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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
GTE 5012	WATER MACHINES (PUMPS)	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DILEK KUMLUTAŞ

Offered to

Geothermal Energy
M.Sc. Geothermal Energy (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to provide needed technical knowledge for selecting the appropriate pump for the geothermal district heating systems by explaining to classify the hydraulic machinery, pump
characteristics, serial and paralel connections of pumps, working without cavitation to students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Describe the basic principles of the pumps.
2	Define the basic working principles of the pumps.
3	Interpret the pumps efficiency curves.
4	Calculate the system characteristics.
5	Select appropriate pump for the geothermal district heating system.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Classification of pumps
2	Pumps characteristic curves
3	Losses in pipelines
4	System characteristics
5	Hydraulic Similarity, the similarity concept on pumps, the use of pumps at different number of revolutions
6	Presentation
7	Centrifugal pumps
8	Serial connection of pumps
9	Parallel connection of pumps
10	Impeller typespes
11	Pump types
12	Homework
13	Selecting the appropriate pumps for the systems
14	Cavitations

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Hidrolik Makinalar Ders Notları, Prof. Dr. Kaan Edis, ITÜ, Istanbul.
2.Su Makinaları Ders Notları, Prof. Dr. Cahit Özgür, ITÜ, Istanbul.
3.Su Makinaları Ders Notları, Prof. Dr. Aziz Ergin, ITÜ, Istanbul.
4.Su Makinaları Problemleri, Prof. Dr. Hasan Fehmi Yazıcı, ITÜ, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures + Presentation + Final exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	RPT	REPORT
2	PRS	PRESENTATION
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The "Termpaper" assessment method mentioned above will be the compilation of "homework" assigned during the semester.

Assessment Criteria

Homework % 25 LO 1, LO 2, LO 3
Presentation % 25 LO 4, LO 5
Final Exam % 50 LO 1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

dilek.kumlutas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Presentations	2	3	6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	7	84
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	1	8	8
Preparing presentations	7	6	42
Final	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			189

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12
LO.1	5		5				4
LO.2	4		5				4			3
LO.3	4		5	5			4			3	4
LO.4	4	4	5	4		3	4			3	4
LO.5	4	4	5	5	3	3	4	4	5	4	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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