Course detail
Regulation and Automation of Power Systems
FSI-LRE Acad. year: 2019/2020 Summer semester
The course is intended to explain the following topics: attributes of current automation, branched control loops, models of heat power plant technology, regulation circuits of boilers, steam turbines, electric distribution systems, regulation of nuclear reactors and equipments used for automatic control.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
4
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Knowledge of automation problems of power plants, control loops structures and instrument components for automation.
Prerequisites
Students are expected to have knowledge of automatic control.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course-unit credit requirements: participation in seminars.
Examination requirements: the basic part is written and covers 12 answers related to the topics of the course.
Aims
Course objective: To acquaint students with automation power systems, functions and solutions of control circuits and equipments of automatic control.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at lectures is recommended, attendance at seminars is required. It is at the teacher’s discretion to decide how to make up for missed seminars.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B3S-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch B-AIŘ: Applied Computer Science and Control, elective (voluntary)
Programme M2I-P: Mechanical Engineering, Master's
branch M-ENI: Power Engineering, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1.Introduction, basic terms, history, attribute of present automation
2.Control circuits, multiloop control circuits, components of control circuits
3.Thermal power plant unit, models of subsystems
4.Steam boiler regulation, main control loops
5.Nuclear reactor regulation, reactor kinetics, reactor as a controlled system, main control loops, methods of nuclear power plant control
6.Steam turbine regulation, requirements according to turbine types
7.Control of electricity supply system, primary and secondary regulation
8.Automatic control equipments, sensors, data bus, compact governors, programmable logic controllers
9.Large control systems.
Computer-assisted exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Computer laboratory: -Mathematical models of thermal and water power plant and subsystems – computer simulation of control procedures, defectives states, control tuning.
Control technology laboratory: – demonstration of sensors, analog and digital controllers, actuators – demonstration of programmable logic controllers, – demonstration of .regulated drive.