COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PUMPING STATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 4004 PUMPING STATIONS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SEVGI TOKGÖZ GÜNEŞ

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

To learn the basic concepts and methods for pump selection and installation, to have knowledge about the design criteria of pump systems for easy operation and maintenance, to design water, wastewater and sludge pumping systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to express basic concepts of the pump characteristics and application areas
2   To explain the methods for the selection of the pump.
3   To explain the methods of parallel and series connected pumps.
4   To use methods for effective usage and design
5   To discuss the results.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Overview of pumps and pump stations
2 Types of pumps
3 Pump-driver specifications
4 Piston pumps: Characteristics and principles of operation.
5 Centrifugal pumps: Characteristics and principles of operation.
6 Characteristic curves of pumps.
7 Reciprocating and centrifugal pumps connected in series and parallel.
8 Pumps of selection and Installation
9 Dimensioning of pumping stations
10 System design for water pumping
11 System design for wastewater pumping
12 System design for sludge pumping
13 Application examples
14 Assignment presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Yımaz Muslu, "Terfi Merkezleri ve Ishale Hatları", ITÜ Inşaat Fakültesi, Teknik Üni. Matbaası, 1976.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, exam, application examples and assigment

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 * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exam and project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The assigment is mandatory and must be at least 70 to qualify for the final exams.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof. Sevgi TOKGÖZ GÜNEŞ
E-Mail: sevgi.tokgoz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be determined according to the course program

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 0,25 0
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 45

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.25
LO.353
LO.43
LO.55533