Faculty: Engineering
Division/Department
Electrical-Electronics Engineering
Code
Name of the course
EEM-321
Electrical Energy Generation
Systems
Turkish
Course language
Required
Category
Not applicable
Prerequisite
Course Webpage
Local Credit
Theoretical
Practical
Academic Year
06.08.2012
2012/2013
Semester/Year
5/3
ECTS
5
Laboratory
Presentation
3
Instructor(s)
Assistant
3
0
Prof. Dr. Mehmet CEBECİ
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Content of the
course
The principles of electrical energy generation. Power plants. Conventional (coal, nuclear, fuel
oil, diesel) and renewable (photovoltaic, wind, fuel cell, hydroelectric etc.) energy
generations.
Course Plan
Week Theoretical Subjects
1
Traditional, new and renewable energy sources.
Classification of Hydroelectric Power Plant. Power
2
calculations in the HPP.
Intake of HPP: trashrack, cover, valve, surge tank, power
3
tunnel, penstock.
Hydraulic turbine types: Kaplan, Francis and Pelton
4
turbines. Structural features.
5
Water turbine and vortex cavitation phenomena.
Frequency and voltage stability in the power plants (speed
6
and voltage regulation).
Thermal power plants; January, boilers, pressure steam
7
systems, condensers and cooling towers.
8
Calculation of confiscation and easement fields.
9
Mid term
Obtaining electricity from solar energy. Photovoltaic and
10
solar systems, solar power plants.
Wind power plants. And types of wind turbines. Wind
11
plant components.
12
Diesel power plants. Work and properties.
13
Fuel Cells, hydrogen production and storage.
Nuclear power plants. Working features. Nuclear waste and
14
environment. Safety.
Energy production in power plants and statistics. Daily
15
load and energy curves.
Text book(s)
Reference books
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Project/Field
study
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Practical subjects
Mid term
Ders Notları
Powerplant Technology, M. M. EL-WAKIL, McGraw-Hill, 1984.
Power Plant Engineering, Lawrence F. DRBAL (Editor), Hardcover, 1995.
Assessment
Number
Contribution to GPA
(%)
Mid term
Pop-quiz
Homework
Projects
Term project
Laboratory
Others
Final exam
1
1
40
60
Contribution of
the contents (%)
Medical Sciences
Engineering
General Sciences
Social sciences
80
20
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Learning
Outcomes
Goals
Realization of basic principles of electrical energy generation and power plants.
About assessment
criteria
Course Format
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2
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5
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8
9
10
- Learning principles of electrical energy generation; power plant types, their structural
characteristics and work (running).
- be able to calculate the amount of electrical energy produced from energy sources.
- be able to learn the design calculations of elements (components) of the plants.
Theoretical classroom lectures and with the support of presentations and video.
Relation between the learning and program outcomes
Outputs
0
Having sufficient background in basic mathematics and sciences and
basic engineering; ability to use conceptual and practical knowledge
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together in this area for engineering solutions.
Ability to identify, formulate, and solve basic engineering and civil
engineering problems, to select and
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apply appropriate methods and techniques for this purpose.
Ability to design a system, component or process to meet
the specific needs and requirements, ability to apply modern
methods in this direction.
Ability to choose modern techniques and equipments that are
necessary for civil engineering applications, to have an ability to use
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package programs effectively.
Ability to make an experiment, experiment design, analysis of
experiment results and to reach a solution by interpretation in the
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subjects of civil engineering and basic engineering.
Ability to have access to information and make resource
investigation according to this aim, have an ability for using
information resources.
Ability to work effectively as an individual and in multi-disciplinary
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teams, self-reliance in taking responsibility.
Ability to communicate and express himself effectively in
Turkish and English, ability to self- confidence and occupational
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competence to defend their ideas in front of the community on a
given subject.
Awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning, ability to
followdevelopments in science and technology and self-renewal
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ability
Professional and ethical awareness in engineering approaches.
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2
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11
12
Awareness about workplace practices, ability to produceengineering
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solutions sensitive to human and nature.
Having knowledge about education and problems about the age for
understanding the effects of engineering solutions and applications
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on universal and social dimensions.
Contribution : 0:None 1:Partially 2:Completely
Prepared by: Prof.Dr. Mehmet CEBECİ
Date of preparation: 06.08.2012