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KEE / ELE
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KEE
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ELE
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Power Plants
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
5
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
3
[Hours/Week]
Tutorial
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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Czech, English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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9 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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10
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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Czech, English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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KEV/SNAVS
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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To make the students familiar with energy, operation, environmental and economy problems of primary energy sources transformation to electricity in thermal power stations.
Introduce students into problems of thermal power stations (classic and nuclear) electrical equipment, electrical schemes, self-power consumption of electrical energy, operation and construction of alternator and power stations block units, plus their fault states.
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Requirements on student
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Credit:
Demonstration of quality knowledge during semester by passing of two tests (successfuly 65%) or correct solution of given semester work concerned on calculation of current and voltage conditions in power station´s own consumption.
Examination:
Mastering of knowledge presented on lectures in range defined by lecturer (or recommended for self study). Examination consists of beginning part realized by written test and second verbal part with written preparation.
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Content
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1. Principles of energy conversion in thermal power plants, transformation chains, efficiency comparison of steam production individual phases.
2. Rankine-Clausius (R-C) thermodynamic steam circle of power plants, calculation of its efficiency and its possible increase, necessary amount of operating substances, change of operating parameters, overheating of steam, regenerative heating of feed water.
3. Heating power station thermodynamic cycle, ORC, gas, combined and steam-gas cycles for electric power production.
4. Nuclear power plants and their thermodynamic cycles, types of nuclear reactors, principle of heat transfer from nuclear reactor.
5. Determination of cost and environmental flows in the power plant production system, operation of power plant blocks, their effective use to cover electricity consumption, regulation and management of thermal power plant operation.
6. Topology of power plant's electric part diagram . Electrical schemes of conventional, nuclear and hydro power plants. Concept of voltage levels, power output and self-consumption.
7. Separation of power plant's electric power own consumption and its characteristics for individual types of power plants. Sources of own consumption for usual operation, backup, run-out, emergency and secured conditions. Dimensioning of self-consumption sources power, its minimal required short-circuit power and control for start-up of large drives and drives groups.
8. Character of drives and other appliances in own consumption of power plants, selection of parameters for drives, determination of start-up time of the machine sets and control of warming during start-up. Specific ratios for unbalanced faults and self-consumption disturbances, plus the effect of transformer configuration on unbalance reduction.
9. Turbo-alternators and hydro-alternators of large block units, their specifics, cooling methods, basic measured characteristics and technical parameters. Mathematical model and phasor diagram of used synchronous machines. Produced power, parameters and behavior of alternator during basic transient events.
10. Alternator excitation systems and their main parameters. Independent and dependent excitation systems, rotation, static, classic and brushless alternator excitation systems.
11. Alternator field weakening systems - parallel resistor using, arc chamber and controlled inverter special regime methods. Design of alternator output connection to block transformer and encapsulated conductor concept.
12. Alternator start-up and phasing methods, their limit conditions and system of used automatics. Limiting operation area of the alternator with respect to active and reactive power, basic conditions and the criterion of stable operation by the alternator.
13. Alternator operation under non-standard synchronous conditions and asynchronous operation of alternator. Relationship with the control of the main electricity system, regulation of voltage, frequency and transferred power into connected network.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Guarantors:
Doc. Ing. Karel Noháč, Ph.D. ,
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Lecturer:
Doc. Ing. Emil Dvorský, CSc. (40%),
Doc. Ing. Karel Noháč, Ph.D. (60%),
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Tutorial lecturer:
Doc. Ing. Emil Dvorský, CSc. (100%),
Doc. Ing. Karel Noháč, Ph.D. (50%),
Ing. Lenka Raková, Ph.D. (50%),
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Literature
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Basic:
Horlock, J. H. Combined power plants : including combined cycle gas turbine plants. 1st ed. Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1992. ISBN 0-08-040502-9.
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Basic:
Grigsby, Leonard L. Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution. 3rd ed. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4398-5628-4.
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Basic:
Dvorský, Emil; Hejtmánková, Pavla; Kocmich, Martin. Elektrárny : základy výroby elektrické energie : příklady. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 1994. ISBN 80-7082-133-7.
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Basic:
Dvorský, Emil; Hejtmánková, Pavla. Elektrárny : zvyšování účinnosti přeměn energie v tepelných elektrárnách : příklady. 1. vyd. Plzeň : ZČU, 1999. ISBN 80-7082-523-5.
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Basic:
Beran, Miloš. Elektrická zařízení tepelných elektráren. 1. vyd. Plzeň : VŠSE, 1988.
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Basic:
Jaroslav Doležal; Jiří Šťastný; Jan Špetlík; Stanislav Bouček; Zbyněk Brettschneider. Jaderné a klasické elektrárny. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-01-04936-5.
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Basic:
Máslo, Karel; Vrba, Miroslav; Švejnar, Pavel; Haňka, Ladislav; Veleba, Jan; Chladová, Miloslava; Sadecký, Bohumil; Mach, Veleslav; Brettschneider, Zdeněk; Hruška, Zdeněk. Řízení a stabilita elektrizační soustavy. Praha, 2013. ISBN 978-80-260-44671-.
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Basic:
Tůma, Jiří,; Martínek, Zbyněk,; Tesařová, Miloslava,; Chemišinec, Igor. Security, quality and reliability of electrical energy. Praha : Conte, 2007. ISBN 978-80-239-9056-0.
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Basic:
Lindsley, David; Grist, John. Thermal Power Plant Control and Instrumentation: The control of boilers and HRSGs (Energy Engineering) 2nd Edition. The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2018. ISBN 978-1785614194.
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Basic:
Liu, Xingrang; Bansal, Ramesh. Thermal Power Plants, Modeling, Control, a Efficiency Improvement. United States: Taylor & Francis Inc, 2016. ISBN 9781498708227.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
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40
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Contact hours
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55
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Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
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5
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Preparation for an examination (30-60)
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40
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Attendance on a field trip (number of real hours - maximum 8h/day)
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3
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Total
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143
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Prerequisites
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Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
orient in electrical and mechanical diagrams |
calculate the basic steady-state parameters of steady state in electromagnetic and mechanical systems |
Competences - students are expected to possess the following competences before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
N/A |
N/A |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
define methods of alternators cooling |
determine the delivered power of the synchronous alternator and its stability area |
classify alternator excitation and excitation systems |
compare alternator approach and phasing methods |
define the working area of the turbo-alternator in terms of active and reactive power |
determine the working conditions of the asynchronous operation of the synchronous generator |
explain the basic principles of power system control, frequency and voltage regulation |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
make energy balances of heat power stations, electricity price calculation and environmental pollution |
calculate the thermal scheme of the power station and calculate the power efficiency of the single power stations loops |
design the electric scheme of the power plant based on the application of theoretical knowledge |
compile the power plant's own consumption into groups and calculate the necessary sizes of the self-consumption resources |
determine starting time of the drives and check their warming |
construct basic equations and phasor diagram of synchronous generator in steady state |
Competences - competences resulting from the course: |
N/A |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Combined exam |
Test |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Continuous assessment |
Seminar work |
Competences - competence achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Combined exam |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Lecture |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Practicum |
Field trip |
Competences - the following training methods are used to achieve the required competences: |
Lecture |
Practicum |
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