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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MEE 5056 ADVANCED SOLAR ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DILEK KUMLUTAŞ

Offered to

Energy Energy Energy

Course Objective

To provide needed technical knowledge for the design of system by explaining the solar collectors, solar process loads, solar heating and photovoltaic systems to students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the basic concepts related to solar energy. 2   To define the basic working principles of the solar collectors. 3   To calculate the solar process loads. 4   To select appropriate solar collector for the system. 5   To design the solar water heating systems. 6   To design the passive and hybrid heating systems. 7   To define the basic working principles of the photovoltaic systems. 8   To design the photovoltaic systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Solar Radiation 2 Selected Heat Transfer Topics 3 Radiation Characteristics 4 Collectors 5 Solar Process Loads 6 Homework 7 System Thermal Calculations 8 Solar Water Heating 9 Building Heating 10 Industrial Process Heat 11 Solar Thermal Power Systems 12 Presentation 13 Design of Passive and Hybrid Heating Systems 14 Design of Photovoltaic Systems

Recomended or Required Reading

John A. DUFFIE , William A. BECKMAN, 1991, Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, John Wiley & Sons.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures + Homework + Presentation + Final exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 RPT REPORT 2 PRS PRESENTATION 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The "Termpaper" assessment method mentioned above will be the compilation of "homework" assigned during the semester

Assessment Criteria

Homework % 25 LO 1, LO 2, LO 3 Presentation % 25 LO 4, LO 5, LO 6, LO 7, LO 8 Final Exam % 50 LO 1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5, LO 6, LO 7, LO 8

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

dilek.kumlutas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 13:00-14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 3 36 Presentations 2 3 6 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60 Preparation for final exam 1 8 8 Preparing assignments 7 6 42 Preparing presentations 1 10 10 Final 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 LO.1 5 5 3 LO.2 5 4 3 LO.3 5 5 3 5 4 LO.4 4 5 5 3 3 4 4 5 LO.5 4 5 4 5 3 3 4 4 5 LO.6 5 5 4 5 3 3 4 4 5 LO.7 4 4 LO.8 5 5 4 5 3 3 4 4 5