Course Details
Course Information Package
| Course Unit Title | INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS | ||||||||
| Course Unit Code | MES501 | ||||||||
| Course Unit Details | MSc Sustainable Energy Systems (Required Courses) - MSc Energy Systems and the Built Environment (Required Courses) - | ||||||||
| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 7 | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
| Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
| Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
| Course Contents | Introductory aspects for energy technology systems: Principles of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, combustion and emissions/pollution, and heat transfer. Fuels (Heavy fuel oil, Natural Gas, Diesel and petrol) chemical composition and energy content. Alternative sources of energy and applications. Furnaces, Boilers and Steam Generators: Fuel type utilisation, heat transfer characteristics and emissions produced. Technical characteristics, design aspects, sizing and performance. Types and applications of gas-fuelled, liquid-fuelled and solid-fuelled burners. Industrial furnaces types for large process (cement), and reheating/refining systems. Boilers and steam generators types, operation and performance. Heat exchangers: Heat exchangers types and applications. Heat transfer phenomena and heat exchanger analysis. Gas Turbines and Steam Turbines: Gas turbine types, components and operation. Basic processes in gas turbines (atmospheric air characteristics, compression, combustion and expansion). Performance analysis of gas turbines, using simple analysis of an open-circuit gas turbine. Steam turbine types, components and operation. Basic processes in steam turbines (combustion, heat transfer, steam production, expansion and condensation). Performance analysis of steam turbines, using simple analysis of superheat steam turbine power plant. Combined-cycle power plants types, components and operation. Basic processes in the combined-cycle power plants. Performance analysis of a combined-cycle plant, using an open-circuit gas turbine, an interconnecting heat exchanger and a superheat steam turbine. Internal Combustion Engines: Engine types, perfromance factors and expressions for indicated power, brake power, torque, specific fuel consumption etc. Spark-ignition (Otto) Internal Combustion Engines (ICE): two-stroke, four-stroke, ideal air cycle, real cycle, induction system, fuel injection systems, gas flow, air/fuel mixture preparation, ignition, combustion, knock, emissions formation (HC, NOx, CO). Compression Ignition (Diesel) ICE: two-stroke, four-stroke, ideal air cycle, real cycle, induction system, fuel injection systems, fuel injection, gas flow swirl/squish, air/fuel mixture preparation, ignition delay, phases of combustion, knock, emissions formation (smoke, NOx). Modern ICE: gasoline direct injection (GDI), stratified charge engines, turbocharging and intercooling, homogeneous charge compression ignition engines (HCCI), common-rail high-pressure injection system, hybrid engines. Turbomachinery: Performance curves and analysis of turbomachinery. Design aspects of turbomachinery. Fans and blowers types, operation and applications. Compressors types, operation and applications. Pumps types, operation and applications. Electric machines: Fundamental principles of electromagnetism. Electromechanical power conversion, development of torque and voltage. Generators, motors and loads. Torque-speed characteristics, basic equations, characteristic curves, power flow, efficiency and losses in electric machines. Motors and generators types and applications. Other aspects of energy technology systems: Energy storage systems types and applications (accumulators, capacitors, heat storage, flywheels). Energy saving measures, thermal insulation, composite structures, thickness of insulation and calculations of heat transfer coefficients. | ||||||||
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Possible visits at local power plants for demonstration of different types of gas turbines, steam turbines, combined-cycle power plants, internal combustion engines and electric machines. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. | ||||||||
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| Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
| Work placement(s) | NO | ||||||||
