Course detail

Operation of Power Plant Equipment

FSI-LPZAcad. year: 2026/2027

One of the final subjects of the program focuses on the principles of starting up and operating energy facilities and detecting and eliminating operational faults in individual components of energy units. Another topic is water treatment and boiler feeding. Last but not least, there is space devoted to the production, transformation, and transmission of electrical energy. An integral part of the program is familiarization with basic energy legislation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Marek Baláš, Ph.D.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

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 the basic operating conditions of power plants, start-up and shutdown, application of reliability theory and concepts of reliability information systems and maintenance systems. Students will be introduced to the basics of power plant chemistry, water treatment equipment in the power industry, and operational control of chemical regimes. Another goal is to introduce electrical components of power plants such as motors, alternators, transformers, and transmission systems, including their control.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Baláš, M: Kotle a výměníky tepla, VUT Brno, 2013
Černý V., Janeba B., Teyssler J.: Parní kotle - technický průvodce č. 32, SNTL, Praha, 1983
Effenberger, H.: Dampferzeugung, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000
Prabir Basu, Cen Kefa, Louis Jestin: Boilers and Burners,Springer-Verlag,New York,2000

Recommended reading

Krbek J., Ochrana L., Polesný B.: Průmyslová energetika, VUT Brno, 1996

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-ETI-P Master's

    specialization ENI , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Marek Baláš, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Legislation in the energy sector.
  2. Diagnostics, maintenance planning.
  3. Design and operation of power stations.
  4. Starting up and shutting down conventional power plants.
  5. Basic properties and fundamentals of water chemistry.
  6. Water treatment technology for power plants.
  7. Alternators, principles, operation in separate and shared networks.
  8. Asynchronous motors and their regulation.
  9. Synchronous motors, their phasing and regulation.
  10. Transformers.
  11. Transmission system and its regulation.
  12. Photovoltaics, inverters, storage.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Marek Baláš, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Excursion.

Completion of semester project.

Presentation of semester project.