Course: Thermal power plants technologies

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Course title Thermal power plants technologies
Course code KEE/TTE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Dvorský Emil, Doc. Ing. CSc.
  • Raková Lenka, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Principles of energy conversion in thermal power plants, transformation loops 2. The steam production in conventional thermal power stations, comparison of efficiency of individual phases, the steam generators types, thermal engines 3. Calculation of the thermal cycle and increasing its efficiency, Carnot cycle and Rankine-Clausius (R-C) cycle of the steam power stations 4. The thermal calculation of the R-C cycle without reheating steam and without regenerative feedwater heating, determining the amount of the operational mass flows and efficiency 5. Efficiency R-C cycle increasing, change of the operational parameters, steam reheating, regenerative feed water heating 6. Back-pressure cycle, back-pressure turbine, heating industry 7. Combined production of electric and thermal energy 8. ORC thermal cycles and gas cycles and their realization for electricity production 9. Combine cycles for electricity production, gas-steam cycles 10. Nuclear power stations, heat cycles in nuclear power stations, reactor types, heat transportation from reactors 11. Operational materials in heat power stations, determination of their quantity, control and treatment 12. Determination of cost and environmental flows in the power station, the operation of power plant units and their deployment to cover electricity consumption 13. Regulation of heat power stations, the operation and starting up of heat power stations

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work, Lecture
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 40 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to explain the subject matter of the course KEE/EEN1 (Electrical Power Engineering 1) from bachelor study
to explain the basics of thermodynamics
to define basic thermodynamic quantities, processes and laws
to explain basic concepts of power engineering
Skills
to create a basic technological scheme of thermal power plants
to apply the basics of university mathematics and physics (thermodynamics)
to describe the load diagram
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe thermal cycles in power plants
to characterize steam generators and heat engines
to explain Carnot cycle and Rankine-Clausius cycle and determine their effectiveness
to explain the effect of operating parameters on the efficiency of the thermal cycle
to explain Carnotization (regenerative feed water heating and steam reheating)
to describe the back-pressure cycle and the combined production of electricity and heat
to define ORC thermal cycles, gas cycles and explain the principle of combined cycle power plants (CCGT)
to describe thermal cycles in a nuclear power plant
to characterize the regulation of thermal power plants, the operation control and starting up
Skills
to perform the energy balance of thermal power plants
to determine the efficiency of the power plant
to determine the amount of operating substances
to determine the parameters of the thermal cycle from the i-s diagram, a water vapor tables and software
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Practicum
Field trip
Internship
Task-based study method
Self-study of literature
Individual study
One-to-One tutorial
Skills
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
Internship
Field trip
Task-based study method
Individual study
Self-study of literature
One-to-One tutorial
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Task-based study method
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Skills
Combined exam
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
Continuous assessment
Competences
Combined exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Basu, Swapan;Debnath, Ajay Kumar. Power Plant Instrumentation and Control Handbook: A Guide to Thermal Power Plants. Academic Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0128009406.
  • Dipak Sarkar. Thermal Power Plant: Design and Operation. Elsevier, 2015. ISBN 0128017554.
  • Dvorský, Emil; Hejtmánková, Pavla. Elektrárny : zvyšování účinnosti přeměn energie v tepelných elektrárnách : příklady. 1. vyd. Plzeň : ZČU, 1999. ISBN 80-7082-523-5.
  • Dvorský, Emil; Hejtmánková, Pavla; Kocmich, Martin. Elektrárny : základy výroby elektrické energie : příklady. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 1994. ISBN 80-7082-133-7.
  • Dvorský, Emil; Hejtmánková, Pavla. Kombinovaná výroba elektrické a tepelné energie. 1. vyd. Praha : BEN - technická literatura, 2005. ISBN 80-7300-118-7.
  • Horlock, J. H. Combined power plants : including combined cycle gas turbine plants. 1st ed. Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1992. ISBN 0-08-040502-9.
  • Ibler, Zbyněk. Elektrárny. 1. vyd. Plzeň : VŠSE, 1984.
  • Ibler, Zbyněk. Energetika v příkladech : technický průvodce energetika. 2. díl. 1. vyd. Praha : BEN - technická literatura, 2003. ISBN 80-7300-097-0.
  • Jaroslav Doležal; Jiří Šťastný; Jan Špetlík; Stanislav Bouček; Zbyněk Brettschneider. Jaderné a klasické elektrárny. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-01-04936-5.
  • Kadrnožka, Jaroslav. Tepelné elektrárny a teplárny. 1. vyd. Praha : SNTL, 1984.
  • Kehlhofer, Rolf et al. Combined-cycle gas & steam turbine power plants. 3rd ed.. Tulsa, 2008. ISBN 978-1-59370-168-0.
  • 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.
  • Liu, Xingrang; Bansal, Ramesh. Thermal Power Plants, Modeling, Control, a Efficiency Improvement. United States: Taylor & Francis Inc, 2016. ISBN 9781498708227.
  • Matěna, Štěpán. Výroba a rozvod elektrické energie II. 1. vyd. Praha : SNTL, 1975.
  • Matěna, Štěpán. Výroba a rozvod elektrické energie I. 2. upr. vyd. Praha : SNTL, 1978.
  • Šurovský, Jan. Spalovací turbíny. 2013. ISBN 978-80-260-4106-1.


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