ECTS - Industrial Engineering Practices in Energy Sector
Industrial Engineering Practices in Energy Sector (IE322) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Industrial Engineering Practices in Energy Sector | IE322 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Team/Group. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | This course is designed to acquaint the students about the critical role of the engineering discipline in the resource management and utilization branches of energy sector as well as the environment impacts of it. Students are organized to work in multidisciplinary teams to gain a broad experience on multidisciplinary engineering design process |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | The impact of energy in today?s world; principles of energy planning and utilization; the drives of energy supply and demand; the role of an engineer in energy industries for management, resource planning and utilization; sustainability as a driving force for energy planning; common concepts in energy management; a paradigm of decision making: conventional versus new energy resources including nuclear and renewable energy; economical evaluation of energy investments, |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | The impact of energy in today’s world Life and energy. The sun. The impact of energy and management as a tool to control and develop strategies. | |
| 2 | The principles of energy supply and demand. The driving forces of energy supply and demand. The trends in energy demand. | |
| 3 | The role of an industrial engineering in energy industries for management, resource planning and utilization. Systems approach as a valuable tool for decision making in the energy sector. | |
| 4 | Sustainability as a driving force for energy planning. The theory of sustainability and sustainable resource management. | |
| 5 | Midterm exam | |
| 6 | Common concepts in energy management. Energy security, environmental issues, cogeneration, efficiency in energy utilization, carbon trading, sustainable energy. | |
| 7 | A paradigm of decision making. The conventional vs new energy resources including nuclear and renewable energy. | |
| 8 | The details of an energy system I | |
| 9 | The details of an energy system II | |
| 10 | The details of an energy system III | |
| 11 | Economical evaluation of energy investments. Various appraisal means, levellized cost of electricity, numerical analysis. | |
| 12 | Decision support systems in the resource management, planning and utilization of energy resources. | |
| 13 | Defining the correct tools for an efficient energy planning and utilization through the point of view of an industrial engineering. | |
| 14 | Energy production and environment. The concept of emission management. Evaluating alternative sources for a multi criteria decision making: Resource planning and environmental hazards. | |
| 15 | Energy in Turkey – A strategic management approach The relation of GDP and energy consumption in Turkey. Trends in supply and demand. Excessive dependence on energy imports. Energy sources in Turkey. The potential of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Long term energy planning for a distinctive strategic management. | |
| 16 | General discussion |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Richard A. Dunlap, Renewable Energy, UMorgan & Claypool Publishers, 2020 |
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| 2. David JC MacKay, Sustainable Energy - without the hot air, UIT Cambridge, 2009 | |
| Other Sources | 3. Robert L. Evans, Fueling Our Future - An Introduction to Sustainable Energy, Cambridge University Press, 2007 |
| 4. Eduardo Rincón-Mejía, Alejandro de las Heras – Sustainable Energy Technologies – CRC Press, 2018 |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | 1 | 30 |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Toplam | 3 | 90 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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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 | Ability to expand and get in-depth information with scientific researches in the field of mechanical engineering, evaluate information, review and implement. | |||||
| 2 | Have comprehensive knowledge about current techniques and methods and their limitations in Mechanical engineering. | |||||
| 3 | To complete and apply knowledge by using scientific methods using uncertain, limited or incomplete data; use information from different disciplines. | |||||
| 4 | Being aware of the new and developing practices of Mechanical Engineering and being able to examine and learn when needed. | |||||
| 5 | Ability to define and formulate problems related to Mechanical Engineering and develop methods for solving and apply innovative methods in solutions. | |||||
| 6 | Ability to develop new and/or original ideas and methods; design complex systems or processes and develop innovative/alternative solutions in the designs. | |||||
| 7 | Ability to design and apply theoretical, experimental and modeling based researches; analyze and solve complex problems encountered in this process. | |||||
| 8 | Work effectively in disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams, lead leadership in such teams and develop solution approaches in complex situations; work independently and take responsibility. | |||||
| 9 | To establish oral and written communication by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B2 General Level. | |||||
| 10 | Ability to convey the process and results of their studies systematically and clearly in written and oral form in national and international environments. | |||||
| 11 | To know the social, environmental, health, security, law dimensions, project management and business life applications of engineering applications and to be aware of the constraints of their engineering applications. | |||||
| 12 | Ability to observe social, scientific and ethical values in the stages of data collection, interpretation and announcement and in all professional activities. | |||||
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 | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Total Workload | 125 | ||