COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOTHERMAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GTE 5009 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 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

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

Course Objective

To investigate geothermal systems that use geothermal energy for the purposes of heating or electric generation and to determine the design criteria. Besides, buildings will be inspected about being appropriate to insulation standards from a view of energy saving and the students will be informed about the materials that used in insulation of buildings and pipes lines.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the basic concepts related to geothermal energy.
2   Interpret compliance with thermal insulation of buildings.
3   Select components for the district heating systems.
4   Define the basic working principles of the plate heat exchangers.
5   Select components for the geothermal power plants.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Geothermal energy and use of geothermal energy
2 The use of geothermal energy for heating
3 Design of geothermal district heating systems
4 Geothermal building heating systems
5 Heat loss calculation
6 Termpaper
7 Heat exchangers used in geothermal district heating systems
8 Plate heat exchangers
9 Downhole heat exchangers
10 Geothermal heating systems for greenhouses
11 Geothermal electricity generation
12 Presentation
13 Hybrid systems
14 Geothermal heating applications in Türkiye

Recomended or Required Reading

Lund J.W., Lienau P.J., Lunis B.C. (Eds.), 1998, Geothermal Direct-Use Engineering and Design Guidebook, 3 rd. Ed., Geo-Heat Center, Oregon Ins. of Technology
F. P. Incropera, D. P. DeWitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
Y.A. Çengel, M.A. Boles, Mühendislik Yaklaşımı ile Termodinamik, McGraw-Hill, Literatür, 1996.
Dickson M. H., Fanelli M.(eds.), 1995, Geothermal Energy, UNESCO Energy Engineering Series, John Wiley & Sons
Piatti A., 1992, Planning of Geothermal District Heating Systems, Kluwer Academic, Boston

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


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 4
Presentation % 25 LO 3, LO 5
Final Exam % 50 LO 1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

dilek.kumlutas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 16:00-17:00

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/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1554
LO.243544434
LO.34554434344
LO.4454433
LO.545554444444