Course detail
Operation of Power Plant Equipment
FSI-LPZ Acad. year: 2023/2024 Summer semester
One of the final subjects of the branch, focused on the principles of operation of power equipment and detection and elimination of operational failures of individual components of power units. In this course, students will be introduced to the start-up of steam boilers and steam turbines, power supply and regeneration and chemical water treatment. Another big topic is reliability of operation, overview of the most common failures, methods of their detection and elimination. The course requires knowledge of the design, project and construction of individual components of energy cycles. An integral part is the introduction to the basic energy legislation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
6
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Energy Sources and Conversion, Boilers, Steam Turbines,
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Credit: participation in seminars and excursions held within the course and passing the subsequent test.
Exam: successful completion of a point test from the basics of operation.
Controlled participation in lessons: Exercises are compulsory. The student will be compensated for absence by agreement with the tutor. Lectures are optional.
Aims
Introduction to basic operating states of power generating plants, start-up and shutdown, application of reliability theory and concepts of reliability information system and maintenance system. Students will be acquainted with the basics of the theory of power chemistry, water treatment equipment in power engineering and operational control of chemical regimes.
Acquired general knowledge forms the basic discipline necessary for the management and maintenance of power equipment in conventional, nuclear and industrial power engineering.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization ENI: Power Engineering, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
39 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Legislation in power engineering.
2. Project and operational economy in power engineering.
3. Design and operation of regeneration.
4. Design and operation of power stations.
5 Approach and shutdown of conventional energy centers.
6. Power center operation in non-standard modes.
7. Operation reliability, reliability theory in power engineering, operating modes.
8. Diagnostics, maintenance planning.
9. Causes, mechanisms and agents of disorders.
10. Examples of serious disorders.
11. Operation of steam turbines.
12. Basic properties and basics of water chemistry.
13. Water treatment technology for power plants.
Exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Assessment of economic profitability of the project.
2. Calculation of reliability characteristics of power equipment.
3. Design of power station, technical-economic design assessment.
4. Conversion of power station under other conditions.
5. Excursion.
6. Excursion.
7. Credit.