Academic Year/course:
2017/18
434 - Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
29733 - Thermal Generation Systems
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
29733 - Thermal Generation Systems
Faculty / School:
110 - Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura
Degree:
434 - Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
4
Semester:
First semester
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
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5.3. Syllabus
1. Introduction
2. Types of power plants
- Conventional
- Atmospheric Fluidized bed
- Nuclear
- Combined Cycles
- Pressurized fluidized bed
- Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
- Organic Rankine Cycle
3. Steam generator
- Air-gas system
- Water-steam system
- Auxiliary equipment
4. Control and regulation of power plants
5. Biomass and co-firing
6. Energy analysis of power plants
7. Environmental analysis of power plants
8. Analysis of industrial and aircraft gas turbines. Combustion chambers of gas turbines.
9. Characterization of the passages of rotor blades: ratio between the fluid and passages geometry.
10. Characterization of stators.
11. Design of action and reaction blades of axial turbines. Optimum operating conditions.
12. Blade design of axial compressors. Limiting factors.
13. Features of radial thermal turbomachinery.
13. Performance off-design.
14. Regulation of thermal turbomachinery.