361-0314/09 – Measurement Methods in Energetics (PME)
Gurantor department | Department of Power Engineering | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Dr. Ing. Bohumír Čech | Subject version guarantor | doc. Dr. Ing. Bohumír Čech |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FS, USP | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The subject deals with measuring methods of basic physical quantities used in energetics. Measuring of temperatures, pressures, flow and analysis of gas factors of combustion gases. For education there are used measurement instruments and eguipment of energy department used in technical practice.
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Summary
Measuring temperature, pressure, flow and analysis of gaseous components of flue gases. For teaching the use measuring instruments and equipment department of energy used in engineering practice. During lectures and seminars, students are introduced to the operation of instruments and learn the basics of proper application of measuring instruments. The course is excursion to energy facilities in the Ostrava region, usually Detmarovice Power.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
NAIM, A. Measurement techniques in power engineering. Hemisphere Pub. Corp., 1985.
BOHL, W., MATHIEU, W. Laborversuche an Kraft und Arbeitsmaschinen. Vydalo: Hanser Verlag Munchen, Wien 1995.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
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Subject has no prerequisities.
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Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Importance of measurement and diagnostics in power engineering. Measurement Reporting Policy.
2. Temperature measurement - devices based on expansion of liquids and gases. Solids expansion devices. Resistance thermometers. Thermocouples.
3. Temperature measurement - principles for correct measurement, installation of thermometers, network measurements. Contactless instruments, pyrometers, thermovision.
4. Pressure measurement, basic concepts and units, vacuum, overpressure, atmospheric pressure and its measurement.
5. Pressure measurement - liquid devices, liquids. Deformation devices. Piezoelectric, capacitive and tensometric measurements.
6. Pressure measurement - principles for correct installation of pressure gauges, level measurement.
7. Fluid flow measurement. Basic terms, propeller, turbine, volumetric meters.
8. Measurement of air flow. Basic terms, volumetric meters. Flow measurement by throttle organs. Speed probe flow measurement, multi-hole speed probes.
9. Flow measurement - inductive flowmeters, ultrasonic flowmeters, vortex flowmeters.
10. Connection of pressure and differential pressure sensors, level measurement in boiler body, inlet height.
11. Calculation of density of mixtures of gases from chemical composition and volume concentration. Mass and volume concentrations and their conversion.
12. Flue gas composition at the exit of combustion plants. Approximate concentrations of individual components depending on fuel and type of combustion equipment. Respecting emission limits.
13. Measurement of oxygen concentration in flue gas for combustion process control. Determination of water in flue gas. Conversion to dry and wet flue gas
14. Measurement of gaseous components of flue gas for emission measurements. Instruments, computational relationships.
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