Introduction to the Physics of Energy

PH240 - Stanford University - Fall 2024
R. B. Laughlin

Reports

Ashton Aleman Assessing Pt Demands for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
Cost of Metal Hydrides for Fuel Cell Vehicles
Kathleen Bailey Haber-Bosch Process
Worldwide Solar Area Requirement
Joshua Barsoian Energy In Armenia - Beyond Nuclear Energy
Transportation Energy Landscape in the United States
Rose Bendekgey Offshore Wind Economic Efficiency
Energy Content for Methods of Waste to Energy
Divya Bhojraj Carbon Nanotubes for Energy Storage Technology
Fueling Space Travel and Exploration
Alexandre Bonnet Nuclear Expansion in the US: Potential and Challenges
Energy Usage vs. GDP in the Context of Climate Change
Garrett Brown Origami Solar Arrays
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Decomissioning
Nathan Chan Daya Bay Nuclear Power and Hong Kong's Energy Needs
Ethanol and California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Hugo Chen GaN Enables Energy-Efficient Power Conversion: A Comparative Analysis
Analysis of Oil Refining in Taiwan
Yamile Cornejo Carrillo Recent Advances to Metal-Mediated Nitrogen Conversion to Ammonia
Electrode Materials for Capacitive Deionization Technologies for Water Desalination
Caitlin Cranmer Energy Consumption of Direct Air Capture
Grid-Scale Energy Storage Technologies and Cost Implications
Genevieve DiBari Impacts of Rising Temperatures on the Power Grid
Floating Photovoltaics
Michele Ferretti Solar Reflectors in Space
The EU Automotive Industry's Transition
Jackson Finch Octane Ratings
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm
Cristobal Garcia Issues with Current Nuclear Waste Management
How Different Light Bulbs Measure Up
León Garcia How Ghana Can Achieve Its Nuclear Energy Goals With SMRs
Germany's Electricity Decoupling: Growth Without Growing Consumption
Jack Glad Desalination in Saudi Arabia and San Diego
Monocrystalline vs. Polycrystalline Solar Cells
Nico Godsick Energy Consumption of Computers in Standby Mode
Texas Wind Energy
Scott Ingall Navigating the Energy Transition Through Investments
The Role of Combined Heat and Power in Finland
Benjamin Janey Coal and Natural Gas Trends for Electricity Generation
Hydrocarbon Scarcity in East Asia
Sehui Jeong Evaluation and Promotion of Energy Efficiency in Air Conditioning
Energy Harvesting Using Metamaterials
Bryan A. Kendall US Nuclear Power Plant Waste Management Costs
US Conventional Energy Subsidies and Fossil Fuel Financing
Jeongkyu Kim Power Conversion: Silicon Versus Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors
Reducing Supply Voltage in Nanoscale Transistor with Ferroelectric Materials
Andrew Klingberg Transmission and Distribution Losses
HEFA Jet Fuel
Satchel Kostelnik Vehicle Operation CO2 Emissions: Gasoline versus CAISO Grid Power
California Natural Gas Trends
Kok Pim Kua Steel Industry Decarbonization
Residential Renewable Energy
Jerry Liu China's Role in Global Coal Trade and Policy
Hydroelectric Power in the United States
Naomi Lutz Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
Thermochemical Heat Storage
Max Madrian The Fukushima Effect: Germany's Energy Transition
Norway's Energy Strategy: A Truly Sustainable Energy Play?
Joshua Martinez-Navarro The Role of Steel Recycling in a Sustainable Future
Power Transmission Losses
Devin Merrell Analysis of Solar and Wind Energy for Cost and Land Use Efficiency
Feasibility of Adapting Natural Gas Pipelines to Transport Hydrogen
Naman Mishra Hydrogen as a Future Fuel for Decarbonising the Shipping Industry
Assessment of Hydrogen Storage as a Grid-Level Electricity Backup Solution
Ruhee Nemawarkar Evaluating Stratospheric Aerosol Injections to Counteract Warming
The Impact of the French 2022 Nuclear Power Crisis on Nuclear Production
Alka Panda A Review of India's Installed Power Capacity and Electricity Generation
Global Production of Hydrogen
Jonathan Sharir-Smith The Shockley-Queisser Limit and Tandem Solar Cells
Energy-Efficient CMOS
Amit Sheoran Coal in India
Wind Energy
Jordyn Smith Energy Demand of Wastewater Treatment
Plastic Production, Pollution, and Waste Reduction
Young Song Semiconductor Heat Generation
Indonesia Geothermal Energy
Maddie Swint Methane and Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere
Osmotic Power Land Requirement to Offset Caltech's 2022 Grid Consumption
Alexander Wang Sustainable Concrete Alternatives: Cost, Emissions, and Efficiency
California Solar Farms
Sarah Yribarren Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries for Grid Energy Storage
Biomass-Derived "Green" Graphite for US Domestic Supply
Richard Yuan Does The World Have Enough Lithium?
How Do We Solve the Intermittency Problem?
Ahmad Zafar Hydroelectricity in Pakistan
Guyana's Oil Boom