Machinery and Structures of Power Plants

Relations:

In order to register for the course B1M14SSE, the student must have registered for the required number of courses in the group BEZBM no later than in the same semester.

Course guarantor:

Petr Kočárník

Lecturer:

Petr Kočárník, Jiří Šťastný

Tutor:

Petr Kočárník

Supervisor:

Department of Electric Drives and Traction

Synopsis:

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with forms of energy transformation in power plants, describing the function of power facilities, their structure, properties and characteristics.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Balance of energy conversion chains in power engineering

2.Thermodynamics of real gases and vapours, computational charts and programs

3.Thermodynamic power cycles, possibility of efficiency increasing

4.Steam turbines for classical and nuclear power stations, structures, characteristics, function

5.Combustion turbines and microturbines, structures, characteristics, function

6.Heat exchangers and steam generators

7.Hydrodynamics of real turbines

8.Conduit (pipelines) systems

9.Models and function of boiler (steam generator)

10.Combined gas-vapour power cycles

11.Turbines for hydraulic power stations, characteristics, function for different heads of water and installed powers

12.Characteristics of auxiliary equipment (hydraulic pumps, valves, hydraulic servomechanisms)

13.Machinery components of disperse sources

14.Modern combustion systems and ecology

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.Heat transfer and work in thermal processes

2.Processes in water steam, application of thermal diagrams

3.Qualitative evaluation of most important energetic transformation

4.Work , power and thermal efficiency of steam turbines cycles, regulation of the power

5.Work , power and thermal efficiency of gas turbines

6.Heat exchanger behaviour in thermodynamic power cycles

7.Calculation of velocities and pressures in hydraulic systems with losses

8.Characteristics of hydraulic systems for fluid and gas transport

9.Basic types boilers behaviour, regulation of the power

10.Calculation of work, power and thermal efficiency of gas-vapour power cycles

11.Energy balance of basic types water turbines, cavitation

12.Operational point of the pump, hydraulic system regulation, energy saving due to speed regulation

13.Basic calculation of wind engine

14.Clean coal technology, balance of gas-vapour power cycle Vřesová

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Moran, M.,J., Shapiro, H.,N.: Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics. Wiley, 2008.

2. Cengel,Z., Boles, M.,A.: Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach. McGraw-Hill, 2005.

3. Aungier, R.,H.: Turbine Aerodynamics. ASME, 2006.

Note:

Further information:

https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/courses/B1M14SSE

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
Tue	roomT2:C3-340 Kočárník P. 14:30–16:00 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice
Wed	roomT2:B3-258 Kočárník P. 16:15–17:45 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.102) Dejvice roomT2:B3-258 Kočárník P. 18:00–19:30 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Dejvice
Thu	roomT2:B3-258 Kočárník P. 16:15–17:45 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.103) Dejvice
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Electrical Drives (compulsory course in the program)
• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Electrical Power Engineering (compulsory course in the program)
• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Technological Systems (compulsory course in the program)
• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Management of Power Eng. and Electr. (compulsory course in the program)