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Lecturer(s)
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Urban Pavel, Ing. Ph.D.
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Svoboda Zbyněk, prof. Ing. CSc.
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Course content
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Type of classes - LECTURES 1 Combined cycle power plants (CCPP) - basic concepts. 2 Combined cycle power plants (CCPP) - particularities of the used equipment 3 CCPP with integrated coal gasification (IGCC). 4 Closed cycle gas turbine (CCGT) with helium, argon, nitrogen and supercritical CO2. 5 Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), Kalina cycle. 6 Cogeneration, trigeneration cycles. 7 Thermodynamic cycles used for refurbishment of existing coal power plants into CCPP. 8 Thermodynamic cycles used for sea water desalination. 9 Thermodynamic cycles used in concentrated solar power plants (CSP). 10 Thermodynamic cycles used in IV. generation nuclear power plants. Type of classes - TUTORIALS 1 Combined cycle and HRSG design calculations (Excel). 2 IGCC (integrated coal gasification cycle) analysis (Thermoflow). 3 Wet Compression - GT cycle calculation (Thermoflow). 4 Closed Brayton Cycle calculation with various media (He, Ar, N2) (Thermoflow). 5 ORC calculation for geothermal application (Thermoflow). 6 Cogeneration plant cycle analyses (Thermoflow). 7 Calculation of organic media state diagrams (Excel & CoolProp). 8 Desalination plant analyses (Thermoflow). 9 Solar thermal plant analyses (Thermoflow).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Practicum
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 60 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 56 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| 1. Fundamentals of thermodynamics and heat transfer. 2. Be able to explain the theory of power generating cycles (Rankine, Brayton). 3. Orientation in enthalpy-entropy diagram of H2O and application of the knowledge on other cycle media. |
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| 1. Ability to work with Excel 2. Ability of individual work and collaboration in a group. |
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| Knowledge |
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| Knowledge of design and calculation of cycles and equipment with multiple working media (combined cycles) Knowledge of the particularities of design and off-design operation of combined cycles. Description of equipment used for combined cycles. CCPP with integrated coal gasification (IGCC) Knowledge of design, calculation and of cycles with non-standard media (e.g. helium closed gas cycles, supercritical CO2 cycles, organic fluid cycles) Knowledge of cogeneration and trigeneration and their application Knowledge of advanced cycle application examples in state-of-art technologies (desalination, solar thermal plants, combined heating plants, nuclear power stations of the IV. Generation). |
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| Ability to perform thermal cycle calculations with suitable SW tools (Excel & Thermoflow). Ability to predict the future development of the advanced technologies of power generation equipment. Ability to present the advanced technologies of power generation equipment to both specialists and non-specialists. |
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| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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U.S. DOE Nuclear Research Advisory Committee and the Generation IV International Forum, A Technology Roadmap for Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems. 2002.
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Al-Alshaikh, Abdullah, A. Comparison between MSF & MED Desalination Technologies. The 2nd Saudi International Water Technology Conference, 2014.
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Dostál, V., Driscoll, M.J., Hejzlar, P. A Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Cycle for Next Generation Nuclear Reactors. MIT, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 2004.
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Horlock, John Harold. Advanced Gas Turbine Cycles. Oxford, 2003. ISBN 0-08-044273-0.
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Quoilin, Sylvain a Lemort, Vincent. Technological and Economical Survey of Organic Rankine Cycle. Thermodynamics Laboratory University of Li?ge, 2009.
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