental problems.
3) Explain the present status and future prospects of the technical development in electric power industry.
Corresponding educational goals are:
(1) 【Specialist skills】Fundamental specialist skills
(4) 【Applied skills】(inquisitive thinking and/or problem-finding skills) Organization and analysis
(7) Skills acquiring a wide range of expertise, and expanding it into more advanced and other specialized areas
Keywords
Thermal power generation, hydraulic power generation, nuclear power generation, transmission and transformation of electricity, thermodynamic cycle, hydrodynamics, environmental conservation, energy conservation, alternative energies
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
- ・Applied specialist skills on EEE
Class flow
The lecturer will use power point in the lecture, and assign the exercises related to contents of the day as a homework via t2schola system. At the beginning of every lecture, the answer of the previous exercises will be explained as a review. Required learning should be completed outside of the classroom for preparation and review purposes.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | (1) Energy/environmental problems and electric energy (2) Overview of thermal power systems and related basics of thermodynamics | (1) Explain the relation between energy/environmental problems and electric energy. (2) Explain system configuration of thermal power plants and related basics of thermodynamics. |
| Class 2 | Basics of thermodynamic cycles | Conduct efficiency calculation of reversible thermodynamic cycles, and explain the concepts of entropy and enthalpy. |
| Class 3 | Practical steam cycles | Explain principles of steam cycles including reheat and regenerative cycles. |
| Class 4 | (1) Gas turbines and combined cycles (2) Basics of fossil fuels | (1) Explain principles of gas turbines and combined cycles. (2) Explain the origins and properties of coal, petroleum and natural gas. |
| Class 5 | Fuel and combustion calculation | Conduct calculations on the combustion of gas/liquid/solid fuels and mass balances. |
| Class 6 | (1) Air pollution control technologies (2) Basics of heat transfer | (1) Explain low-emission burners, deNOx/deSOx technologies and dust collectors in power plants. (2) Conduct heat transfer calculation, and explain principles of heat exchangers. |
| Class 7 | Basics of hydroelectric systems | Explain principles of hydroelectric power systems and related basics of fluid dynamics. |
| Class 8 | Water turbines for hydroelectric power plants | Explain characteristics of different types of water turbines. |
| Class 9 | Nuclear power and the environment | Explain principles of nuclear power and its environmental impact. |
| Class 10 | Overview of technologies for transmission/transformation of electric energy | Explain power transmission/transformation systems, and related equipment. |
| Class 11 | (1) Transmission/transformation of electric power and the environment (2) Capacity factor improvement and material reduction | (1) Explain technologies related to power transmission/transformation equipment and the environment. (2) Explain the methods and technologies for capacity factor improvement and material reduction. |
| Class 12 | Improvement of energy use efficiency | Explain the improvement of energy use efficiency based on combined cycles, fuel cells, superconducting cables, heat pumps and cogeneration systems. |
| Class 13 | Alternative energies | Explain the definition and characteristics of alternative energies, and principles of solar, wind and biomass power. |
| Class 14 | Other methods of power generation | Explain the principles of MHD generators, marine energies, coal gasification power and fast breeder reactors. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials are provided via Science Tokyo LMS.
Reference books:
M. Yoda, "Overview of Electric Energy", Ohm-Sha, ISBN: 978-4-274-20642-9 (2008) (in Japanese).
Evaluation methods and criteria
Grades will be evaluated based on homework assignments and final exams.
Related courses
- EEE.P321 ： Electric Power Engineering I
- EEE.P322 ： Electric Power Engineering II
- TSE.A311 ： Introduction to Nuclear Engineering
Prerequisites
Electric Power Engineering I, Electric Power Engineering II