Course detail
Hydraulic Machines
FSI-FHY-AAcad. year: 2024/2025
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
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Offered to foreign students
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Participation in practicals is compulsory. Absence may be compensated for via special tasks set by the teacher.
Aims
Deep knowledge of principles and use of hydraulic machines. Students will be able to propose a design of hydraulic machines.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
NECHLEBA,M.: Vodní turbíny , , 0
PIVOŇKA,J. a kol.: Tekutinové mechanismy, , 0
Recommended reading
ŠOB,F.: Hydromechanika, , 0
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme B-STI-Z Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, recommended course
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
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
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
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.