Academic Catalog

ENVE707 ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Course Code: 5600707
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 9.0
Department: Environmental Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. AYSEL ATÝMTAY
Offered Semester: Fall and 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.