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Course Name
Turkish Güç Santralleri
English Power Plants
Course Code
MAK 4038E Credit Lecture
(hour/week)
Recitation
(hour/week)
Laboratory
(hour/week)
Semester 8
- 2 1 -
Course Language English
Course Coordinator Murat Çakan
Course Objectives 1. To teach renewable, non-renewable and alternative energy resources and their potential and reserves.
2. To give knowledge on the characteristics, basic design parameters, electrical and mechanical
components and in the case of dams on the structural components of the power plants.
3. Ability evaluate the parameters effecting the unit cost of (electric) energy.
Course Description Energy sources for electric power plants. Energy market studies. Classification and characteristics of electric power plants. Calculation of the unit cost of power generation. Environmental aspects of power plant technologies.
Course Outcomes 1. Ability to evaluate conventional and alternative energy sources in technology, economic aspects and
their suitability in electric energy production.
2. Ability to calculate the unit costs of electric energy.
3. Ability to compare different power plant types with their advantages and disadvantages.
4. Ability to examine the supply and demand for electric energy.
5. Ability to determine the ways to balance electric energy supply and demand.
6. Be equipped with the fundamental knowledge on principle components and their functions of
conventional thermal power plants.
7. Ability to determine the ways to improve the cyclic efficiencies of thermal power plants.
8. Ability to calculate rainfall stream flowrate and estimate flooding conditions of a river for
hydropower purposes.
9. Develop clear understanding on the structural and operational concepts of hydroelectric power plants.
Pre-requisite(s)
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook Power Plant Engineering, Harish C. Rai
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