COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESERVOIR ENGINEERING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GTE 5001 RESERVOIR ENGINEERING COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Geothermal Energy
M.Sc. Geothermal Energy (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

The course aims to provide an introduction to parts of methodology of geothermal exploration and to parts of geological basis in geothermal applications, and to parts of geophysical applications in geothermal investigations with a theoretical and practical understanding of the main techniques of principle investigation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   know the factors that affect of fluid movement in reservoir
2   can write the fluid equations deu to the boundary conditions to porous media
3   evaluats data related to the geothermal reservoir
4   know the reservoir models
5   know the geothermal field management

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Geothermal reservoir
2 Geothermalsystemsanddefinitions
3 Poduction, reinjection, increase of pressure loss
4 Theoperatedgeothermalreservoirs in TurkeyandTurkey shistoricaldataandtheevaluation of geothermalreservoirs
5 HOMEWORK
6 Dary's law and its applications, differential equations defining the radial flow in porous media
7 MIDTERM EXAM
8 The fluid equations in steady flow conditions
9 Reservoir Modelling
10 Reservoir models and basic definitions, conclusions.
11 Cooling, pressure loss
12 PROJECT
13 Monitoring and data collection
14 Geothermal field modelling

Recomended or Required Reading

Kruger, P. and Carel Otte, Geothermal Energy, Stanford University Press, 360p., 1973.
Supplementary Book(s): Nicholson, K., Geothermal Fluids, Springer Verlag, 263p., 1993.
Yüngül, S., Electrical Methods in Geophysical Exploration of Deep Sedimantary Basins, Chapman and Hill, 208p., 1996.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Homeworl, project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

niyazi.aksoy@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Design Project 1 70 70
Preparing assignments 1 55 55
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.555