| CODE | MEC4011 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Power Plants | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mechanical Engineering | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit builds on MEC2307 and goes into further detail on the power generation aspects from small internal combustion engines to large power station units from both descriptive and also calculation perspectives. The portion covering internal combustion engines introduces aspects not previously covered in the air-standard cycles such as the pumping loop, the four stroke versus two stroke, super/turbo charging, real fuels, fuel metering and emissions. One dimensional engine simulation is introduced and heat release analysis is explained as a requirement for simulation. The methodology required to obtain heat release from measured in-cylinder pressure is covered. The portion covering power station equipment covers steam turbines, rotodynamic machinery, blade design, impulse/reaction turbines and their efficiencies. Conventional fired boilers are explained as well as heat-recovery-steam-generators as used in combined cycle plants. Combined cycle thermodynamic analysis is detailed. Industrial versus aeroderivative gas turbines and their sub-sytems including combustion chambers are covered. This unit also covers the steam condenser and cooling towers. Study-unit Aims: - To familiarise students with modes of power generation as used in past , present and future trends. - To make students aware of different technologies and applicable theory. - To deliver methodologies of analysis of power generation. - To appreciate exergy analysis. - To prepare students to be able to apply analysis to hybrid systems. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Provide a written analysis, mostly calculative (not only descriptive) of different power generation technologies. - Make calculations of thermodynamic power generation plants at a more complex level than the prerequisite module MEC 2307. - Make simulations in 1D code of internal combustion engines. - Combine calculation of different types of power generation. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Categorise between different power generation technologies. - Apply the appropriate analysis for the category of power generation. - Generate analysis for a mixed (hybrid) combination of power generation technologies. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Eastop and McConkey, Applied Thermodynamics for Engineering Technologists, Prentice Hall, 1993, ISBN 0-582-09193-4. - Rogers & Mayhew, Engineering Thermodynamics Work and Heat Transfer, Pearson education Limited, 1992, ISBN 978-0-582-04566-8. - Heywood, Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, McGraw Hill Inc, 1988, ISBN 0-07-100499-8. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-unit: MEC3307 | ||||||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Tutorial and Practical | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Mario Farrugia |
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