Code: BE1M15ENY Power Plants
Lecturer: doc. Ing. Zdenìk Müller Ph.D. Weekly load: 2P+2S Completion: A, EX
Department: 13115 Credits: 5 Semester: S
Description:
The course introduces power plants electric circuit topologies and self-consumption equipment characteristics. There are explained steam and nuclear power plants design, dynamics and characteristics. Separate part is concentrated on hydro power plants principles and characteristics.
Contents:
1. Power plant design overview, basic topology
2. Self-consumption topologies, voltage profiles
3. Self-consumption characteristics
4. Short circuits in power systems
5. Generators ? overview, excitation systems, operation modes
6. Thermal units, thermal circuits
7. Steam power plants ? water-steam system (turbines, steam generators)
8. Steam power plants ? fuel and combustion circuit (boiler, combustion cleaning), cooling system, pumps and
9. Dynamics, models, control and operation modes of steam turbines
10. Hydro power plants ? general information, hydro turbine classification, design and construcion, dynamics, models and regulation systems
11. Nuclear power plants ? general information, nuclear reactor safety
12. Dynamics, models and regulation systems of nuclear reactors
13. Control and regulation systems in steam and nuclear power plants
14. Reserve
Recommended literature:
Woodruff E.B., Lammers H.B., Lammers T.F.: Steam Plant Operation 9th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education, NY, 2011.
Kaufmann, J., Lee K.M.: Handbook of Sustainable Engineering. Springer. 2013


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