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Power Plants

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 410-2303/01
Abbreviation ELEK
Course title Power Plants
Credits 8
Coordinating department Department of Electrical Power Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Radomír Goňo, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
Basic concepts of electric power system, thermal power stations, T-s and i-s diagram, thermal schema, power equipment of thermal power plants
Hydroelectric power plants - storage, flow, pumping
Nuclear power plants - fundamental principles, nuclear fission, description of the equipment, heat diagrams
Power plants with gas turbine combined cycle power
Wind energy, small hydropower plants, uUnconventional sources of energy, environmental aspects of power generation
The main diagram, selfconsumption
Alternators, vector diagram, description, parameters, eExcitation systems, voltage regulation, shunting, operating diagram
Transformers and electric motors
Protection and automation in power stations
Primary, secondary, tertiary regulation, coupling power on the electricity grid

Exercise:
Variables and relations of thermodynamics, calculation of the parameters of power plants, test, energy saving potential

Laboratories:
Measurement of radioactivity, measurements on a generator, measurement of photovoltaic cell, measurement of digital protection

Project:
Thermal power station

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en.

Literature

Crappe, M.:Electric Power Systems, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, 2008
Grigsby, L.L. Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution. CRC Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4398-5628-4

Advised literature

Blume S.W.: Electric Power System Basics, IEEE Press, 2007
Science and Reactor Fundamentals: Electrical, CNSC Technical Training Group, USA, 2003