COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS: THEORY AND APPLICATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
COE 5027 OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS: THEORY AND APPLICATION 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

Offered to

Course Objective

This course will explain and describe the technologies to extract energy from wind, waves and tides. The strengths and weaknesses of these various technologies will be discussed and illustrated through case studies of specific installations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to learn wind sources and influences
2   to acquire fundamentals of wind energy technology
3   to know about predicting wind turbine output
4   to acquire basic knowledge about wave energy fundamentals
5   to learn basic of wave energy converters
6   to know the tidal energy sources
7   to learn about tidal energy converters

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Wind Sources and Influences Global Wind Sources Local Wind Sources Surface Wind Boundary Layer Obstacles
2 Fundamentals of Wind Energy Technology Maximum Power Available from Wind Drag Type Wind Energy Technology Aero lift type wind energy technology Vertical axis wind turbines Wind turbine performance measures
3 Predicting Wind Turbine Output Wind Histograms Sources of Data Wind Direction Energy Production Wind Turbine Arrays (wind farms)
4 Offshore Wind Farms and Foundation Systems Renewable Energy and Offshore Wind Energy Converters (OWEC) Geotechnical investigation Soil Conditions and Design Considerations of OWEC s Foundation Offshore wind Turbines Support Structures: Piled Foundations and Shallow Foundations Monopod Foundations Multipod Foundations
5 Economic and Environmental Issues Economic & Environmental Issues Cost Analysis Environmental Effects of Wind Turbines
6 Term project presentation 1
7 Wave Energy Fundamentals Wave Energy Fundamentals Wave Generation Wave Classification Energy and Power in a Wave Wave Data
8 Wave Energy Converters I Wave Energy Convertion Devices Point Absorbers Attenuators Terminators Oscillating wave surge converter
9 Wave Energy Converters II Oscillating water column Overtopping devices Submerged pressure differential Bulge wave Rotating mass devices Economic Analysis
10 Power Take-Off Systems (PTO) Types of PTO Air Turbine Design for OWCs Direct Drive Linear Generators Hydraulics Alternative Applications: Desalination
11 Term project presentation 2
12 Tidal Energy Tidal Energy Sources Tidal Barrage Energy and Power Tidal Barrage Examples Tidal Stream Generators Energy and Power Tidal Stream Generators Examples
13 Combined systems Final Thoughts Combined systems of wind, wave and tidal energy converters Wind, Waves, and Tides Final Thoughts
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): :
R. H. Charlier and J. R. Justus, Ocean energies - Environmental, economic and technological aspects of alternative power sources, vol. 21, no. 2 3. Dover Publications, 1993.
J. Cruz, Ocean Wave Energy Current Status and Future Prospects. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
M. E. McCormick, Ocean Wave Energy Conversion. Dover Publications, 2007.

Supplementary Book(s):
Materials:
J. Brooke, Wave Energy Conversion: Elsevier Ocean Engineering Book Series Volume 6. Elsevier Science Ltd., 2003.
A. da Rosa, Chapter 15 - Wind Energy and Chapter 16 - Ocean Engines, in Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes (Third Edition), Third Edit., A. da Rosa, Ed. Boston: Academic Press, 2013, pp. 685 763.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Students will be responsible for homework assignments, one term project and a final exam. Students will present their homework and term project to the rest of the class. The final grade is based on term project, homeworks and final exam.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 RPT REPORT
2 CAS CASE STUDY
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT *0.30 + CAS *0.30 +FIN *0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) RPT *0.30 + CAS *0.30 +RST *0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Every two week a homework assignment will be given.
2. The final exam will cover the all chapters. Students will be asked one or more questions for each topic. The rating evaluation of exam questions will be carried out according to the point system determined by instructor.
3. Students will be asked to select one or more wind, wave, current or tidal energy converters to present all details about the device in the class. The evaluation is based on the quality of the collected information/material and presentation technics. Also, the attendance and the motivation to the class materials will be evaluated as well.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Lect. Dr. Dogan Kısacık
dogan.kisacik@deu.edu.tr
Dokuz Eylül University Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology
Haydar Aliyev Boulevard 100, 35430 Inciralti, Izmir/TURKEY
Tel:+90 (232) 2785565/108, Fax:+90 (232) 2785082

Office Hours

Tuesday: 13:30-14:30
Thursday; 13:30-15:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 5 7 35
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 174

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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