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Course Name	Turkish	Alternative Fuels for IC Eng
	English	Alternative Fuels for IC Eng
Course Code	MAK 497E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Osman Akın Kutlar
Course Objectives		To provide basic knowledge on the spectrum of alternative fuels that exist, and their implications on global warming, energy sources, health hazard consequences etc. It is also aimed to give an overall understanding of the vehicular aspects of emissions and fundamental knowledge on alternative fuels
Course Description		This course aims to draw on existing information and review the various alternative fuels that exist for road vehicles. For each alternative considered, benefits and disadvantages are discussed with respect to exhaust emissions, energy consumption, fuel production and distribution implications and vehicular modifications that may be necessary.
Course Outcomes		• Fundamental knowledge on Alternative Fuels • Ability to assess the implications of a specific alternative fuel through a term paper study for a specific fuel • Ability to examine the parameters that differentiate alternative fuels for road vehicles
Pre-requisite(s)		Internal Combustion Engines, Thermodynamics, Vehicle technique, Fluid Mechanics
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		Alternative Fuels for IC Engines, O. A. KUTLAR (lecture notes) Karayolu taşıtları için alternatif yakıtlar, D. GÜNEŞ
Other References		1. Alternative Fuels for Road Vehicles, M.L. Poulton, Computational Mechanics Publications, 1994 2. Alternative fuels : chemical energy resources, E. M. Goodger, London : Macmillan, 1980 3. Alternative Fuels for the Future, International Energy Agency, 1999 4. Alternatively fuelled vehicles, B. S. Edmunds, UK : Professional Engineering Publishing Limited for The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2000 5. Review of the research strategy for biomass-derived transportation fuels National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the R&D Strategy for Biomass-Derived Ethanol and Biodiesel Transportation Fuels Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999 6. SVO : powering your vehicle with straight vegetable oil, G. Forest, G Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, 2008 8. Alternative fuels : the future of hydrogen, F. M. Hordeski, Lilburn, GA : Fairmont Press, 2007 9. Energy&Fuels 8. SAE Technical Papers, USA

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