COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POWER PLANT TECHNOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 5057 POWER PLANT 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

Energy
Energy
Energy

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to have an idea on production of electricity with various power plants

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Investigate energy potential of the country
2   Possess the information on energy potential of the country
3   Conduct a project on use of the energy and criticize arguments
4   Develop analytical and practical abilities to conduct a project on use of the energy and criticize arguments
5   Give further training on tools of how to undertake empirical research and combine it with a sophisticated explorations of technical investigations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course
2 A thermodynamics review
3 The concert of reversibility
4 The concept of entropy
5 The rankine cycle
6 Fossil-Fuel steam generators
7 Fuels and combustion
8 Turbines
9 The condensate-feedwater system
10 The circulating-water system
11 Gas-turbine and combined cycles
12 Geothermal Energy, Solar Energy, Wind energy
13 Student presentation
14 Student presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Handouts
M.M.EL-WAKIL: Power Plant Technology McGraw-Hill International Editors

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations of the instructor, preparation of the assignments, presentation of the student
The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.
Preparation of assignment (Homework, Weekly Follow-up Reports, Energy Management Dissertation Project)

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS PRESENTATION
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRS * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ismail.tavman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 9:00-11:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Student presentation 2 3 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparing presentations 1 50 50
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.145335
LO.244
LO.32454442354
LO.454455
LO.55443455

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