Principles of energy conversion among different states of energy including heat, electricity, and optical energy. Direct energy conversion devices for thermic, thermo-ionic, magnetohydrodynamic, photovoltaic energy. Principles and theories of chemical and mechanical energy storage devices. A comprehensive description of the direct energy conversion methods, including, Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, Thermoelectric conversion, Thermionics, and Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generation. It briefly reviews the physics of PV electrical generation, discusses the PV system design process discusses five energy storage categories, namely: electrical, electromechanical, mechanical, direct thermal, and thermochemical, and the storage media that can store and deliver energy.
- Teacher: Cangul Arnavut