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  Course Description
Course Name : Thermal Processes

Course Code : KM 470

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 4

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 4

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. HALİME ÖMÜR PAKSOY

Learning Outcomes of the Course :
Fossil fuels and problems
Renewable energy sources
Climate change
Laws of thermodynamics
Basic introduction to heat transfer laws

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites :

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : Energy resources and use, problems, thermal processes

Course Contents : Energy resorces and environmental problems, climate change, renewable energy, basic heat transfer

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Energy resources Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
2 Fossil fuels and problems Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
3 Climate change Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
4 Renewable energy resources Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
5 Laws of thermodynamics Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
6 What is heat transfer? Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
7 Conduction Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
8 Homework presentations Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
9 Fourier law Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
10 Convection Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
11 Newton law of cooling Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
12 Radiation Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
13 Stefan Boltzman law Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
14 Energy conservation, control volume concept Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
15 Surface energy balance Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving
16/17 Applied heat transfer exercises Lecture notes and reference books Theoretical and problem solving


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Lecture notes
 Çengel, Y. (2004) Heat transfer a practical approach, McGraw Hill, Singapour.
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 40
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Feel comfortable with chemistry knowledge and capable to make relation with practical applicaitons 5
2 Observe and analyze the developments, directions and needs of industires for sustainability 5
3 Acquire life long education capability 5
4 Have capability of reaching for information 5
5 Acknowledge about total quality and relating the knowledge from different disciplines 5
6 Have capability of evaluating the national sources for technology development 5
7 Have capability of transmitting the knowledge and relating different disciplines 5
8 Gain the ability to achieve new knowledge and technology 5
9 Learn problem solving methodolygy and creative thinking 5
10 Have capability of bringing together theory and practical applicaiton 5
11 Feel comfortable with laboratory studies 5
12 Follow the developments in chemistry industries 5
13 Monitor progress in the field of chemistry. 5
14 Have capability of team work and leadership 5
15 Acquire property of objective and critical view 5
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 2 28
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 10 10
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 10 10
    Final Exam 1 15 15
Total Workload: 91
Total Workload / 25 (h): 3.64
ECTS Credit: 4