Course detail

Combustion Devices and Heat Exchangers

FSI-LSZAcad. year: 2015/2016

The course is concerned with basic information about the construction and operational characteristics of various boilers and heat exchangers used in power engineering. Also dealt with are: properties of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, statics and dynamics of the combustion process, heat balances of boilers and heat exchangers, boilers for solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and their components, boilers for waste fuels, burgee boilers, low/high pressure steam boilers, hot water boilers, various types of heat exchangers, calculations for the design of boilers and heat exchangers.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Zdeněk Skála, CSc.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will be able to apply theoretical information mainly from thermo mechanics, hydromechanics and heat and mass transfer to combustion devices and heat exchangers. Lectures are accompanied by seminars where specific technical problems will be solved.

Prerequisites

Thermo mechanics, heat and mass transfer.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Terms of credit: attendance, active participation in the exercise, the successful completion of the test.
Examination: written and verbal correction. The written portion consists of 10 questions for the successful completion must have at least half right.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course objective is to make students familiar with the current theoretical designs of boilers and heat exchangers and with their modern development trends. Student will be able to carry out basic thermal, aerodynamic and solidity calculations necessary for the design of boilers and heat exchangers.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Baláš, M.: Kotle a výměníky tepla, skripta VUT, Brno 2013, druhé vydání, ISBN 978-80-214-4770-7
Černý V., Janeba B., Teyssler J.: Parní kotle - technický průvodce č. 32, SNTL, Praha, 1983
Effenberger, H.: Dampferzeugung, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000
VILIMEC, L.: Stavba kotlů I. Skripta VŠB-TU Ostrava. 2002. ISBN 80-248-0076-4. (CS)
VILIMEC, L.: Stavba kotlů II. Skripta VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2008. ISBN 978-80-248-1716-3. (CS)

Recommended reading

Budaj., F.: Parní kotle - podklady pro tepelný výpočet, VUT v Brně, 1992
F.Kreit: The CRC Handbook of Thermal Engineering,CRC Press,London, New York, Washington DC
T. Dlouhy, Výpočty kotlů a spalinových výměníků,ČVUT Praha

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N2301-2 Master's

    branch M-FLI , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch M-ENI , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch M-TEP , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch M-ENI , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch M-FLI , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch M-TEP , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Marek Baláš, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Boilers classification,
2. Heat exchangers, calculations
3. Exchangers - heat transfer Heat exchangers, construction
4. Operation of heat exchangers
5. solid fuel.
6. Liquid and gaseous fuels
7. Statics and dynamics of combustion
8. Heat and mass balance in the boiler. Thermal efficiency of boiler losses
9. Slatted boilers
10. Boilers powder and fluid, Boilers for burning liquid and gaseous fuels
11. Biomass boilers, waste-firing boilers
12. Boilers for central heating. small scale boilers
13. Gasification. oxy-fuel

Computer-assisted exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Michal Špiláček, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Stoichiometric calculations of solid fuels, I-t diagram construction of combustion products
2. Total heat balance, performance, input and losses of boiler
3. Heat transfer
4. Basic of heat exchangers design
5. Calculation of ECO heat exchanger
6. Calculation of shell-tube heat exchanger
7. Test, course-unit credit awarding.