Course detail

Designing of Thermal Power Plant Equipment

FSI-FSEAcad. year: 2007/2008

The course is concerned with the design, construction and operation of power plants. Aslo dealt with are: the main types of steam and hot-water boilers, waste incinerators-boilers, steam and gas turbines and heat exchangers in power engineering, machine equipment of power plants.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Ladislav Ochrana, CSc.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will get theoretical knowledge about design of boiler, heat exchanger and about operation condition of components of these devices. They will be also made familiar with methods of increasing reliability and efficiency together with impacts on the environment.

Prerequisites

Basics of thermo mechanics and heat transfer.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Examination requirements: - The examination has written (10 questions) and oral parts. Course-unit credit requirements: active participation at seminars, submitting a seminar technical report regarding the thermal calculation of a boiler.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will be made familiar with construction and operation of steam and hydrothermal boilers and heat exchangers used in power engineering. They will get basic knowledge of thermal, hydraulic and aerodynamic calculation of boilers and heat exchangers. They will also learn of modern concepts of these energy devices.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at lectures is not compulsory, but is recommended. Attendance at seminars is required (At least 75%), compensation of a missed seminar by studying literature.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ČERNÝ, Václav, Břetislav JANEBA a Jiří TEYSSLER. Parní kotle: technický průvodce svazek 32. Praha: SNTL-Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1983. Technický průvodce (SNTL-Nakladatelství technické literatury).
VILIMEC, L.: Stavba kotlů II. Skripta VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2008. ISBN 978-80-248-1716-3 

Recommended reading

Budaj,F.: Parní kotle,podklady pro tepelný výpočet,VUT v Brně, skriptum 2000
DLOUHÝ, Tomáš. Výpočty kotlů a spalinových výměníků. Vyd. 3. V Praze: Nakladatelství ČVUT, 1999.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B2341-3 Bachelor's

    branch B2323-00 , 3. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

52 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Marek Baláš, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Solid fuels - combustion attributes.
2. Liquid, gaseous and waste fuels - combustion attributes.
3. Stoichiometric calculations of solid and liquid fuels - volumes of air and combustion products.
4. Thermal efficiency, thermal blatancies, losses of boilers, comparative criteria.
5. Boiler classification according to combusting of solid fuels - grate boilers, pulverized-fuel-fired boilers.
6. Fluidised bed boilers.
7. Boilers for combustion of liquid and gaseous fuels and boilers for waste heat.
8. Flue and water tube boilers, once-through boilers.
9. Detailed thermal calculation of combustion chamber, basics of aerodynamic and hydrodynamic calculation.
10. Thermal calculation of heat exchanging surfaces of the boiler.
11. Types of heat exchangers in power engineering, optimization by NTU method.
12. Construction of heat exchangers in power engineering - recuperating, tubular, plate, regenerating and mixing exchangers.
13. Operation attributes of boilers and heat exchangers - accretions, low-temperature and high-temperature corrosion, corrosion, construction steps increasing reliability and thermal efficiency.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jiří Moskalík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Project specification - individual fuel and dimension of the boiler, air stoichiometry - using PC software.
2. Stoichiometrical calculations of combustion products and real volumes of air and combustion products.
3. Thermal losses and thermal efficiency, losses of the boiler.
4. I-t diagram plotting .
5. Basic estimation of the boiler surface.
6. Processing of t=f(S) schematics. t...temperature, S...heat exchanging surface.
7.-10. Thermal calculation of individual heat exchanging surface.
11-12. Check by the teacher, processing on the computer.
13. Summary and credit award.