Course detail

Power Plants and Heating Power Stations

FEKT-MELEAcad. year: 2010/2011

Subject connects up to knowledges acquired by students in previous study level, up to knowledge in from electrical machines, devices and electric drives. It offers knowledges about operation of power stations and heat stations in his mechanical and electrical part. Subject deals with operation of alternators, accessory equipments, electrical schemes of power station, another electrical equipments, operating and safety of operation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jaroslava Orságová, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Electrical Power Engineering (UEEN)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will gain necessary knowledges about operation, operating and safety of power station production units and regulation of basic quality index of electric energy.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Evaluation of written and oral part of final exam is directed by FEKT (FEEC) rules.
Minimum points for course-unit credit is 20 points, maximum 30 points.
Minimum points for final written exam is 30 points, maximum 70points.

Course curriculum

Electrical scheme power station
Station power requirements (working state, dimensioning, distribution point
Alternator and transformer (characteristics)
Field system, field suppressor, transmission path
Generator operation (generator starting, synchronizing, asynchronous operation)
Electric protection (break-down, working principle)
Consumer characteristic (boiler, turbo set)
Frequency characteristic (astatic control, static control)
Nuclear power station (fuel cycle, refuelling, auxiliary plant)

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Subject propose complete of knowledges about production electric energy in power stations and heat stations which students acquired in previous level study.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DOLEŽAL, J. a kol. Jaderné a klasické elektrárny. ČVUT Praha 2011. (CS)

Recommended reading

Ondrášek, M.: Elektrárny II. Skripta VUT 1988. (CS)
Elliot,T.C.,CHEN,K.,Swanekamp,R.C.:Standard Handbook of Powerplant Engineering. McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc. ISBN 0-07-019435-1 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EEKR-M Master's

    branch M-EEN , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme EEKR-CZV lifelong learning

    branch ET-CZV , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslava Orságová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Heat stations with steam turbines - heat and electric schematics, conduct away of achievement
Gas-steam cycle and cogeneration - quality, wiring, electric part
Operating characteristics and working states of power stations - standard working condition, extraordinary working states
Auxiliary plants in nuclear power stations
Static and dynamic services of transfer power plant
Alternators, features, characteristics,P-Q graph
Alternators cooling - gas, water and oily economy
Excitering alternators systems - characteristics of exciter system de-excitering, de-excitering principles and characteristics of field suppressor
Conduct away of electric power from alternator, electric schematics in power station
Reserve sources in power stations - accumulator room sources, static sources, revolving sources
Drives in stations auxiliaries - using and choice of electric motors, characteristics powered arrangement, disturbances interferenced run of drive in incident to consumption
Proceedings of power stations - operation of aggregate in island operation and in cooperation with electrification scheme, failure states
Reliability of a power stations, analysis of operating reliability, reliability features, parallel and serial reliability system

Fundamentals seminar

4 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslava Orságová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Thermal balance of a heating and power plant, losses and efficiency calculation
Thermal balance of a combined-cycle power plant, efficiency calculation
Designing the electrical scheme of a power plant
Designing the electrical scheme of a heating and power plant
Designing the power of a reserve generator
Mechanical and electrical equipment reliability

Exercise in computer lab

4 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Michal Ptáček, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Computer simulation of drives
Simulation of the introduction of pumped storage power plants into the power system
Designing a self-consumption switchgear

Laboratory exercise

18 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Michal Ptáček, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Alternator properties, the influence of changing load on its operation
Operational characteristics of an isolated alternator
Operational characteristics of an alternator connected to the power system
Measuring frequency characteristics