Fuels I: Energy Sources and Trends

Course description:
Understanding fuels is fundamental to energy management, since trends in production, supply, and demand all affect
pricing and availability, with critical effects on business results. Choosing between alternate fuels requires a sound
knowledge of energy values and conversion calculations. In this course we will discuss the current energy sources
chiefly used, define the different types of energy, discuss renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, and what the
predicted trends are for future fuel consumption.
Course Outline:
Learning objectives
At the completion of this course you will be able to:

List the energy sources chiefly used by buildings and industry

Define primary, secondary and end use energy

Describe renewable and non-renewable energy sources

Summarize predicted trends in fuel consumption

Course content or material

1)

Introduction

2)

Primary and secondary fuels

3)

Non-renewable and renewable energy sources

a. Non-renewable energy
b. Renewable energy

4)

Trends
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

5)

Growth in energy consumption

Oil
Gas
Coal
Combined energy reserves
Imports

Summary

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