COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YTT 4212 RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

PLUMBING TECHNOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YILDIZ KALINCI

Offered to

PLUMBING TECHNOLOGY
Plumbing Technology (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to gain students competencies related renewable energy resources (sun, wind, environment, hydroelectric power, geothermal, bio, hydrogen) and small scale designs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to describe the active and passive systems of solar energy
2   To be able to analyse the heat pump systems
3   To be able to define the wind energy systems
4   To be able to describe the hydroelectric power systems
5   To be able to define the bio systems
6   To be able to describe hydrogen energy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Solar Energy, active and pasive systems
2 Thermal energy and power production from solar energy
3 Heat pump systems (sourced soil and air)
4 Heat pump systems (sourced water)
5 Wind, compenets of wind turbines
6 Wind energy, environmental effects
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Hydroelectric power
10 Geothermal energy- Thermal applications
11 Geothermal energy- Power production
12 Bio-energy
13 Hyrodgen production
14 Hydrogen applications

Recomended or Required Reading

1-Yenilenebilir Enerji Kaynakları, Ismet Akova, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, 2008.
2-Alternatif Energy Kaynakları, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Acaroğlu, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, 2007.
3-Yenilenebilir Enerjiler ve Alternatif Sistemler, Isısan Akademi, 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1-Lectures
2-Tutorial

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 RPT REPORT
2 FN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE RO*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) RO*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

It is measured the five learning outcomes with mid-term exam and final exam and development of students will be monitored with applications in the classrooms.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance 70% of classes is mandatory.
Disciplinary proceeding is opened due to cheating in an examination.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0.232.3012618 / yildiz.kalinci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It is determined according to semester course plan.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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