Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
5ÇEV 365Energy and Environment3+0+034

Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Environmental Engineering
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Type of Course Unit Elective
Objectives of the Course To teach the negative effects of energy generation and consumption on the environment and to draw the attention of students for them to prefer environmentally-sensitive and energy effective systems and processes.
Course Content Global energy use and supply; thermodynamic principles of energy conversion; thermodynamics of fossil, biomass, and synthetic fuels; electrical energy generation, transmission, and storage; fossil-fueled power plants; nuclear-fueled power plants; automotive transportation; environmental effects of fossil fuel use; global warming and climate change; and mitigating global warming.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Prof.Dr. Hasan MERDUN
Name of Lecturers Prof.Dr. HASAN MERDUN
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources 2. Fay, J.A.; Golomb, D.S. 2011. Energy and the Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles, Second Edition, 384 pages.
1. Lecture notes on energy and the environment prepared by Assoc. Prof. Hasan MERDUN.

Course Category
Mathematics and Basic Sciences %10
Engineering %40
Engineering Design %20
Science %30

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 30
Project 1 % 20
Final examination 1 % 50
Total
3
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 3 1 3
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 10 2 20
Mid-terms 1 12 12
Project 1 50 50
Final examination 1 25 25
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4 110

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Expresses energy use and supply in the global- and Turkey-scale.
2 Explains the thermodynamic principles of energy conversion.
3 Makes thermodynamic calculations of fossil-, biomass-, and synthetic-fuels.
4 Analyzes the systems related to electric energy generation, transmission, and storage.
5 Differentiates the characteristics of fossil-fueled and nuclear-fueled power plants.
6 Explains the environmental effects of automotive transportation.
7 Identifies the environmental effects of fossil fuel use.
8 Analyzes and interprets the effects of energy generation and consumption on global warming and climate change.


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Course description and introduction : Energy and energy terminology, and classification of energy research, reading different materials
2 Global energy supply and use : Global energy consumption, global carbon emissions, global energy sources, global electricity consumption, and global energy supply research, reading different materials
3 Thermodynamic principles of energy conversion : The forms of energy, work and heat interactions, the first and second law of thermodynamics, thermodynamic properties, heat transfer and heat exchange, ideal heat engine cycles, energy processing (first and second law constraints), and fuel (thermal) efficiency research, reading different materials
4 Thermodynamics of fossil, biomass, and synthetic fuels : Fossil fuels (combustion and fuel heating value), biomass fuels, synthetic fuels, electrochemical reactions (fuel cells), and hydrogen economy research, reading different materials
5 Electrical energy generation, transmission, and storage : Electromechanical power transformation, electric power transmission, energy storage (electrostatic; magnetic; electrochemical; lead-acid, lithium-ion, and otther storage batteries; mechanical; pumped hydropower), and properties of energy storage systems research, reading different materials
6 Fossil-fueled power plants : Fossil-fueled power plant components (burner; boiler; steam, impulse, reaction, and gas turbines; condenser; cooling tower; generator; combustion stoichiometry; emission, CO, particle, sulfur, NOx, Hg, and toxic metal controls) and advanced cycles (combined cycle, cogeneration, and fuel cell) research, reading different materials
7 Nuclear-fueled power plants : Nuclear energy, radioactivity (decay rates and half-lives, units and dosage, health effects of radiation, and radiation protection standards), nuclear reactors (boiling water, pressurized water, gas cooled, and breeder reactors), nuclear fuel cycle (mining and refining, and temporary and permanent waste storages), and fusion research, reading different materials
8 Automotive transportation : Internal combustion engines for highway vehicles, engine power and performance, vehicle power and performance, vehicle fuel efficiency, electric drive vehicles (vehicles powered by storage batteries, hybrid vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles), vehicle emissions (vehicle emission standards, reducing vehicle emissions, catalytic converters for exhaust gas treatment, and fuel quality and its regulation) research, reading different materials
9 Mid-Term Exam research, reading different materials
10 Environmental effects of fossil fuel use : Air pollution (emission standards, health and environmental effects of fossil-fuel-related air pollutants, air pollution meteorology, air quality modeling, photo-oxidants, acid deposition), water pollution (acid mine drainage and coal washing, water use and thermal pollution from power plants, atmospheric deposition of toxic pollutants onto surface waters, toxic metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), and land pollution research, reading different materials
11 Global warming and climate change : What is the greenhouse effect? (solar and terrestrial radiation, modeling global warming, and observed trend of global warming), associated effects of global warming (sea level rise, water vapor and precipitation changes, hurricanes and typhoons, and climate changes), and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 emissions and the carbon cycle, CH4, NOx, chlorofluorocarbons, and ozone) research, reading different materials
12 Mitigating global warming : Controlling halocarbon, NOx, CH4, and CO2 emissions; thermal efficiency and cost of controlling CO2 emissions from power plants; CO2 sequestration; CO2 removal from the atmosphere; and afforestation research, reading different materials
13 Student presentations research, reading different materials
14 Student presentations research, reading different materials
15 Student presentations research, reading different materials


Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11
C1 4 3
C2 4
C3 5
C4 4 3 4
C5 4 4
C6 4 3
C7 3 4 4
C8 4 4 3 3

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