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Power generation and energy utilisation plants

Also listed as: מתקנים לייצור כוח וניצול אנרגיה

Plant-level thermodynamics: boilers, turbines, combined cycles, cogeneration, and the availability and heat-rate numbers a plant is actually judged on.

Semester
Semester B
Weekly hours
4h
Counts as
Department electives
Interest areas
Environment and energy

Comes after

  • Thermodynamics 2 (recommended)

Opens up

  • Plant-level research

What it covers

Topics

  • Steam power plants, Rankine with reheat and regeneration
  • Boilers and steam generators
  • Steam and gas turbines
  • Combined-cycle plants and cogeneration
  • Introduction to nuclear plant thermodynamics
  • Refrigeration and heat-pump plants, district heating and cooling
  • Plant performance, availability, heat rate, emissions and economics

Results worth carrying out

  • Combined-cycle efficiency

    ηcc=ηgt+ηst(1ηgt)\eta_{cc} = \eta_{gt} + \eta_{st}\left(1 - \eta_{gt}\right)
  • Heat rate

    HR=3600η    [kJ/kWh]\mathrm{HR} = \frac{3600}{\eta} \;\; \left[\mathrm{kJ/kWh}\right]
  • Cogeneration utilisation factor

    EUF=W+QusefulQfuel\mathrm{EUF} = \frac{W + Q_{\text{useful}}}{Q_{\text{fuel}}}

Figures worth knowing

  • Plant T–s diagrams
  • Plant flow sheets
  • Sankey diagrams

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