Course detail
Nuclear Energetic Equipment
FEKT-BJEZAcad. year: 2015/2016
The subject is intended for students who want to work in nuclear power engineering. The subject covers constructional, economic, ecological and operational properties of energy machinery of nuclear power plants, its mutual interaction, its operation and maintenance, economical utilization, analysis of the influence of faults of the systems on the operational indices and the economy of the operation of power-generating plants.
Supervisor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Knowledge concerning energy machinery of nuclear power plants, its operational and energetic characteristics, operation and maintenance.
Prerequisites
The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is required.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
Raček, J.: Jaderná zařízení.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Techning methods include lectures, practical exercises and practical laboratories. Course is taking advantage of e-learning (Moodle) system.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Language of instruction
Czech
Work placements
Not applicable.
Course curriculum
Steam and gas cycles of nuclear power plants. The theoretical elements of thermal power engineering. Heat transfer of nuclear reactors. The elements of nuclear engineering. Nuclear power plants with water-cooled reactors. Nuclear power plants with boiling reactors. Nuclear power plants with gas-cooled reactors. Nuclear power plants with liquid-metal-cooled reactors. Pumps and blowers of nuclear power plants. Heat exchangers of nuclear power plants. Steam generators of nuclear power plants. Steam turbines of nuclear power plants and theirs equipment. Safety of operation of nuclear power plants.
Aims
The objective of the subject is to make students familiar with basic information concerning the energy machinery of nuclear power plants.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Type of course unit
eLearning
eLearning: currently opened course