COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOSSIL FUELS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEO 4274 FOSSIL FUELS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HÜLYA KAÇMAZ

Offered to

Geological Engineering

Course Objective

The course aims to give the understanding of general characteristics, origin, formation, use and environmental impacts of the fossil fuels

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student can identify energy resources
2   The student can interpret formation environments of fossil fuels
3   The student can explain physical and chemical properties of fossil fuels
4   The student can explore sources of fossil fuels
5   The student can discuss the environmental impacts of fossil fuels

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General classification of energy resources
2 General information about coal Physical and chemical properties and petrography
3 Origin and formation of the coal Formation and deposition of peat, coalification, depositional environments
4 Coal deposits of Türkiye and World coal reserves
5 Coal consumption and its environmental effects
6 General information of oil and natural gas
7 Oil and natural gas formation
8 Midterm exam
9 Migration of oil and natural gas primary and secondary migration
10 Oil and gas accumulation traps
11 Oil and natural gas in the world reserves and distributions
12 Oil and natural gas in Türkiye reserves and distributions
13 Uses of natural gas and oil
14 Environmental impacts of natural gas and oil

Recomended or Required Reading

Nakoman, E., 2012. Kömür, DEÜ Mühendislik Fakültesi Basım Ünitesi, s348, Izmir
Köksoy, M. 1985. Yakıtlar Jeolojisi. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayını, 208s, Ankara
MTA, 2010. Türkiye Kömür Envanteri, MTA yayını, 289s. Ankara.
Evans, M.A. 1997. An Introduction to Economic Geology and its environmental Impact.
Blackwell Science, 364p., UK.
Kural, O. 1994. Coal. 494p. Özgün AŞ., Istanbul.
Thomas, L., 2002. Coal Geology. John Wiley & Sons, p384, UK.
Tuncalı, E. et al. 2002. Türkiye Tersiyer Kömürlerinin Kimyasal ve Teknolojik
özellikleri. MTA yayını, 400s. Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and assignment-presentation

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

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

Assessment Criteria

LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4 and LO5 will be evaluated by assignment, the mid-term, final and resit exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to the lectures will be considered.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.kacmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 13:30-15:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparing assignments 1 22 22
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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