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Modern Systems of Energetics

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Course Unit Code361-0951/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated10 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Third Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter, Summer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KOL40prof. Ing. Pavel Kolat, DrSc.
HON106prof. Ing. Stanislav Honus, Ph.D.
Summary
Power plants: principles,
economy and management, heat cycles with condensing turbine, regeneration,
superheating. Gas turbine technology. Combined cycle systems-natural gas,
oil.
Fluidisation firing. Combined heat and power option, cogeneration using steam
extraction. Advanced technologies for improved efficiency. Clean Coal
technology adoptions: pressurised fluidised bed boilers, integrated
gasification combined cycle, Coal gasification, liquefaction.
Magnetohydrodynamics. Carbon dioxide-removal/storage.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Increasing energy efficiency and steam circulation. Regeneration, preheating,
optimization of parameters for calculating the heat cycles.Proposal of scheme. Condensation with regeneration, preheating, heating circulation. Detailed calculation of components of thermal design, numerical solutions.
Course Contents
1.Bases of energy .
2. Sources and energy reserves , balance of production and consumption of electricity, load diagrams .
3.Basic types of power stations .
4. Increasing the efficiency of energy and steam cycles.
5.Regeneration , reheating , parameter optimization.Methods of calculating the thermal scheme . Condensation with regeneration , reheating.
6 Detailed calculation of the structural elements of the thermal scheme , numerical solutions.
7. Thermodynamics of combined cycle , types of combined cycle power plants and heating plants , reconstruction and modernization of existing plants .
8.Clean coal technology.
9. Coal gasification combined cycle, gasification and fuel cells , pressurized fluidized-bed boilers, steam-gas fireplace with circulation.
10.Nuclear power plants . Basic types of nuclear power plants and heating plants , process equipment , design , modernization and perspectives.
11.Regulation , automation, traffic management and start-up power stations .
12. Special types of power stations . With the accumulation of energy, unconventional energy resources , MHD , with internal combustion engines using thermonuclear energy.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Thomas C. ELLIOTT, Kao CHEN, Robert SWANEKAMP (coauthors) (1997). Standard Handbook of Powerplant Engineering (2nd edition ed.). McGraw-Hill Professional. ISBN 0-07-019435-1.
British Electricity International (1991). Modern Power Station Practice: incorporating modern power system practice (3rd Edition (12 volume set) ed.). Pergamon. ISBN 0-08-040510-X.
KOLAT, P. : Energetické centrály. VŠB Ostrava. 2002. ISBN 80-7078-272-2. 68 stran.
ROUBÍČEK, V.: Uhlí, zdroje,procesy,užití. Montanex 2002, ISBN 80-7225-06-9. 175 stran.
KRBEK, J.: Strojní zařízení tepelných centrál. VUT Brno. 1999. ISBN 80-214-1344-4. 216 s.
KRBEK, J.: Zásobování teplem a kogenerace. VUT Brno. 1999. ISBN 80-214-1347-6.
KRBEK, J.: Malé kogenerační jednotky v komunální a průmyslové energetice. AVČR Praha. 1999. ISBN 80-85895-23-4. 115 stran.
HOLOUBEK, D.: Spalovacie zariadenia, výmenníky tepla a kotly. Vydavatelství ARS LITERA Košice, ISBN 80-7099-832-6.214 stran.
Thomas C. ELLIOTT, Kao CHEN, Robert SWANEKAMP (coauthors) (1997). Standard Handbook of Powerplant Engineering (2nd edition ed.). McGraw-Hill Professional. ISBN 0-07-019435-1.
Recommended Reading:
Shahriar KHAN: Fossil Fuel and the Environment. INTECHWEB.ORG. ISBN 978-953-51-0277-9.
MASTERS, G.: Introduction to environmental Engineering and Science. Prentice Hall Int. New Jersey USA, 1991.
ROUBÍČEK, V.: Chemie uhlí a jeho využití. VŠB-TU Ostrava 1996. ISBN 80-7078-406-7.
HORBAJ, P.: Ekologické aspekty spalovania. Vydavatelství TU Košice, 1999. ISBN 80-7099-405-3. 71 stran.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Other activities
Assesment methods and criteria
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