Course detail

Fundamentals of Power Engineering I

FSI-LZ1Acad. year: 2011/2012

The course makes students acquainted with the application of basic physical laws, above all of hydromechanics and thermomechanics, applicable designing and utilization of power machines and equipment. These laws are used to improve the efficiency, operational quality and reliability of these machines and equipment, as well as the technological and material demands. The course is also aimed at incorporating of these machines and equipment into power systems and their control dependingon loading and other conditions. The economic and environmental problems are also very important parts of the lectures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jiří Pospíšil, Ph.D.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will obtain the knowledge energy sources in the technical practice, their ecological, economic and energetic aspects.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of physics and thermodynamics at 2.TU level

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Graded credit requirements: active participation in the exercises, delivery of a project for the given topic in the given term.
Examination: written part consists of questions and examples, oral part in a form discussion about a given topic.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to familiare students with the problems of designing the thermal power stations, their important nods, as well as with the economic aspects of the design.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Participation in the exercises is systematically controlled.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

KC Agrawal, Industrial Power Engineering Handbook, ISBN: 0-7506-7351-6, NEWNES, 2001
Zbyněk Ibler, Technický průvodce energetika 1. díl,ISBN: 80-7300-026-1, Praha, 2002

Recommended reading

Doc.Pavelek,CSc. Termomechanika - skripta VUT, 2003

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B2341-3 Bachelor's

    branch B-EPE , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jiří Pospíšil, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Transformation of energy
2. Electricity engineering in the Czech Republic
3. Basic elements of power plants
4. Thermal cycles of power plants
5. Application of gas turbine cycles
6. Combined heat and power production
7. Integrated gas and steam power plants
8. Pressure reduction of steam and gases
9. Steam and vapor flow
10. Indirect heat cycles
11. Basic heat exchange theory in power applications
12. Conduction, convection and radiation heat exchange
13. Environment friendly technology for power plants

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ladislav Šnajdárek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Analysis of basic equations and processes of solution
2. Application of the First law of thermodynamic for close systems
3. Application of the First law of thermodynamic for open systems
4. Entropy – basic calculations
5. Practice with steam tables and graphs
6. Gas mixtures - calculations of properties
7. Calculation of isobaric, isochoric and isothermal processes
8. Calculation of adiabatic processes
9. Calculation of thermal gas cycles
10. Calculation of steam cycles
11. Calculation of indirect thermal cycles
12. Calculation of heat transfer
13. Practice in heat exchanger designing