Description

Steam generators design. Cold startup. Efficient generation of steam. Failure analysis. Maintenance and preventive maintenance. Water treatment. Advanced technology. Pollution control. Steam turbines. Steam turbine components. Turbine losses. Turbine efficiencies. Turbine performance at varying loads. Operating turbines. Turbine maintenance. Upgrade opportunities for system turbines. Bearing and seals. Governors. Gas turbines: start up procedures. Advances in material technology. Cooling techniques. Gas turbine stall. Advanced gas turbine design. Combined cycles: different kinds of combined cycles. Design of waste heat recovery boilers. Advanced combined cycles. Combined cycles retrofit. Comparison of power producing technologies.

Program

M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Objectives

• The student should acquire the state of the art of thermal power plants and power plants strategiesrnUnderstand the scientific principles of power plant component design.rnAcquire the state of the art of thermal power plant design strategies and evolving technologies.rnUse efficiently mathematical models and computer software related to power plant components designrnAware of current power plant design practice and its limitations and environmental impact.rn