361-0511/03 – Power Centrals (EC)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Power EngineeringCredits4
Subject guarantorprof. Ing. Pavel Kolat, DrSc.Subject version guarantorprof. Ing. Pavel Kolat, DrSc.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year1Semesterwinter
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2010/2011Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesFSIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
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KOL40 prof. Ing. Pavel Kolat, DrSc.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Graded credit 3+1
Part-time Graded credit 10+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Thermodynamics of the heat cycles, energy balances. Power plants: principles, economy and management, heat cycles with condensing turbine, regeneration, superheating. Nuclear power systems. Gas turbine technology. Combined cycle systems-natural gas, oil. Fluidisation firing. Combined heat and power option, cogeneration using steam extraction. Clean Coal technology adoptions: pressurised fluidised bed boilers, integrated gasification combined cycle, subsystems selection for advanced low emission, new method for high power/boiler systems, Coal gasification, liquefaction.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Project work

Summary

Thermodynamics of the heat cycles, energy balances. Power plants: principles, economy and management, heat cycles with condensing turbine, regeneration, superheating. Nuclear power systems. Gas turbine technology. Combined cycle systems-natural gas, oil. Fluidisation firing. Combined heat and power option, cogeneration using steam extraction. Clean Coal technology adoptions: pressurised fluidised bed boilers, integrated gasification combined cycle, subsystems selection for advanced low emission, new method for high power/boiler systems, Coal gasification, liquefaction.

Compulsory literature:

1. P.Kolat : Power centrals. VŠB Ostrava. 1995. ISBN 80-7078-272-2.68 s. 2. Power Plant Engineering (Hardcover) ~ Larry Drbal (Editor), Kayla Westra (Editor), Pat Boston (Editor) " Amazon.com.ISBN-10: 0412064014 ISBN-13: 978-0412064012 ,Springer; 1 edition (December 31, 1995),768 pages . 3. British Electricity International (1991). Modern Power Station Practice: incorporating modern power system practice (3rd Edition (12 volume set) ed.). Pergamon. ISBN 0-08-040510-X. 4. Thomas C. Elliott, Kao Chen, Robert Swanekamp (coauthors) (1997). Standard Handbook of Powerplant Engineering (2nd edition ed.). McGraw-Hill Professional. ISBN 0-07-019435-1. 5. http://www.fs.vsb.cz/KE 6. P. Kolat: Power Centrals.Clean Coal Technologies. VŠB-TU Ostrava 2011. Textbook translated by Language Dpt.105 pp.

Recommended literature:

www.vsb.cz/KE/vyuka - power centrals

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

Other request for students are not defined

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Fundamentals of energy. Resources and energy reserves, balance production and consumption electricity load profile, the basic types of energy centrál.Zvýšení energy efficiency and steam cycles. Regeneration, reheating, optimization of parameters oběhů.Metodika calculation of the thermal scheme. Condensation of regeneration, reheating, heat circulation. Detailed calculation components of thermal scheme, numerical solution. Gasification combined headquarters. Thermodynamics of steam-gas cycles, types of combined cycle power plants and heating plants, reconstruction and modernization of existing power plants. Energy center for environmental use of coal. Integration coal gasification combined cycle, gasification fuel cells, pressure Fluid fireplace with combined cycle.Jaderné power plants. Basic types of nuclear power plants and heating plants, process equipment, design, perspektivy.Regulation and modernization, automation, traffic management and commissioning of power centrals. The accumulation energy, with non-traditional sources of energy, magnetohydrodynamic, the combustion engines, using thermonuclear energy.

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2011/2012 Winter semester)
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Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Graded exercises evaluation Graded credit 100  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Participation in lessons is 80 % obligatory.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Final test on assigned topics and questions.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2012/2013 (N2301) Mechanical Engineering (2302T006) Energy Engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (N2301) Mechanical Engineering (2302T006) Energy Engineering K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (N2301) Mechanical Engineering (2302T006) Energy Engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (N2301) Mechanical Engineering (2302T006) Energy Engineering K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan

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Assessment of instruction



2012/2013 Winter
2011/2012 Winter