COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 5069 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY 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

To investigate geothermal systems that use geothermal energy for the purposes of heating or electric generation and to determine the design criteria.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the basic concepts related to geothermal energy.
2   Define the basic working principles of the plate heat exchangers.
3   Select components for the distribution system.
4   Select appropriate pumps and plate heat exchanger for the system.
5   Design the geothermal district heating systems.
6   Design the geothermal greenhouse heating systems.
7   Design the 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 Geothermal systems and use of geothermal energy
2 Geothermal electricity generation (1)
3 Geothermal electricity generation (2)
4 Low-temperature space heaters
5 Greenhouse heating
6 Homework
7 Absorption refrigeration systems
8 Geothermal well pumps and downhole heat exchangers
9 Geothermal district heating systems (1)
10 Geothermal district heating systems (2)
11 Plate heat exchangers
12 Presentation
13 Industrial applications
14 Geothermal energy and the environment

Recomended or Required Reading

Lund J.W., Lienau P.J., Lunis B.C. (Eds.), 1998, Geothermal Direct-Use Engineering and Design Guidebook, 3 rd. Ed., Geo-Heat Center, Oregon Ins. of Technology
Piatti A., 1992, Planning of Geothermal District Heating Systems, Kluwer Academic, Boston

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures + Homework + Presentation + Final exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 RPT REPORT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The "Termpaper" assessment method mentioned above will be the compilation of "homework" assigned during the semester.

Assessment Criteria

Homework % 25 LO 1, LO 2
Presentation % 25 LO 3, LO 4, LO 5, LO 6, LO 7
Final Exam % 50 LO 1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5, LO 6, LO 7

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

dilek.kumlutas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 14:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Presentations 2 3 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 7 6 42
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.15534
LO.24534
LO.3434443445
LO.443454444455
LO.544554545445
LO.644554545445
LO.744554545445