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436-455 Power Generation Systems | |
Credit Points | 7.1 |
Coordinator | Professor H. C. Watson |
Semester | 2 |
Contact | 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of practice classes |
Subject Description | 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. The content of the course will consist of a selection of five topics from; Steam Turbines, boiler design and control characteristics. Cycle optimisation. Economics of plant operation. Gas Turbines, Cycle performance. Stationary and aircraft gas turbines. Working fluids in open and closed operation. Component matching on and off design. IC Engines, ideal and fuel-air cycles. Characteristics of spark-ignition and diesel engines. Advanced engine simulation. Abnormal combustion. Solar Energy, absorptivity and transmissivity, selective surfaces and surface treatments. Thermal performance of collectors. Cost analyses. Turbocharging. Compressor and turbine characteristics. Transient turbine performance. Turbocharger-engine matching. |
Assessment | One 90 minute end of semester examination and practical work to a maximum of 5000 words or equivalent |
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