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Credit points: 6.00
Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. H. C. Watson
Contact: 26 hours of lectures and 13 hours of practice classes
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion students should be able to analyse and design a range of energy process or utilisation equipment and to appreciate the directions in which the technology will evolve for improved performance and/or operating economics and environmental impact.
Content:
Class to select 5 topics from: 1) Steam Turbines, boiler design and control characteristics. Cycle optimisation. Economics of plant operation. 2) Gas Turbines, Cycle performance. Stationary and aircraft gas turbines. Working fluids in open and closed operation. Component matching on and off design. 3) I Engines, ideal and fuel-air cycles. Characteristics of spark-ignition and diesel engines. Advanced engine simulation. Abnormal combustion. 4) Solar Energy, absorptivity and transmissivity, selective surfaces and surface treatments. Thermal performance of collectors. Cost analyses. 5) Unsteady Gas Dynamics. Isentropic and non-isentropic wave propagation. One dimensional unsteady compressible flow. Pressure exchangers and exhaust systems. 6) Generalised Thermodynamic Property Relations. Maxwell's equations. Gibbs free energy and fugacity. Estimation of plant performance using rare working fluids. 7) Turbocharging. Compressor and turbine characteristics. Transient turbine performance. Turbocharger-engine matching.
Assessment:
A 90 minute end of semester examination and practical work to a maximum of 5,000 words or equivalent.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Engineering (Volume 4 page 115)
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