COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THERMAL WATER AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5059 THERMAL WATER AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLTEKIN TARCAN

Offered to

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

Course Objective

To define prospection, development, production and monitoring methods upon hot and mineral waters and geothermal energy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the basic concepts about hot and mineral waters and geothermal energy.
2   To be able to explain the occurrences of hot and mineral waters and geothermal energy.
3   To be able to research the sources of hot and mineral waters and geothermal energy.
4   To be able to know development and production of hot and mineral waters and geothermal energy.
5   To be able to apply the monitoring methods of hot and mineral waters and geothermal energy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Hot and mineral waters
2 Hot water types and hot water sytems
3 Physical and chemical properties of the hot and mineral waters
4 Classifications of the hot and mineral waters
5 Hydrogeological studies of the hot and mineral waters
6 Protection of the hot and mineral waters
7 Midterm exam
8 Descrition and occurrence of geothermal energy
9 Utilization of the geothermal energy
10 Electricity generation from geothermal energy
11 Heat production from geothermal energy
12 The other utilizations of geothermal energy with the exceptional of electricity production and heating purposes
13 The protection studies of geothermal energy sources
14 Project presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Şimşek, Ş., Jeotermal Hidrojeoloji, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, 1993, Ankara. (in Turkish)
2. Şimşek, Ş., Sıcak ve Mineralli Sular, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, 1995, Ankara. (in Turkish)
3. Şahinci, A., Geothermal systems and geochemical properties, 1991, Reform Matbaası, Izmir.(in Turkish)
4.Türkiye Jeotermal Envanteri, 2005, MTA Genel Müdürlüğü, ANKARA (in Turkish).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: gultekin.tarcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Design Project 1 25 25
Reading 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Project presentation 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.135
LO.235
LO.3352
LO.44453
LO.5452