COURSE SYLLABUS

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES APPLICATIONS

1	Course Title:	ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES APPLICATIONS
2	Course Code:	OTO4126
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. M.İHSAN KARAMANGİL
16	Course Lecturers:	---
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-posta : ihsan@uludag.edu.tr T: +90 224 294 1978- 294 2602 Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Otomotiv Mühendisliği Bölümü Görükle Kampusu Bursa 16059
18	Website:	None
19	Objective of the Course:	The purpose of this course is to teach general properties of classic (gasoline and diesel) and alternative fuels (LPG, natural gas, hydrogen, methanol, ethanol and biodiesel) and is to inform about conversion kits used to alternative fuel vehicles. Moreover, comparisons are performed in terms of economic, conversion cost, running for a long time without breakdown, engine performance (power, torque, specific fuel consumption) and pollutant emissions.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Students participating in this course know alternative fuels used in vehicles and gain the ability to solve engineering problems that may be encountered in alternative fuel conversion.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Skill of comprehending vehicles using alternative fuel ;
2	Skill of solving engineering problems related to vehicles using alternative fuel;
3	Skill of using information technologies effectively;
4	Skill of analyzing and commenting vehicles using alternative fuel;
5	Skill of gaining to conduct individual and team work;
6	Skill of gaining to written and verbal communication skills in Turkish;
7	Skill of gaining awareness of lifelong learning necessity;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction of energy resources. Information about renewable energy sources which are thought to use in vehicles (solar energy, wind energy)
2	Classification of the fuels
3	Obtaining methods of motor fuels (distillation, cracking and synthesis method) Classification of engine fuels
4	General properties desired from spark ignition engine fuels (volatility, knock resistant…) Gasoline properties
5	General properties desired from compression ignition engine fuels (cetan number, viscosity…) Diesel properties
6	Problems occurring in engines because of illegal fuel usage
7	General properties of other alternative fuel properties used engines (CNG, LPG, H2, methanol, ethanol, biodiesel)
8	Fuel supply systems used in gasoline and diesel engines
9	Midterm Exam
10	LPG conversion kits used diesel and gasoline vehicles Comparison of engine performance and pollutant emissions of vehicles running with LPG and original fuel
11	LPG conversion kits used diesel and gasoline vehicles Comparison of engine performance and pollutant emissions of vehicles running with CNG and original fuel Comparison of LPG and natural gas stations
12	Introduction of conversion kits used in vehicles powered by hydrogen (diesel and gasoline) Comparison of performance and pollutant emission values ??of hydrogen powered vehicles with the values ??in the original engine
13	Comparison of performance and pollutant emission values ??of ethanol-powered vehicles with those in the original engine Comparing the performance and pollutant emission values ??of the vehicles working with methanol with the values ??in the original engine
14	Vehicles powered by sodium boron hydride Fuel cell driven vehicles

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Ali Sürmen, İhsan Karamangil, Rıdvan Arslan “Motor Termodinamiği” Alfa Aktüel, 2004. 2. Oğuz Borat, Ali Sürmen, Mustafa Balcı “Motorlar” TEV Yay, 2006. 3. Richard van Basshuysen, Fred Schafer “Internal Combustion Engine Handbook” SAE, 2004. 4. SAE Papers
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	10
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Evaluation will be made according to the midterm exam, homework, and final exam to be held during the semester.
Information	A written exams are held and the homework should be prepared as a report.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	2	11	22
Homeworks, Performances	1	14	14
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	16	16
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	10	10
Total WorkLoad			106
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7	PQ8	PQ9	PQ10	PQ11	PQ12	PQ13	PQ14
LO1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO2	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO4	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO5	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
LO7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High