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| JLJ4020 | Fuels Geology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Reyhan KARA GÜLBAY | | Co-Lecturer | ASSOC. PROF. DR. Fatma HOŞ ÇEBİ, | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of lesson; By making students understand the formation conditions of conventional (oil, natural gas and coal) and unconventional (bituminous shale, asphaltite, shale gas/oil, gas hydrate, tight gas/oil, tar sands, etc.) fossil fuels and the geological environments where they can be found, they can decide on appropriate exploration methods and determine the appropriate search methods. To provide the competence to take part in the search and discovery. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | understand the processes of accumulation, preservation, and diagenesis of the organic matter | 1,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | understand and explain the formation, migration, accumulation, and trapping processes of the petroleum and natural gas | 1,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | understand and explain the formation and diagenesis, and classification of the coals | 1,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | understand and explain the formation occurrences, and classification of the asphaltites | 1,3,4 | | | LO - 5 : | understand and explain the formation, classification and characteristics of the oil shales | 1,3,4 | 1, | | LO - 6 : | recognize and explain the basal chracateristics relate with the exploration and mining methods of the fosssil fuels | 1,3,4 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Classification of fossil fuels, properties of oil and natural gas, formation processes, formation environments, functions of source rock, reservoir rock, cap rock and trap tructures in the oil formation and accumulation process, the conversion process of organic matter to coal (coalization) and effective factors, swamp environments where coals are formed and its classification, sedimentary environments in which coals are formed, coal petrography, chemical analysis of coals, general properties of peat, lignite, hard coal and anthracites, petroleum, natural gas ad coal exploration methods, formation of unconventional fossil fuels, exploration and production methods. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, definitions and general classification of fossil fuels. | | | Week 2 | Physical and chemical properties of petroleum and natural gases. | | | Week 3 | Oil formation environments, petroleum-forming organic substances, composition of organic matter, petroleum formation stages (diagenesis, catagenesis and metagenesis). | | | Week 4 | Source rocks, geochemical investigation methods of source rocks. | | | Week 5 | Oil reservoir rocks, porosity and permeability. | | | Week 6 | Oil seal rocks, migration and accumulation of oil. | | | Week 7 | Petroleum Traps, petroleum research methods. | | | Week 8 | Carbonization event and coal types, coal formation environments and classification of swamps, factors affecting coal formation | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Sedimentary environments where coal formation takes place. | | | Week 11 | Coal petrography, petrographic classification of coals, chemical analysis of coals. | | | Week 12 | General properties of peat, lignite, hard coal and anthracites. | | | Week 13 | Coal exploration and operating methods | | | Week 14 | Unconventional fossil fuels: shale gas/oil, tight gas/oil, gas hydrates, tar sands | | | Week 15 | Unconventional fossil fuels: bituminous shale, asphaltite. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Korkmaz, S. 2008; Yakıtlar Jeolojisi Ders Notları, KTÜ Trabzon | | | |
| 1 | Köksoy, M., 1987, Yakıtlar Jeolojisi, HÜ Yayını, Ankara. | | | 2 | Sonel, N., Petrol ve Yeraltı Jeolojisi, AÜFF Yayını | | | 3 | Göksu, E. 1974, Petrol Jeolojisi, İTÜ Yayını | | | 4 | Kural, O. 1994; Kömür, İstanbul. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 116 |
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