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ME405EnergyConversionSystems(Asof2September2011) Fall2011

Instructor: DerekBaker,E105,2105217,dbaker@metu.edu.tr

Time&Place: Tobedetermined

Tobedetermined

Webpage: METUOnline:online.metu.edu.tr

StudentSelection:

If

the

course

fills

up,

during

the

1st

week

of

class

an

application

will

be

made

available

to

students

and

a

deadlineannouncedtosubmitthisapplication.TheapplicationwillbeusedtoassignaScoretoeachstudentasfollows:

Score=C.GPA+Fall2010GPA(20101Semester)+Spring2011GPA(20102Semester)

StudentswillbeselectedbasedontheirScoreinthefollowingorderuntiltheclassfillsup:

1.Lastsemester:These studentsmusthavea reasonablechance tograduate this fallbasedon theircourse loadandpreviousacademicperformance.

2.June2012Graduation:ThesestudentsmusthaveareasonablechancetograduateinJune2012basedontheircourseloadandpreviousacademicperformance.

3.Allremainingstudents.**Iamscheduledtogivethiscourseagain intheSpring2012semester.Ifthecoursefillsupstudentscanpreapplytobe

givenpreference

in

the

Spring

semester.**

Professionalism:

AcademicEthics:YouareexpectedtoknowandfollowtheDepartmentsAcademicHonestyPolicy.Additionally,specific

academichonestypoliciesforeachtypeofassignmentwillbegiventoyou.Thesepolicieswillbestrictlyenforced. In

general,penaltiesforcheatingwillbe maximumgrade;e.g.,ifthemaximumgradeforanassignment is10andyou

cheat,youwillreceiveagradeof10/10.Peoplewhodonotdotheassignmentwillreceivea0/10. Studentswhocheat

maybereferredtothedepartmentsdisciplinarycommittee.IfIsuspectastudentofcheatinginmyclass,Inotifyallthe

DepartmentsInstructorsandTAsandthisstudentbecomesveryinfamousveryquickly.

ExcusedAbsencesandMedicalProblems:YouareexpectedtonotifytheinstructororTAofanymedicalconditionthat

impacts your performance in this class immediately (e.g., by emailbefore amidterm starts andnot theday after).

Failuretodosoinunprofessionalandcanresultinagradereductionandotherpenaltiesevenifyouhaveavalidmedical

excuse.

Disclaimer:Iamteachingthisclassusinganewformatthissemester. Thestructureandcontentofthecoursewillevolveas

wemovethroughthesemesterbasedonwhatIthinkisandisnotworking.

Objectives:Successfulstudentswilldemonstratethefollowing:

1. Abilitytomathematicallymodelanenergyconversionsystemusingacomputer.2. Abilitytousetheirmathematicalmodeltorunsimulationsandparametricstudies.3. Abilitytocommunicateandinterprettheresultsfromtheirstudiesinaformalreport.4. Abilitytogiveaformalpresentation.

Overview:Theprimaryobjectiveoftheclasswillbetodevelopamathematicalmodelofaconcentratingsolarpower(CSP)

systemusingparabolictroughcollectors(PTC)todriveanOrganicRankineCycle(ORC)similartothesystematMETUNCC.

Themathematical

model

will

be

developed

through

aseries

of

projects

using

acomputer.

Students

will

use

the

model

to

run

simulationsandperformparametricstudiestopredicttheperformanceofthesystem.Studentswillwriteformalreportsfor

eachproject.Asadesignclassyoucanexpecttospendsignificanttimeworkingonprojectsoutsideofclass.Takingthisclass

inconjunctionwithME407isnotrecommended.

GroupWork:Theearlyprojectswillbeindividualwhilethelaterprojectswillbegroup.Groupswillbeassignedandstudents

withsimilarperformanceonindividualassignmentswillbegroupedtogether(i.e.,weakstudentswillbegroupedwithother

weakstudents).Underperformingstudentsmaybeplacedinanindividualgroupsotheydonotimpacttheperformanceof

otherstudents.Thereforeifyouwanttobeplacedinagoodgroupyouneedtodowellontheearlyassignments.

Text:Thisclasswill focuson integratingandapplyingstudentsexistingknowledge from lowerdivisionclasses tomodela

fairlycomplexenergyconversionsystem.Nospecifictextbookwillbeusedbutratherstudentsareexpectedtorefertotheir

textbooksfromtheirThermodynamicsandHeatTransfercoursesandusethecoursenotes.

Homework:Ido

not

plan

to

give

any

traditional

homework

problems.

Presentation:Eachstudentwillgivea~5minuteindividualpresentationnominallygradedonascaleof10asfollows:10/10

ifbestpresentation in the class;7/10 if averagepresentation;5/10 fulfillminimum requirements; 5/10 (not0/10) ifno

presentationgiven.

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Exams:Therewillbe2Midterms(MTs).Approximately50%oftheMTswilltestmaterialfromtheprojects.

QuizzesandFinal:Idonotplantogiveanypopquizzesorafinalexam.

Attendance: Attendanceisveryimportantforthisclassandyouareexpectedtoattendallclassesunlessyouhaveanexcuse

signedbythedepartmentsecretary. Ingeneralmy leveloftrust inastudent isproportionaltotheirattendance. Iamnot

receptivetospecialrequestsfromstudentswithpoorattendance.

Peer Evaluation: For all group work assignments, your peers in your group will evaluate your performance and this

evaluationcanimpactyourfinalgradeaswellaswhoyouworkwithinfuturegroupassignments.

TentativeGrading:

5% Attendanceandaskingquestionsatpresentations

10% IndividualPresentation(yourpresentationgradewillbe 5/10ifyoudonotpresent)

40% 2MTs*

45% 34Projects*

*IdopilegradingforprojectreportsandsomeMTquestions.PilegradingmeansIbrieflyskimthroughandsortallreports

into~5piles,withthebestreportsintherightpileandtheweakestreportsintheleftpile.Ithendomoredetailedgrading

with ingeneralthereports intherightpilereceivingthehighestgradeandthereports inthe leftpilereceivingthe lowest

grades.Thereforereportsaregradedrelativetootherreportsofsimilarquality.Studentswhoquestionwhytheyreceiveda

lowgrademayreceiveafrustratinganswerlikeThereisnothingfundamentallywrongwithyourreport,butotherreports

were

just

better.

Reports

can

receive

a

low

grade

due

to

fundamental

conceptual

problems,

an

inability

to

communicate

ideasandresultseffectively,oraninabilityformetoappreciatethesignificanceofyourworkduetomylimitedintelligence

(a commonproblem formisunderstoodgeniuses).Misunderstood geniuses are encouraged to commercialize theirwork,

submittheirworktoanacademicjournal,orpursueotheravenuestovalidatethesignificanceoftheirideasandmylimited

intelligence,whichtheycanthenturnintoastorytoinspireothermisunderstoodgeniuses.

Yourcoursegradecanbemodifiedasfollows:

Penalties:Studentswhocontributelessthanaveragetogroupassignments(slackersorfreeriders)canhavetheirgradeforgroupassignmentsreducedbasedontheirpeerevaluationgrade, includingreceivingazero iftheydonot

contributeanythingtotheproject.

BonusPoints:Studentswhocontributemorethanaveragetogroupassignmentsmayreceivebonuspoints,especiallyiftheyareworkingwithidentifiedslackers(freeriders).However,thesebonuspointsarehardtoearnandIexpectto

awardthesebonuspointsto0to2selectstudents.