William Mangieri |
Enjoyable course. I especially like see the principles of thermodynamics applied to examples.
James Lee |
There is an error in the fist paragraph of the introduction but otherwise a good course.
WEBMASTER NOTE: Thank you for your review. We have contacted the SME and will make necessary updates to the course material.
James Kugler |
Basic level information but a lot of it.
Michael Christopher |
For comprehensive source of information on the topic of thermodynamics.
James Hagberg |
A nice review of thermodynamics as it relates to different renewable energy concepts; including the theoretical & practical limitations.
Roger Blais |
This course had a lot of information, but it contains what I believe to be a few errors. It also jumped into detailed numerical calculations with input data pulled from specific sources that would be hard to generalize. It was a useful review, but not a very clear introduction to the topic.WEBMASTER NOTE: Thank you for your review. We have contacted the SME and will make necessary updates to the course material.
Dave Keller |
Excellent overview of the subject matter.
Charles Hathaway |
I appreciated that the course touched on a large variety of thermodynamics topics, and focused especially on matters related to heating and air conditioning systems. However, I often found the explanations difficult to follow. The writing was often confusing, and there were points at which I didn’t trust that what was said was actually meant. I spent a lot of time using other means (e.g. Wikipedia, Khan Academy) to try to understand the concepts, because I didn’t feel I was getting that understanding from the text that was provided.
Although in the end I learned a lot about general thermodynamics concepts, it took a lot of extra work on my part. I think I’d recommend another approach — such as recorded lectures/explanations accompanied by a teacher’s diagrams or short videos, similar to the presentations of Khan Academy.
Stuart Romanow |
There was enough content to justify taking this course both as a thermodynamics refresher and to see how thermodynamics principles are important to design and analysis of renewable energy projects. The course document needs a few edits.
Ahmed Sabet |
Excellent course. Good refresher of thermodynamic concepts with emphasis on practical applications
Francis Masiello |
This is an excellent course and a great review.
Richard DesJardins |
A lot of good information.
John Ziegler |
This is a long course and required a lot of focus.