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:
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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:
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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:
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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
www.powerwiki.cz
Abbreviations used:
Semester:
- W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
- S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
- W,S ... both semesters
Mode of completion of the course:
- A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
- GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
- EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
- A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)
Weekly load (hours per week):
- P ... lecture
- C ... seminar
- L ... laboratory
- R ... proseminar
- S ... seminar