ECTS - Solar Energy Technology
Solar Energy Technology (ENE308) Course Detail
Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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Solar Energy Technology | ENE308 | Area Elective | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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(ENE203 veya EE212) |
Course Language | English |
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Course Type | Elective Courses |
Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Experiment, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice. |
Course Lecturer(s) |
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Course Objectives | To give necessary knowledge to the students on solar energy and its applications. The aim of the course is to help the development of the national industry. To help the development of the engineering skills of the students. |
Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Content | Introduction to solar energy conversions, fundamentals of solar radiation, methods of solar collection and thermal conversion, solar heating systems, solar thermal power, capturing solar energy through biomass. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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1 | Fundamental Concepts and Solar Radiation | Chapter 1 |
2 | Solar Energy and Available Solar Radiation | Chapter 2 |
3 | Selected Heat Transfer Topics | Chapter 3 |
4 | Solar Angles and Extraterrestial Solar Radiation | Chapter 4 |
5 | Calculation of solar radiation on horizontal and tilted surfaces. | Chapter 4 |
6 | Atmospheric Solar Radiation | Chapter 5 |
7 | Transmission of solar radiation through glass and plastics. | Chapter 6 |
8 | Flat-Plate Collectors | Chapter 6 |
9 | Concentrating Collectors | Chapter 7 |
10 | Midterm Exam | |
11 | Thermal Energy storage and Power generation using thermal energy | Chapter 8 |
12 | Solar Energy Applications | Chapter 9 |
13 | Solar Energy Applications | Chapter 9 |
14 | Solar Cells and direct conversion of solar energy into electrical energy | Chapter 10 |
15 | Solar Cells and direct conversion of solar energy into electrical energy, Design of PV systems | Chapter 11 |
16 | Final Exam |
Sources
Course Book | 1. J. Duffie and W. Beckman, Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006 |
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Other Sources | 2. R.C. Neville, Solar Energy Conversion-The Solar Cell, 2nd Edition, Elsevier, 1995 |
Evaluation System
Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
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Attendance/Participation | - | - |
Laboratory | - | - |
Application | - | - |
Field Work | - | - |
Special Course Internship | - | - |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
Homework Assignments | - | - |
Presentation | - | - |
Project | - | - |
Report | 1 | 25 |
Seminar | - | - |
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 45 |
Toplam | 3 | 100 |
Percentage of Semester Work | 0 |
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Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
Total | 100 |
Course Category
Core Courses | X |
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Major Area Courses | |
Supportive Courses | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
# | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | An ability to apply knowledge in mathematics and basic sciences and computational skills to solve manufacturing engineering problems | |||||
2 | An ability to define and analyze issues related with manufacturing technologies | |||||
3 | An ability to develop a solution based approach and a model for an engineering problem and design and manage an experiment | |||||
4 | An ability to design a comprehensive manufacturing system based on creative utilization of fundamental engineering principles while fulfilling sustainability in environment and manufacturability and economic constraints | |||||
5 | An ability to chose and use modern technologies and engineering tools for manufacturing engineering applications | |||||
6 | An ability to utilize information technologies efficiently to acquire datum and analyze critically, articulate the outcome and make decision accordingly | |||||
7 | An ability to attain self-confidence and necessary organizational work skills to participate in multi-diciplinary and interdiciplinary teams as well as act individually | |||||
8 | An ability to attain efficient communication skills in Turkish and English both verbally and orally | |||||
9 | An ability to reach knowledge and to attain life-long learning and self-improvement skills, to follow recent advances in science and technology | |||||
10 | An awareness and responsibility about professional, legal, ethical and social issues in manufacturing engineering | |||||
11 | An awareness about solution focused project and risk management, enterpreneurship, innovative and sustainable development | |||||
12 | An understanding on the effects of engineering applications on health, social and legal aspects at universal and local level during decision making process |
ECTS/Workload Table
Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory | |||
Application | |||
Special Course Internship | |||
Field Work | |||
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
Project | |||
Report | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Homework Assignments | |||
Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 2 | 10 | 20 |
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Total Workload | 130 |