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Renewable Energy B.Tech.

Academics > School of Agriculture, Sustainability, Business and Entrepreneurship

Course Description

Intro to Micro Hyro Systems

This course provides students with an introduction to hydroelectricity and the impacts of head, flow, and fluid dynamics on the useable water resource. Students are engaged with installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting micro hydroelectricity systems (those <10 kW in size). Course focus will be on sizing penstock, mapping the hydro resource, and identifying environmental concerns with small hydro systems. Prerequisites: ELEC 291, AGEN 151, and PHYS 127 minimum grade of C 3 credits (2 lecture hours, 2 lab hours)

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Benjamin D. Ballard
Director, RETC
(315) 684-6780
ballarbd@morrisville.edu
Shannon Hall, Room 104-B

Philip Hofmeyer
(315) 684-6515
hofmeypv@morrisville.edu
Shannon Hall, Room 104b

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Admissions Requirements

The RE B.Tech. degree is a demanding curriculum for incoming students as there are strong math, biology, chemistry, physics, and electrical engineering components to the program. A rigorous high school curriculum in math and science is recommended.