1/ Interested in #energy and can spare some time for #onlinelearning? Starting from tomorrow, I will post 1 video/day of the "Energy Conversion & #RenewableEnergy" course recorded last year @EPFL with @FMarech.
It is an entry-level course to energy systems. Stay tuned!

2/ [SPOILER] If you really can't wait, the entire course is available here

3/ Day1: What is an #energy system? Lecture content:
- Resources: #fossilfuel, #renewables
- Demand and #energyefficiency
- Technologies: why do we need a system approach?

#onlinelearning #energytransition

4/ Day2: Back to Basics.. of thermodynamics! The ABC of #energy systems. Lecture content:
- Key definitions
- First law: energy balance, #energyefficiency
- Second law: entropy and exergy

#onlinelearning #energytransition

5/ Day3: From theory to practice! How do we convert #heat into #electricity? Lecture content:
- Thermodynamic diagrams
- Steam cycle: key concepts, #energyefficiency, Organic Rankine Cycles (ORCs)

#onlinelearning #energy #EnergyTransition

6/ Day4: #Gas #Turbine and Combined Cycles for #electricity production. Lecture content:
- #NaturalGas resource
- Gas Turbine: key concepts, #energyefficiency
- Combined Cycle: gas turbine + steam cycle

#onlinelearning #energy #EnergyTransition

7/ Day5: #Nuclear Power. Great guest lecture by Dr. Francesco Baldi. Content:
- Why/why not nuclear?
- Basic #physics of nuclear fission
- #Electricity production: types of power plants

#onlinelearning #energy #EnergyTransition

8/ Day6: #Heat pumps - the solution for #lowcarbon #heating. Lecture by @FMarech. Content:
- Why heat pumps?
- Basics: working principles, #energyefficiency (COP)
- Types of heat pumps & applications

#onlinelearning #energy #EnergyTransition

9/ Day7: #Geothermal #energy: an "underground" resource with great potential! Lecture content:
- What is geothermal energy?
- #Resources: types & potential
- Applications: #heating, #cooling, #electricity production

#onlinelearning #energytransition

10/ Day8: #Power from the flows of nature: #wind #energy. Lecture content:
- What is wind energy? Resource & potential
- #Physics: key equations, Betz limit
- Wind Turbines: #electricity production

#onlinelearning #energytransition #energytwitter

11/ Day9: #Power from the flows of nature: #hydropower. Lecture content:
- What is hydro? Resource & potential
- #Physics: key equations
- Types of turbines: #electricity production

#onlinelearning #energytransition #energytwitter #renewableenergy

12/ Day10: #energystorage. Lecture content:
- Storage: what and why?
- Technologies: potential #energy, #batteries, #heat storage, #chemical ( #hydrogen, power-to-x)

#onlinelearning #energytransition #energytwitter #renewableenergy

13/ Day11: the #energyscope model. Lecture content:
- Intro to #optimization: examples of linear and discrete #models
- energyscope: looking into the #opensource code

#onlinelearning #energytransition #energytwitter #freethemodels #orms

14/ Day12: #fuelcells. Great lecture by Jan Van Herle. Content:
- Operating principle
- Types and fuels: #hydrogen and #NaturalGas
- Applications: #electricity production and #energystorage

#onlinelearning #energytransition #energytwitter #energy

15/ Day13: Great talk by Gianfranco Guidati from @ETH_en! Gianfranco used our #energyscope model to devise scenarios for the #Swiss #energytransition

#onlinelearning #energytwitter #energy #renewableenergy #Switzerland

16/ Day14: Last lecture! Wrap-up and some recap #energy quizzes. Hope you found the course interesting and useful - feel free to share and provide feedback!

#onlinelearning #energytwitter #energy #renewableenergy #energytransition #quiz #freethelectures