Power Transport Systems

Lecturer:

Miroslav Vítek (gar.)

Tutor:

Miroslav Vítek (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Economics, Management and Humanities

Synopsis:

Economical aspects of energy transport. Electricity transportation through lines. Heat, gas and oil lines. There are ment also universal transport systems as railway, roads and ships with considering of energy transport. After technical introduction it is dealt with problems of economical design of transport lines and economical operation

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Transport systems of electricity, heat, gas, oil and coal

2.Quality parameters of supply of various forms of energy

3.Electrical parameters of lines, voltage decrease and electricity losses

4.Appreciation of electricity losses

5.Economical cross-section of electrical line

6.Conditions of design of electrical line cross-section

7.Optimization of operation and design of transformer station

8.Economical compensation of reactive power

9.Design of power distribution systems

10.Design of economical inside diameter of pipe for heating supply lines

11.Optimization of thickness of heat isolation of pipe heating networks

12.Dimensioning of gas pipe from economical point of view

13.Transport of liquid fuels

14.Unit transport cost of railway, automobile and ship sort of energy transport

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.Simple DC lines

2.DC line with supply from the both sides, solving of the furcate line

3.Solving of the complicated embosomed grid

4.AC line of LV, HV a VHV, Breitfeld's method

5.Formula of the electricity marginal cost, economical cross-section

6.Business in distribution electricity sector

7.Economical capacity of new transformer stations

8.Economical compensation of reactive power

9.MAXITEST

10.Optimal dimension of the pipe inside diameter for heating supply lines

11.Optimal design of the heat isolation of heating supply line

12.Technical and economical data of gas supply line

13.Data of the oil and coal supply line

14.Railway, road, ship and conveyor-elevator-telpher transport cost of fuel

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1.March W.D.: Economics of Electric Utility Power Generation. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1980.

2.Fardo W. S., Patrick D. R.: Electrical Distribution Systems. Prentice Hall, 1999.

3.Vanek F., Albright L. D.: Energy Systems Engineering. McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Economy and Management of Power Eng. (compulsory course of the specialization)