COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 5111 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR AYTUNÇ EREK

Offered to

THERMODYNAMICS
THERMODYNAMICS
THERMODYNAMICS

Course Objective

This course is aimed to present the fundamentals for the sensible and especially latent heat thermal energy systems, to analyse the governing physical principles with some simplified mathematical models, and to discuss the main components of such systems, in detail.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand the fundamentals for the sensible and especially latent heat thermal energy systems
2   to analyse the governing physical principles with some simplified mathematical models
3   to discuss the main components of such systems, in detail.
4   to develope a new thermal energy storage (TES) system
5   to apply TES into thermal system

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Thermal Energy Storage 1.1. Importance of Energy Storage 1.2. Utilization of Energy Storage Devices
2 Applications of Thermal Energy Storage 2.1. Specific Areas of Energy Storage Devices 2.2. Thermal Energy Storage Units
3 Sensible Heat Storage 3.1. General Information 3.2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Sensible Heat Storage System
4 Thermal Energy Storage in Air-Based Systems 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Performance Characteristics 4.3. Packed Beds 4.4 Other System Components
5 Thermal Energy Storage in Water-Based Systems 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Tank Types and Specification 5.3. Thermal Stratificaiton 5.4. Other System Components
6 Modelling of Sensible Heat Storage System 6.1. One-Dimensional Models 6.2. Two-Dimensional Models
7 Latent Heat Storage 7.1. Characteristics of Latent Heat Storage 7.2. Application of Latent Heat Storage Systems
8 Midterm Exam
9 Phase Change Materials 9.1 Classification of PCM 9.2 Selection of PCM
10 Governing Equations of Phase Change and the Solution Methods
11 Comporison of Sensible and Latent Heat Storage Systems
12 Solidification Around Tube and Latent Heat Storoge 12.1. Governing Equation 12.2. Temperature Based Fixed Grid Solution 12.3. Solution Methodology 12.4. Related studies
13 Project Evaluation
14 Project Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

I. Dinçer and M. A. Rosen, Thermal Energy Storage Systems and Applications, Wiley, 2001
F.W. Schmidt and A.J. Willmott, Thermal Energy Storage and Regeneration, McGraw Hill, 1981

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The learning and teaching methods are class-based lectures and tutorial sessions, and problem-solving exercises.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG* 0.15 + PRJ * 0.20 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.35
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG* 0.15 + PRJ * 0.20 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.35


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül University
Mechanical Engineering Department (Office number: 233)
Tınaztepe-Buca, Izmir

Office Hours

Thursday 13.00-15.00
Friday 13.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Design Project 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 9 5 45
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 176

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15543
LO.25543
LO.35543
LO.45543
LO.55543

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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