FIRST HALF OF EVEN SEMESTER

Renewable Energy
JPI-KSIEC 2019 -1B05

Wiyanti Fransisca Simanullang, PhD

Email: wiyanti.fransisca@ukwms.ac.id

Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering

Widya Mandala Catholic University
09/05/2023
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 Academic Background

Ph.D., Hokkaido University, Japan

(2021)
M.Eng., Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
(2018)
S.Si., Universitas Sumatera Utara,Indonesia
(2014)

E-mail : wiyanti.fransisca@ukwms.ac.id
Link : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8265-0976
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 About This Course
Code/Credit : TP-CHE451/2
Prerequisites :-

Learning Outcomes:
Student completing this course will be able to understand the concepts of renewable energy as an
alternative according to current issues.

Topics:
1. Fuel cell
2. Hydrogen production and storage
3. Solar energy
4. Wind and water energy
5. Geothermal energy
6. Ocean thermal energy
7. Nuclear energy

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 Course Contract
Classroom Rules: Scoring
➢ Please come on time
➢ Please do not forget marking your attendance
Quiz
➢ Late submission is unacceptable. 50% 50%
Final Test

Schedule :
Date Topic
Meeting-1 Introduction: Fossil Fuels

Meeting-2 Fuel cell I

Meeting-3 Fuel cell II

Meeting-4 Hydrogen production and storage I

Meeting-5 Hydrogen production and storage II

Meeting-6 Solar Energy I

Meeting-7 Solar Energy II

Report-1

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 Material Catalysts and Catalysis

FossilJPI-KSIEC
Fuels: oil, coal and natural gas
2019 -1B05

Wiyanti Fransisca Simanullang, PhD

Email: wiyanti.fransisca@ukwms.ac.id

Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering

Widya Mandala Catholic University

09/05/2023
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 Fossil Fuels

Major fossil fuels are:

• Coal
• Petroleum
• Natural Gas

All fossil fuels are c onsidered to

be non-renewable resources
because they are being
consumed at a much faster
rate than they are replenished.

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Fossil Fuels

( Source: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Reproduced by

permission.)
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 Fossil Fuels

Coal is a hydrocarbon that formed from ancient

plant life that was buried and subjected to heat
and pressure. It formed into a organic peat in a
process called diagenesis.
Types of c oal:

Heating value

lignite subbituminous bituminous anthracite

Moisture content

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 Fossil Fuels
Petroleum (oil) was formed from organic sediments
in a two step-process:
1. Compaction and heat into a waxy material
known as kerogen and a black tar-like
material called bitumen.
2. Further chemical and physical change in a
process called catagenesis.

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 Fossil Fuels
Natural gas is trapped underground in reservoirs.
The primary constituent of natural gas is methane,
the simplest hydrocarbon. The chemical formula
for methane is CH4.

The chemical reaction that occurs in

burning methane is:
CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O + Energy

The equation shows that for one molecule

of CH4, two molecules of O 2 combine with it
to form one molecule of C O 2 and two
molecules of water.

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 Fossil Fuels
Environmental effects of fossil fuels are:
• Release of CO 2 and pollutants such as sulfur, arsenic,
lead, and mercury
• Acidification of lakes and streams from sulfur dioxide
• Issues with obtaining fuels including spills and ash
releases.

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 Fossil Fuels

Another environmental disaster that has not received

much attention is coal seam fires. These underground
fires have been started by both natural means and
humans but are estimated to a c c ount for 3% of the
world’s industrial carbon emissions may come from
these fires.

One fire in India has been burning since 1916 and has
consumed an estimated 37 million tons of coal. Fires
like this have a huge impact on pollution, land
subsidence, and destruction of wildlife habitat.

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