Course detail
Design of Pump Stations and Hydropower Plants
FSI-MCS Acad. year: 2021/2022 Winter semester
Hydraulic power plants design – the basics of the water power is presented as to range, scope, technologies, structure, operation, control, measurements and economy of the plants.
The projecting of pumping station is aimed to determine of suitable pumps for pumping station.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
4
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Knowledge of theory, simulation methods, of the basic approach to design, technology and operation of the hydraulic power plants. Knowledge of experimental method.
Prerequisites
Knowledge, during the previous courses of Hydromechanics and Pipe engineering obtained, is the pre-requisite
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Teaching is suplemented by practical laboratory work.
The visit of laboratories of faculty of civil engineering is every year.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Seminars and written tasks on the excercises. Course-unit credit requirements, way and rules of examinations and the final classification of the course. Credit and Examination is in written form.
Aims
In the Projecting of pumping stations and water dams will students workiing on computations of water roads to water turbines, pressures and pressureless, the computations of weirs, compensatory rooms, basic dimensions of engine house of water power station, flow in stream bed with free water level. Designs of turbines in flow water power station from curve of head and discharge for giving locality from known characteristic of the turbine, input flow objects, stock computations for river flow, and about model similarity in models of dams and spillways.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Seminars and written tasks on the excercises.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization FLI: Fluid Engineering, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Hydraulic power plants design
1. Categories and layout of the HEPP(Hydro Electric Water Plant).
2.Flow in penstocks,consumption curves.A curves of flow and head persisting. The design of turbines with characteristic exploitation.The penstock design.
3.Design of surge chambers. The safety protection of penstocks.
4.The safety equipment of HEPP (screens,baffles,gate openings).Operational and safety valves.
5.Broth design, dimensioning.Water jump coomputation.
6.The main dimensions of machine room of HEPP.
Laboratory exercise
13 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Exercises will be aimed of modelling measurements, computations of flow and mountain stream flow, computations of weirs and stocks. Laboratories will be aimed on obtaining of the coefficient of spillway.