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Power Centrals

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Course Unit Code361-0511/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter, Summer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KOL40prof. Ing. Pavel Kolat, DrSc.
Summary
Thermodynamics of the heat cycles, energy balances. Power plants: principles,
economy and management, heat cycles with condensing turbine, regeneration,
superheating. Nuclear power systems.
Gas turbine technology. Combined cycle systems-natural gas, oil.
Fluidisation firing. Combined heat and power option, cogeneration using steam
extraction. Clean Coal technology adoptions: pressurised fluidised bed
boilers, integrated gasification combined cycle, subsystems selection for
advanced low emission, new method for high power/boiler systems, Coal
gasification, liquefaction.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Thermodynamics of the heat cycles, energy balances. Power plants: principles,
economy and management, heat cycles with condensing turbine, regeneration,
superheating. Nuclear power systems.
Gas turbine technology. Combined cycle systems-natural gas, oil.
Fluidisation firing. Combined heat and power option, cogeneration using steam
extraction. Clean Coal technology adoptions: pressurised fluidised bed
boilers, integrated gasification combined cycle, subsystems selection for
advanced low emission, new method for high power/boiler systems, Coal
gasification, liquefaction.
Course Contents
Fundamentals of energy. Resources and energy reserves, balance production and consumption electricity load profile, the basic types of energy
centrál.Zvýšení energy efficiency and steam cycles. Regeneration,
reheating, optimization of parameters oběhů.Metodika calculation of the thermal scheme.
Condensation of regeneration, reheating, heat circulation. Detailed calculation
components of thermal scheme, numerical solution.
Gasification combined headquarters. Thermodynamics of steam-gas cycles, types of combined cycle power plants and heating plants, reconstruction and modernization of existing power plants.
Energy center for environmental use of coal. Integration
coal gasification combined cycle, gasification fuel cells, pressure
Fluid fireplace with combined cycle.Jaderné power plants. Basic
types of nuclear power plants and heating plants, process equipment, design,
perspektivy.Regulation and modernization, automation, traffic management and commissioning of power centrals.
The accumulation energy, with non-traditional sources of energy, magnetohydrodynamic, the combustion engines, using thermonuclear energy.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
1. P.Kolat : Power centrals. VŠB Ostrava. 1995. ISBN 80-7078-272-2.68 s.
2. Power Plant Engineering (Hardcover)
~ Larry Drbal (Editor), Kayla Westra (Editor), Pat Boston (Editor) " Amazon.com.ISBN-10: 0412064014
ISBN-13: 978-0412064012 ,Springer; 1 edition (December 31, 1995),768 pages .
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. http://www.fs.vsb.cz/KE
6. P. Kolat: Power Centrals.Clean Coal Technologies. VŠB-TU Ostrava 2011. Textbook translated by Language Dpt.105 pp.
1. P.Kolat : Energetické centrály. VŠB Ostrava. 1995. ISBN 80-7078-272-
2.68 s.
2. J.Kadrnožka.: Tepelné elektrárny a teplárny. SNTL Praha. 1985. 610 s.
3. J.Krbek: Strojní zařízení tepelných centrál. VUT Brno. 1999. ISBN 80-
214-1344-4. 216 s.
4. J.Krbek: Zásobování teplem a kogenerace. VUT Brno. 1999. ISBN 80-214-
1347-6
5. J.Krbek: Malé kogenerační jednotky v komunální a průmyslové
energetice. AVČR Praha. 1999. ISBN 80-85895-23-4. 115 s.
6. E.Štroffek, P.Kolat: Čerpací a vzduchotechnické zařízení. ALFA
Bratislava. 1992. ISBN 80-05-00704-3. 320 s.
7. P.Horbaj: Ekologické aspekty spalovania. TU Košice. 1999. ISBN 80-7099-
405-3. 71 s.
8. http://www.fs.vsb.cz/KE
Recommended Reading:
www.vsb.cz/KE/vyuka - power centrals
www.vsb.cz/KE/vyuka - power centrals
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Individual consultations, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined