COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PETROCHEMISTRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 4312 PETROCHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DERYA TOPKAYA TAŞKIRAN

Offered to

Chemistry

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to inform students about the origin and formation of natural petroleum as a source of energy and chemical raw materials, the structure and composition of the crude petroleum, petrochemical technology and products, fuel and non-fuel products and their usage.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have information about the petroleum which is source of energy and chemical raw materials source of fossil in nature, the structure and composition of the crude petroleum
2   Have information about classification and resources of petroleum, about how the petroleum is taken
3   Be able to understand petrochemical raw materials derived from petroleum and their usage
4   Be able to associate fuel and petroleum products used as fuel with petroleum-based technologies
5   Be able to have information about non-fuel products, mineral oils, paraffins, asphaltenes and associate them with their technology and usage

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 World Energy Resources; Crude Oil and Natural Gas
2 Oil sources and classifications, Extraction of oil, Natural gas
3 General principles of oil refining, available methods in oil refining
4 Refinery Processes; Fractionation, Conversion, Processing, Blending and Other Processes
5 Refinery Processes; Blending and Other Processing, Auxiliary processing and other systems
6 Student Presentations
7 Student Presentations
8 Fuels and Lubricants; LPG, Liquefied Petroleum Gases,
9 Fuels and Lubricants; Motor Petrol and Aircraft Gasoline, Jet Fuels and Kerosene Diesel Fuels and Fuel Oils, Lubricating Oils
10 Alternative Fuels and Petrochemical Complex, Olefins and Aromatics Factory
11 Petrochemical Industry, Polymers, their classification, Production of polymers, Commercial polymers and Processing Techniques
12 Student Presentations
13 Student Presentations
14 Student Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Petrol Kimyası, Birsen Beşergil, Gazi, 2009
Materials: ppt presentations

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Lecture, question and answer technique, homework, examples

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm exams, homework presentation and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To continue 70% of the classes throughout the semester is students own responsibility. The specified class times must be complied with. Unethical behavior that may occur in class and on exams, will be acting within the framework of the relevant regulations. D.E.U. Science Faculty implementation principles of teaching and examination regulations can be found at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Derya Topkaya Taşkıran
derya.topkaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

every days 16.30-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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