Design and Economy of Power Plants

Course guarantor:

Tomáš Dlouhý

Lecturer:

Tomáš Dlouhý, Lukáš Pilař

Tutor:

Tomáš Dlouhý, Lukáš Pilař

Supervisor:

Department of Energy Engineering

Synopsis:

Basic stages of investing activities and designing. Methodology of power plant design. Basic economical principles (time value, discounting, reproduction, depreciation, cash flow calculation). Classification of profit and costs in power generation. Economical efficiency of design variants. Criteria for appreciation of economical efficiency (NPV, IRR, payback period) and application in the process of project assessment. Selection of optimal project variant, sensitivity and risk analysis. Base problems of power plant design (location, optimum capacity). Optimization of fossil fuel and nuclear power plants parameters. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) methodology. External costs of power generation.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomT4:B1-531 Dlouhý T. 09:00–11:30 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice
Tue	roomT4:B1-531 Pilař L. 14:15–15:45 EVEN WEEK (parallel nr.1) Dejvice
Wed
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: