Academic Catalog

CHME489 SPECIAL TOPICS: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Course Code: 3670489
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: Chemical Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Energy resources in the world and in Turkey. Efficient use of resources. energy conversion technologies and their general environmental impacts. Traditional and advanced energy conversion technologies based on fossil fuels. renewable energies and applications. sustainability in energy production. Green House Problem. CO2 capture and CO2 sequestration technologies. recent advances in research in this field. Comparative analysis of the existing systems with new systems and case studies on specific applications.