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Thermal Power Plant Planning

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Prerequisites:

Thermodynamics I, Fluid Dynamics I

Load:

Lectures	Exercises	Laboratory exercises	Project laboratory	Physical education excercises	Field exercises	Seminar	Design exercises	Practicum
30		0	0	0	0	0	0	15

Course objectives:

Introduction to planning principles, site selection, design and erecting of new power plants

Student responsibilities:

Grading and evaluation of student work over the course of instruction and at a final exam:

Methods of monitoring quality that ensure acquisition of exit competences:

Written and oral exam. Seminar paper and its presentation. Feed-back and forum on portal e-ucenje.fsb.hr (system Moodle).

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to (learning outcomes):

On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to: - apply the principles of planning new production capacity of power plants, - assess the role of different types of power plants in the power supply system, - analyze the basic concepts of different types of conventional power plants and renewable energy plants, - evaluate solutions in terms of techno-economic analysis of the energy plant as well as the criteria selection of the location and space requirements, - explore the legislation and standards relating to the construction and operation of energy facilities, - defend their position and argue an opinion on the selected solution of the energy facility with regard to social aspects and environmental protection criteria, - critically assess the possibilities for the future development of power plants in the regional energy system.

Lectures

1. New capacity planning

2. Site selection criteria

3. Space requirements

4. Role of accumulative and reversibile hydro power plants in power system

5. Role of gas turbine plants in power system

6. Power plant types in Croatian electric system.

7. Options for future development.

8. Colloquy

9. Layout of thermal power plant

10. Coal handling and ash removal equipment

11. Storage requirements for liquid and gaseous fuel

12. Cooling water systems

13. Auxiliary equipment

14. Electrical equipment

15. Exam

Exercises

1. Internet sites with specific investments costs

2. Internet sites with fuel costs

3. Cost calculation methods for power and heat generation

4. Influence of plant steam parameters on electricity costs.

5. Influence of plant cooling system on electricity costs.

6. LDC curves, screening curves, plant technology selection

7. Case study: project of a thermal power plant

8. Case study: project of a thermal power plant

9. Case study: project of a thermal power plant

10. Case study: project of a thermal power plant

11. Case study: project of a thermal power plant

12. Case study: project of a thermal power plant

13. Case study: project of a thermal power plant

14. Case study: project of a thermal power plant

15. Case study: project of a thermal power plant

Compulsory literature:

British Electricity International, Modern Power Station Practice: Station Planning and Design, Volume A, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1991

Aschner, F.S., 1978, Planning Fundamentals of Thermal power plants: New York, John Wiley,

Elliott, T.C., Chen, K. and Swanekamp, R., Standard Handbook of Power Plant Engineering, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1997

Recommended literature:

Bogdan, Ž. i Šerman, N., Optimiranje pogonskog režima kogeneracijskog postrojenja po kriteriju troška, Strojarstvo 44 (1-2), str. 17-25, Zagreb, (2002), 2. Bogdan, Ž., Optimization of District Heating Storage Capacity, The 13th International DAAM Symposium, Intelligent manufacturing & Automation: Learning from Nature, pp 47-48,(2002. 3. Bogdan, Z. and Kopjar D., Improvement of the Cogeneration Plant Economy by Using Heat Accumulator, 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, (2003)