ME488.01 - Special Topics : Energy and Environment

Professor Halim Gürgenci, halim.gurgenci@boun.edu.tr , (212) 359 6436, Office: 4245.
Res Ass Yalin Kaptan, yalin.kaptan@boun.edu.tr , (212) 359 7068, Office: 4220.
Halim Gürgenci Office Hours : Mon 10-13, 14-16; Tue 11-13.

Global and Turkish energy use and supply; global warming; CO2 control; thermodynamics of energy conversion; production of electrical energy; fossil-fuelled power plants; nuclear-fuelled power plants; renewable energy; transportation; power transmission and storage.

Textboook

James A Fay and Dan S Golomb, “Energy and the Environment”,
Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-515092-9

Course Web Site

http://web1.boun.edu.tr/halimgurgenci/dersnotlari.html

Check the Course Web Site every week for lecture notes and Exercises after each lecture. Lectures cover fundamentals of energy conversion and reinforce application of knowledge gained previously in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and heat transfer.