COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOTHERMAL HYDROGEOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GTE 5006 GEOTHERMAL HYDROGEOLOGY 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 ÜNSAL GEMICI

Offered to

Geothermal Energy
Geological Engineering Orientation Program
M.Sc. Geothermal Energy (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

Determination of resources, usage areas, rechargeand discharge areas, underrground movements, origins, classifications, monitoring and explotion techniques of geothermal systems are the aims of this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explore the geothermal systems
2   Determine the relations between geothermal systems and geological structure
3   State the exploration technics for geothermal sustems
4   Determine the utilty of the geothermal energy
5   State the environmental affects of the geothermal energy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Geothermal energy in Türkiye
2 Origin of the thermal waters
3 MIDTERM EXAM I
4 Geothermal system classifications, geothermal aquifers and groundwaters
5 HOMEWORK
6 Groundwater movement in geothermal systems
7 Hydrogeological properties of the rocks, determination of system s element
8 REPORT
9 Hydrogeochemical investigation techniques
10 Izotopic techniques in geothermal systems, modeling of the geothermal systems
11 MIDTERM EXAM II
12 Geophysical techniques
13 Reenjection
14 Environmental assessment of geothermal systems

Recomended or Required Reading

Jeotermal Hidrojeoloji, Prof. Dr Şakirn Şimşek, 1993, ANKARA.
Sıcak ve Mineralli Sular, Prof. Dr Şakir Şimşek, 1995, ANKARA
Türkiye Jeotermal Envanteri, MTA Genel Müdürlüğü, ANKARA, 1996

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 RPT REPORT
5 FIN FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + MAKRASG +RPT/2 * 0.20 +FIN * 0.40
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG +RPT/2 * 0.20 +RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Exams and assigments

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEÜ, Mühendislik Fakültedi, Jeoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü
2323017323
unsal.gemici@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 2 15 30
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Field study 1 8 8
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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