| Program / Major | mDP | Goals | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamental Mechanical Engineering | E | 機械を製作して運用するために必要な工学特有の手法（計測、制御、設計、加工など）に習熟し、それらを問題の状況に応じて適切に使うことができる。 | Main |
| Advanced Mechanical Engineering | F | 産業界や社会の要請を把握して解決するべき課題を設定し、機械工学の学理を応用して異分野を含む融合分野で革新的な機能を創成することができる。 | Sub |
| Environment and Materials Engineering | B | 地球環境や地域社会との調和を見据えて、さまざまな工学分野に関わる問題を解決することができる。 | Sub |
| Chemistry and Biotechnology | B | 地球環境や地域社会との調和を見据えて、さまざまな工学分野に関わる問題を解決することができる。 | Sub |
| Electrical Engineering and Robotics | D | 電気工学や関連する工学の技術分野を課題に適用し、社会の要求を解決するために応用することができる。 | Sub |
| Advanced Electronic Engineering | E | 専門的デザイン課題について解決する能力を身に付けることができる。 | Sub |
| Information and Communications Engineering | F | 社会のニーズに対して技術課題を主体的に発見し、工学分野における分野横断的な知識も活用しつつ、計画的・継続的に取り組んで課題を達成することができる。 | Sub |
| Computer Science and Engineering | G | 技術的課題に対してさまざまな工学分野の知識を関連付けながら主体的に取り組み、継続的に学修する能力を身に付けることができる。 | Sub |
| Urban Infrastructure and Environment | G | ⼟⽊⼯学における現実の問題について、⼯学・専⾨基礎知識を⽤いて理解・解決することができる。 | Sub |
The specific purposes of the class are:
1) To gain a fundamental understanding of physical concepts used to analyze and design energy technologies.
2) To enhance students’ perspectives on energy conversion systems and their future development.
Through achieving these objectives, the course aims to strengthen analytical skills, information literacy, and logical thinking abilities required of engineers.
1) To gain a fundamental understanding of physical concepts used to analyze and design energy technologies.
2) To enhance students’ perspectives on energy conversion systems and their future development.
Through achieving these objectives, the course aims to strengthen analytical skills, information literacy, and logical thinking abilities required of engineers.
This course provides students with fundamental concepts and knowledge required for the evaluation and development of energy
conversion systems. Students will learn methods for applying the principles of energy conversion to practical engineering
problems and will discuss Japan’s energy strategy using these concepts.
Topics include the performance evaluation of fluid machinery (e.g., pumps and turbines), thermal-fluid devices (e.g., turbines and compressors), and direct energy conversion technologies such as magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generation and fuel cells.
Additionally, a four-week project-based learning (PBL) module will be conducted, focusing on the development of a 2050 energy vision based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through these topics, students will develop analytical skills, information utilization skills, and logical thinking abilities necessary to address engineering challenges.
Topics include the performance evaluation of fluid machinery (e.g., pumps and turbines), thermal-fluid devices (e.g., turbines and compressors), and direct energy conversion technologies such as magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generation and fuel cells.
Additionally, a four-week project-based learning (PBL) module will be conducted, focusing on the development of a 2050 energy vision based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through these topics, students will develop analytical skills, information utilization skills, and logical thinking abilities necessary to address engineering challenges.
- Students will be able to explain energy transfer, energy storage, energy conversion and difference in major forms of energy.
- Students will be able to use the conservation law of mechanical energy (Bernoulli’s theorem) to evaluate the performances of fluid machinery.
- Students will be able to apply the knowledge of entropy and enthalpy to estimate the performance of energy conversion devices.
- Students will be able to explain the definition of direct power generation technology and the working principles of MHD power generation and fuel cells.
- Students will be able to estimate the possibility of energy devices and propose the energy vision in accordance with SDGs.
| Homework assignments and quizzes | Project work | Term-end examination | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5% | 5% | ||
| 2. | 10% | 15% | 25% | |
| 3. | 10% | 15% | 25% | |
| 4. | 10% | 15% | 25% | |
| 5. | 15% | 5% | 20% | |
| Total. | 30% | 20% | 50% | - |
Your final grade will be calculated according to the following process:
- Homework assignments and quizzes: 30%
- Project work: 20%
- Term-end examination: 50%
An aggregate score of at least 60% is required to pass the course.
Students will be evaluated on their ability to:
- Select appropriate principles and concepts
- Formulate solution strategies
- Perform calculations leading to correct solutions
The PBL project will be evaluated using a rubric based on research results and presentation quality.
- Homework assignments and quizzes: 30%
- Project work: 20%
- Term-end examination: 50%
An aggregate score of at least 60% is required to pass the course.
Students will be evaluated on their ability to:
- Select appropriate principles and concepts
- Formulate solution strategies
- Perform calculations leading to correct solutions
The PBL project will be evaluated using a rubric based on research results and presentation quality.
| Class schedule | HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) | Amount of Time Required | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Introduction of energy conversion - Forms of energy - Energy resources |
- Summarize the forms of energy and conservation of energy you have been studied. | 60minutes |
| - Review the today’s lesson by watching the lecture video recorded in the class room | 60minutes | ||
| 2. | Mechanical energy - Bernoulli’s theorem - Application of Bernoulli’s theorem |
- Watch the lecture video ”Bernoulli’s theorem” (14:54) - Submit the assignment #2 |
90minutes |
| - Review the today’s lesson by watching the lecture video recorded in the class room | 90minutes | ||
| 3. | Energy conversion in fluid machinery -1- - Applying of Bernoulli’s equation, momentum equations and cotinuity equation to calculate properties of a moving fluid - Efficiency of a horizontal axis wind turbines based on actuator-disk theory |
- Read the specified section of the class materials - Submit the assignment #3 |
90minutes |
| - Review the today’s lesson by watching the lecture video recorded in the class room | 90minutes | ||
| 4. | Energy conversion in fluid machinery -2- - Wind turbine rotor blade characteristics - Aerodynamic evaluation of vertical axis wind turbines |
- Read the specified section of the class materials - Submit the assignment #4 |
90minutes |
| - Review the today’s lesson by watching the lecture video recorded in the class room | 90minutes | ||
| 5. | Energy conversion in turbo machinery -1- - First law of thermodynamics in an open system - Energy balance equation and enthalpy |
- Watch the lecture video ”First law of thermodynamics in an open system” (13:24) - Submit the assignment #5 |
90minutes |
| - Review the today’s lesson by watching the lecture video recorded in the class room | 90minutes | ||
| 6. | Energy conversion in turbo machinery -2- - Reversible adiabatic process - Stagnation conditions |
- Watch the lecture video ”Stagnation state and adiabatic efficiency” (08:42) - Submit the assignment #6 |
90minutes |
| - Review the today’s lesson by watching the lecture video recorded in the class room | 90minutes | ||
| 7. | Energy conversion in turbo machinery -3- - Performance estimation of a turbine and a compressor - Adiabatic efficiency |
- Read the specified section of the class materials - Submit the assignment #7 |
90minutes |
| - Review the today’s lesson by watching the lecture video recorded in the class room | 90minutes | ||
| 8. | Project work -1- - Research for detailed energy trend in Japan |
- Read some reports on energy statistics and understand the overview of energy situation | 120minutes |
| - Continue the research for detailed energy trend | 60minutes | ||
| 9. | Project work -2- - Simulation of energy vision |
- Investigate the prediction methods for future planes in energy - Submit the assignment #8 |
120minutes |
| - Summarize the simulation results | 120minutes | ||
| 10. | Project work -3- - Proposal for long term energy vision - Discussion |
- Prepare for presentation materials | 120minutes |
| - Consider your own energy vision based on presentation and discussion | 120minutes | ||
| 11. | Project work -4- - Proposal for long term energy vision - Discussion |
- Prepare for presentation materials | 120minutes |
| - Consider your own vision about long term energy plan | 90minutes | ||
| 12. | Direct electrical power generation -1- - Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction - Working principle of an MHD electrical power generation - Electrical characteristics of MHD power generators - Performance of MHD power generators |
- Submit the assignment #12 | 90minutes |
| - Review the today’s lesson by watching the lecture video recorded in the class room | 90minutes | ||
| 13. | Direct electrical power generation -2- - Working principle of fuel cells - Hydrogen production technologies - Gibbs’s free energy |
- Watch the lecture video ”Gibbs free energy” (06:04) - Submit the assignment #13 |
90minutes |
| - Review the today’s lesson by watching the lecture video recorded in the class room | 90minutes | ||
| 14. | Course summary and term-end examination | Review the lesson 1-13 | 180minutes |
| 100minutes | |||
| Total. | - | - | 2710minutes |
| ways of feedback | specific contents about "Other" |
|---|---|
| Feedback in the class | 事前課題のフィードバックは，授業内での解説，補足説明，小テストなどによって行う．提出された課題や小テストの答案は，ScombZから返却する． |
Supplementary materials and lecture slides will be provided via the ScombZ. Additional textbooks and useful websites will
be introduced during the course as needed.
Recorded lecture videos will be distributed after each class.
Recorded lecture videos will be distributed after each class.
Students are expected to have fundamental knowledge of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the first law of thermodynamics,
entropy and enthalpy, h–s diagrams, Bernoulli’s theorem, and conservation laws of mass and momentum.
Students are expected to be comfortable with the material from the following subjects:
- Fluid mechanics 1, 2
- Thermodynamics 1, 2
Students are expected to be comfortable with the material from the following subjects:
- Fluid mechanics 1, 2
- Thermodynamics 1, 2
- Every Tuesday, 12:30-13:10 at Toyosu campus
- Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
| Work experience | Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable |
|---|---|
| N/A | N/A |
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