CES EduPack: Low Carbon Power Edition
The CES EduPack Low Carbon Power Edition provides all of the features included in the Standard Edition, with modified Level 3 and Elements databases providing more information on low carbon power systems and associated materials. The Edition is supported by the white papers Materials for Nuclear Power Systems, Low-Carbon Power, and Materials for Energy Storage Systems.
The Level 1 and 2 Materials & Processes Databases are supplied with this edition, together with the Level 3 Nuclear Power and Low Carbon Power Systems Databases.
The Low Carbon Power Database provides information on low carbon power systems, energy storage systems, and nuclear engineering. Each power source is clearly described, complete with illustrations and key properties. These include capital, material, energy, CO2, and area intensity, capacity factor, system efficiency, life, current installed capacity, growth rate, delivered cost, and links to material records in the MaterialUniverse database. Records are available for the following power systems:
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New in 2012: The Level 3 database now continues detailed records on energy storage systems (above), enabling students to explore the options for energy storage in a rational and quantitative manner. Energy storage systems are the source of power for products as diverse as hearing aids and satellites. Two sectors have a particular interest in large-scale energy storage systems: the utilities industry and the automotive industry. The portable electronics industry and the military also require energy storage systems, but on a smaller scale.
To support students as they learn about these systems, the new records in CES EduPack provide diagrams and descriptions of these technologies, together with details about the materials they use, their efficency, and other resource demands. Thus students can investigate the benefits and limitation of ultilising different approaches. Datasheets include:
- 6 different batteries for electrochemical storage
- 2 electromagnetic energy storage systems
- Onboard and utility scale hydrogen storage
- 5 forms of Mechanical storage
- Thermal Storage
In depth information is available in the new Materials for Energy Storage Systems white paper.
The Nuclear Power records contain schematics and descriptions of the main reactor types (part of a schematic is pictured, right) as well as:
- Additional records for material grades used in nuclear power systems
- Material performance at elevated temperature (specific heat capacity, thermal conductivity, Young’s modulus, tensile strength, yield strength)
- Influence of neutron irradiation on material performance (tensile strength, thermal conductivity, Young’s modulus)
- Information on materials usage in reactor systems and sub-systems
An extended Elements Database
- Coverage of elements used in nuclear power systems (tritium, deuterium, plutonium, thorium and uranium isotopes)
- Properties relevant to nuclear power (neutron absorption cross section, neutron scattering cross section, fission cross section, binding energy per nucleon, half life)
Courses:
Sustainability and energy
Databases:
energy Materials & Processes Levels 1-2 + Level 3 Low Carbon Power (also incorporating Nuclear Power and Energy Storage Systems) + Elements
Books & Resources:
Textbooks: Materials or Materials Selection in Mechanical Design
White Papers: Materials for Nuclear Power Systems, Low-Carbon Power, and Materials for Energy Storage Systems