ME414 Energy Conversion Technologies
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| Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Hours* | ECTS | Weekly Class Schedule | ||||||
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| ME414 | Energy Conversion Technologies | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Prerequisite | Senior Standing | It is a prerequisite to | None |
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| Lecturer | TBA | Office Hours / Room / Phone | ||||||||
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| Assistant | Assistant E-mail | |||||||||
| Course Objectives | Energy Conversion Technology course aims at the following educational objectives: 1 To become familiar with the modern energy conversion systems (power generation systems) 2 To understand the fundamental principles of thermodynamics energy transfer in a variety of engineering systems 3 To understand application of the laws of thermo-fluid mechanics to energy conversion systems 4 To get insight into up-to-date technical systems for energy conversion, their components and processes, as well as economic and environmental importance of energy conversion |
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| Textbook | Roger A. Hinrichs, Merlin H. Kleinbach: “Energy: Its Use and the Environment”, 5th ed., 2012 | |||||||||
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| Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | |||||||||
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| Teaching Methods | Class discussions with examples. Lectures with accompanying slide presentations. | |||||||||
| Teaching Method Delivery | Teaching Method Delivery Notes | |||||||||
| WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | ||||||||
| Week 1 | Course Introduction, Introduction to Energy Conversion | |||||||||
| Week 2 | Fundamentals of Physics | |||||||||
| Week 3 | Energy Resources. Quiz 1 | |||||||||
| Week 4 | Hydroenergy, hydropower plants, hydroturbines | |||||||||
| Week 5 | Wind energy and wind turbines | |||||||||
| Week 6 | Thermal power plants, steam and gas turbines | |||||||||
| Week 7 | Nuclear power | |||||||||
| Week 8 | Review. MIDTERM EXAM | |||||||||
| Week 9 | Electric machines | |||||||||
| Week 10 | Solar thermal energy and Photovoltaics | |||||||||
| Week 11 | Geothermal energy. Quiz 2 | |||||||||
| Week 12 | Biomass and Other Conversion Methods (Fuel Cells, Electrolysis, Tidal and Ocean Energy) | |||||||||
| Week 13 | Energy Storage | |||||||||
| Week 14 | Environmental issues | |||||||||
| Week 15 | Presentation of assignment, Review | |||||||||
| Assessment Methods and Criteria | Evaluation Tool | Quantity | Weight | Alignment with LOs |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 | ||
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| Midterm exam | 1 | 20 | ||
| Quizzes | 2 | 20 | ||
| Assignments | 20 | |||
| *** ECTS Credit Calculation *** | ||||
| Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | |||
| Lecture Hours | 3 | 15 | 45 | Assignments | 2 | 15 | 30 | |||
| Home Study | 3 | 15 | 45 | In-term Exam Study | 10 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Final Exam Study | 20 | 1 | 20 | |||||||
| Total Workload Hours = | 150 | |||||||||
| *T= Teaching, P= Practice | ECTS Credit = | 6 | ||||||||
| Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey | Last Update Date: 09/11/2023 | |||||||||