Course detail

Hydraulic Machines

FSI-FHY-AAcad. year: 2022/2023

The course familiarises students with basic facts relating to working principles of hydraulic machines and equipment used in all industrial fields. It deals with pumps, hydraulic motors, water turbines and fluid mechanisms (hydraulic and pneumatic elements, hydraulic transmissions and couplings).

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Simona Fialová, Ph.D.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Deep knowledge of principles and use of hydraulic machines. Students will be able to propose a design of hydraulic machines.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of hydromechanics, especially of parts with respect to impeller pumps and reaction turbines.

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

Solution of tasks within the practicals. The written exam testing the knowledge of the subject-matter. ECTS evaluation.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to make students familiar with different types of hydraulic machines and equipment used in industry, in pumping stations, sewage treatment plants, in steam, nuclear and water power stations and which are used as elements in building machines, machine tools, as well as in robotics.

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

Participation in practicals is compulsory. Absence may be compensated for via special tasks set by the teacher.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BLÁHA,J.,BRADA,K.: Hydraulické stroje, , 0
NECHLEBA,M.: Vodní turbíny , , 0
PIVOŇKA,J. a kol.: Tekutinové mechanismy, , 0

Recommended reading

ŠOB,F.: Hydraulické stroje, , 0
ŠOB,F.: Hydromechanika, , 0

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-STI-Z Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Simona Fialová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Classification of pumps, basic ideas.
2. Displacement pumps - hydrostatic (piston, gear and sliding-vane pumps).
3. Pumps based on other principles - water ejectors and injectors, hydraulic ram.
4. Air-lift pumps, screw pumps.
5. Hydrodynamic pumps.
6. Characteristic features of pumps.
7. Sorting and driving of pumps.
8. Similarity, pi-theorem.
9. Importance, function and disposal of hydropower plants.
10. Governing equations and parameters of water turbines and storage pumps.
11. Water turbine and its characteristics.
12. Basic principles of water turbine.
13. Introduction to the problems of fluid power mechanisms.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Martin Hudec, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Designing of hydrostatic pumps (piston, gear and sliding-vane pumps).
Pumps based on other principles (air-lift pumps, gear and sliding-vane pumps).
Designing of hydrodynamic pumps.
Designing of a Francis turbine.
Designing of a Pelton turbine.
Designing of a storage pump.

Elearning

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