COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOTHERMAL HEATING SYSTEMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAK 4256 GEOTHERMAL HEATING SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Mechanical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALPASLAN TURGUT

Offered to

Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

To provide the ability of determining the optimum pipe diameter, suitable heat exchanger and the pump for the geothermal heating systems by having the knowledge of the basic concepts of the geothermal energy and the elements that used in the geothermal heating systems. To provide general understanding of working principles of geothermal district heating systems and geothermal power plants.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the basic concepts of geothermal energy.
2   Explain the utilization of indoor heating systems.
3   Calculate the capacity of the heat exchanger and the pump systems for the geothermal heating systems.
4   Explain the district heating system.
5   Compare the working principles of the different types of 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 Overview of the renewable energy sources
2 Basic concepts of geothermal energy
3 Indoor heating systems
4 Heat exchangers
5 Geothermal pipelines
6 Geothermal pumps
7 District heating systems - 1
8 District heating systems - 2
9 Field trip - Balçova
10 Ground-source Heat pumps
11 Geothermal power plants
12 Geothermal power plants
13 Environmental effects of the geothermal energy - 1
14 Environmental effects of the geothermal energy - 2

Recomended or Required Reading

J.W. Lund, P.J. Lienau, B.C. Lunis, Jeotermal Enerji Doğrudan Kullanım ve Tasarım El Kitabı , MMO/2004/360.
M.H. Dickson, M. Fanelli, Geothermal Energy , John Wiley&Sons, 1995

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations of the instructor.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1st, 2nd and the 3rd learning outcomes will be assessed by the 1st midterm exam 4th and the 5th learning outcomes will be assessed by the 2nd midterm exam. All the learning outcomes will be assessed by the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

alpaslan.turgut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday, 09:00 10:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 14 14
Midterm 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.13222
LO.2323
LO.3342
LO.433
LO.5342