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Head of Program : Ahmet Erhan Aksoylu 

Professors : Uğur Akman, Ahmet Erhan Aksoylu, Mahir Arikol*, Ahmet Kerim Avcı, Hasan Bedir, Mehmet C. Çamurdan, Pemra Doruker,  Türkan Haliloğlu, Amable Hortaçsu*, Öner Hortaçsu*, Betül Kırdar, Zeynep İlsen Önsan, Kutlu Ülgen, Ramazan Yıldırım 

Associate Professor : Elif Ozkırımlı-Ölmez

Assistant Professors : Murat Dervişoğlu

*Part-time

The main objective of the program is to offer graduate level education providing state-of-the-art methods, approaches and competencies to engineers who aim to play leading roles in the rapidly expanding fuel and energy sector. The program is structured to include topics on the efficient conversion and utilization of conventional resources such as petroleum, coal and natural gas as well as new and clean energy sources like hydrogen and biomass. The FET program aims to meet the qualified technical staff requirements of the fast growing energy sector of Turkey and to provide competent professionals (or leading roles in the petroleum industry where investments ate expected to expand in the neat future as Turkey becomes a major energy corridor. In this context, the program also aims to play a leading role in the development of other energy related programs at Boğaziçi University and in the establishment of collaborations between programs.

The target group of the FET program is composed of engineers and graduates in related sciences who are presently employed or who aim to be employed in different segments of the fuel and energy industries such as petroleum refineries, petrochemical complexes, natural gas and coal processing plants. The technical staff working or seeking a career in the fuel and energy related activities of manufacturing firms that consume substantial amounts of fuel and energy as well as new graduates who aim to specialize in fuel and energy technologies may also apply to the FET program.

The program includes 4 core courses, 3 credit-hours each, covering the processing of fuels, their conversion to energy, their utilization in production facilities and the interaction of these activities with the environment. These core courses are supplemented by 6 elective courses totaling 18 credit-hours and 2 projects. The electives are chosen from a pool of courses specialized in the technical areas of fuel and energy technologies as well as recent developments in the field. The projects conducted under the supervision of a faculty member are expected to cover an applied topic in the fuel and energy field, preferably related directly to an industrial company.

Students who have successfully completed the 30 credit-hours of work-load will receive a Master of Science degree in Fuel and Energy Technologies. This can be accomplished in 3 semesters under normal circumstances.

** This program is subject to additional tuition and fees.
 

FUEL AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

Required Courses
FET 541 Fuel Processing Technologies 
FET 552 Energy Conversion Technologies 
FET 561 Energy Utilization in Production Facilities 
FET 570 Energy-Environment Interaction and Sustainability 
FET 592 Project
FET 593 Project 

Elective Courses 
FET 520 Energy Analysis 
FET 532 Separation and Purification Technologies 
FET 542 Catalysis in Fuel Technology 
FET 543 Catalytic Hydrogen Production 
FET 544 Biomass Conversion Technologies 
FET 553 Alternative Energies: Fundamentals and Applications
FET 560 Energy Management
FET 562 Design and Development of Fuel Processing Systems 
FET 572 Climate, Global Warming and Clean Water Resources 
FET 580-589 Special Topics in Fuel and Energy Technologies 

Note: Codes and topics
52.. Thermodynamics
53.. Unit Operations/Transport Phenomena
54.. Reaction Engineering/Unit Processes
55.. Alternative Technologies
56.. Design and Management/Economics
57.. Environment/Sustainability Issues 


M.S. PROGRAM IN FUEL AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

Total: 32 Credits/90 ECTS.

COURSES DESCRIPTIONS

FET 520 Exergy Analysis (3+4+0)3 ECTS 7 
(Egzerji Çözümlemesi )
First and second law of thennodynamics. Exergy analysis in single phase systems. Applications in multiphase and chemically reactive systems under nonflow and flow conditions. Power generation. Energy optimization. 

FET 532 Separation and Purification Technologies (3+4 0) 3 ECTS 7 
(Ayrıştırma ve Saflaştırma Teknikleri ) 
Separations by phase addition or creation: Distillation, absorption and stripping, liquid-liquid extraction. Approximate, equilibrium-based methods for multistage separations. Rate-based models for distillation. Enhanced distillation and supercritical extraction. Separations by barriers and solid agents: Membrane separations, adsorption, ion exchange. Separations involving a solid phase: Leaching and washing, crystallization, desublimation and evaporation, drying of solids. filtration, cyclone separation, scrubbing, and settling.

FET 541 Fuel Processing Technologies (3+4+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Yakıt İşleme Teknolojileri )
Characteristics of fossil energy sources. Petroleum, coal, natural gas. Products from crude oil: Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and light naphtha; light, middle and heavy distillates; oils, waxes and coke. Components of petroleum processing in refineries: Natural gas and liquid separation, cryogenic processing of natural gas, basic processes of liquid petroleum processing such as crude oil distillation, catalytic cracking, isomerization, de-waxing, and petroleum coking. Dean coal technologies: Gasification, synthesis gas, synthetic natural gas, coal-to-liquids for transportation fuels, alcohols and chemicals production. Integrated gasification combined cycles for electrical power generation. Technologies related to carbon dioxide capture for sequestration and enhanced oil recovery. 

FET 542 Catalysis in Fuel Technology (3+4+0)3 ECTS 7 
(Yakıt Teknolojilerinde Kataliz) 
Catalytic processes and catalysts used in petroleum refining and processing: Alkylation, catalytic cracking, reforming, isomerization, hydrodesulphurization and hydrodentirogenation. Catalytic steam reforming of hydrocarbons to synthesis gas. Catalytic gas-to-liquid conversions to produce liquid hydrocarbon fuels and alcohols. Three-way cata1ysts for the removal of carbon and nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases. Fuel cell systems, thermodynamics, kinetics, cata1ysis.

FET 543 Catalytic Hydrogen Production (3+4+0) 3 ECTS 7 
(Katalitik Hidrojen Üretimi) 
Areas for hydrogen use. Fuels used in hydrogen production. Catalytic hydrogen production processes: Reforming, water-gas shift, selective carbon monoxide oxidation and related catalysts. Energy optimization in hydrogen production processes. Minimization of carbon dioxide as side product. Novel catalysts and technologies. 

FET 544 Biomass Conversion Technologies (3+4 0) 3 ECTS 7 
(Biyokütle Çevrim Teknolojileri )
Modern concept of biomass as a renewable resource and new biomass feedstocks. Biomass conversion to biofuels, biochemicals. biomaterials and bioenergy. Advanced technologies for production of valuable fuels and chemicals by thermochemical and enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass. Gasification and liquefaction of biomass to synthesis gas and pyrolysis oil for efficient energy generation and catalyic conversion to valuable chemicals. 

FET 552 Energy Conversion Technologies (3+4+0) 3 ECTS 8 
(Enerji Çevrim Teknolojileri )
Classification of thermal power plants by fuel: Fossil fuelled power plants and nuclear power plants. State-of-the-art technologies and prime movers used in thermal power plants. Cogeneration (combined cycle) power plants. Hydropower generation and components of hydroelectric power plants. 

FET 553 Alternative Energies: Fundamentals and Applications (3+4+0)3 ECTS 7 
(Diğer Enerji Teknolojileri: İlkeler ve Uygulamalar)
Energy forms and sources: Chemical, thermal, radiant, mechanical, electrical and nuclear energy. Conventional technologies, problems, limitation of resources and environmental concerns. Search for renewable and sustainable energy alternatives: Solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, biomass energy, hydrogen energy and others. Possible applications in Turkey. 

FET 560 Energy Management (3+4+0) 3 ECTS 7
(Enerji Yönetimi)
Management functions. processes, systems and competencies. Management of energy related activities in a company. Energy need assessment, forecasting and strategic energy planning. Energy economics, market and cost analyses. Planning and management of energy investment projects

FET 561 Energy Utilization in Production Facilities (3+4+0) 3 ECTS 8 
(Üretim Tesislerinde Enerji Kullanımı) 
Energy facilities and services: Heating, cooling, compressed air and fluid transport. Water conditioning and waste water treatment Designing, building and operating optimum energy systems. Thermodynamic laws and limitations, energy cycles and usability. Analysis and design of energy equipment Burners, heat exchangers, coolers, pumps, turbines and others. Energy integration, energy balances and netwo.tking technologies. Recovery systems. Maintenance of energy systems. 

FET 562 Design and Development of Fuel Processing Systems (3+4+0) 3 ECTS 7
(Yakıt İşleme Sistemleri Tasarımı ve Geliştirilmesi) 
Preliminary process analysis and evaluation. Analysis with process models, process design, simulation and flowsheet optimization. Process synthesis, heat and power integration, reactor networks. Optimization of process synthesis and design. 

FET 570 Energy-Environment Interaction and Sustainability (3+4+0) 3 ECTS 8
(Enerji-Çevre İlişkisi ve Sürdürülebilirlik) 
Sustainability concept. Environment, economical and social sustainability. Topics provoking awareness in energy policy making. Current and near future energy production technologies. Central and decentralized energy production systems. Environmental protection laws and regulations: European Union, United States and International Standards Organization (ISO) norms. Side products in energy production and their minimization: Gaseous and particulate matter emissions. Local problems generated by side products, side products cycles and their elimination rate in nature, source-sink equilibrium. Zero discharge concept. Sustainable energy production: processes, technological, economical and social factors, and related problems. 

FET 572 Climate, Global Warming and Clean Water Resources (3+4+0) 3 ECTS 7 
(İklim, Küresel Isınma ve Temiz Su Kaynakları) 
Global climatic balance. Relation between climate and energy production/consumption. Mechanisms for preventing global warming: Kyoto protocol and beyond. Clean water resources: Protection and renewal. Clean water production technologies: Reverse osmosis, distillation and the like. Direct and indirect effects of climate change: Agricultural, social and cultural. New possible balance conditions of global climate.

FET 580-589 Special Topics in Fuel and Energy Technologies (3+4+0) 3 ECTS 7 
(Yakıt ve Enerji Teknolojilerinde Özel Konular) 
Special topics in fuel processing and energy production technologies in related fields. Current topics, novel designs, and recent advances in fuel processing and sustainable energy production technologies. 

FET 592 Project (0+3+0) 0 ECTS 3  
(Proje)
Research projects on an applied topic in fuel and energy field, related to an industrial company.

FET 593 Project (0+3+0) 0 ECTS 4  
(Proje) 
Research projects on an applied topic in fuel processing, alternative energy technologies and sustainable energy production field.

FET 594 Guided Research-I (1+2+0) 1 ECTS 4
(Yönlendirilmiş Araştırmalar-I)
Research on an applied topic in fuel processing, alternative energy technologies and
sustainable energy production field supervised by faculty

FET 595 Guided Research-II (1+2+0) 1 ECTS 5
(Yönlendirilmiş Araştırmalar-II)
Research on an applied topic in fuel processing, alternative energy technologies and
sustainable energy production field supervised by faculty.