Duration
24h Th, 24h Pr, 12h Proj.
Number of credits
| Master of Science (MSc) in Electromechanical Engineering | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course introduces the basic principles of operation, thermodynamic modelisation and optimization of thermal power cycles used nowadays for electricity production from fossil, nuclear and some renewable fuels. Certain economic aspects such as the calculation of the cost of electricity are considered. The course is organized as follows:
1) Basic principles of thermodynamic analysis of steam and gas power cycles,
2) Gas turbine technologies,
3) Optimization of gas/steam combined cycles,
4) Advanced coal plants: supercritical plants and integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC),
5) Cogeneration,
6) Fuel use
7) Carbon capture and storage technologies,
8) Economic aspects
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, the student masters the techniques of modelization for the components used in steam, gas and combined power cycles. The modelization of losses and irrevesibilities as well as the off-design behavior are also considered.
The student is able to integrate these different components and to optimize their characteristics so as to maximize the cycle efficiency. The student has also learned to embed into the analysis the trade-off between operation costs and capital costs as well as the environmental constraints.
The concept of matching the energy production to the consumption and his influence on the cost of energy is also emphasized to the students.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The course makes use of some concepts introduced in the course « Applied Thermodynamics and Introduction to Heat Engines » (MECA0002-1). The student should be familiar with the concepts derived from the first and second law of Thermodynamic and their applications to open systems in steady-state regime.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is based on both theory sessions (30h) and exercise sessions (30h).
- The general concepts and their formal expression are exposed during the theory sessions. Theoretical analysis is discussed and illustrated using practical applications from the industry.
- During the exercise sessions, the students are invited to practice the techniques introduced during the theory sessions allowing the students to cope with design and optimization of power cycles in the frame of pre-studies.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face learning (4 hours per week at the second semester)
Recommended or required readings
Slides are available for theory and exercise sessions.
Assessment methods and criteria
A written test is organized for the exercise and an oral test for the theory.
The global evaluation is obtained by weighting the evaluation of the written test (60%) qnd the oral test (40%).
The second session exam consists in one unique test covering all topics.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
This course is given by Profs. Pierre Dewallef and Angélique Léonard. Parts related to power plants are teached by Pierre Dewallef while the fuel use and CO2 capture are covered by Angélique Léonard.
Contacts
Pierre DEWALLEF
Laboratoire de Thermodynamique, B49
tél : +32 (0)4 366 99 95
p.dewallef@ulg.ac.be
Prof. Angélique LEONARD
Dpt of Chemical Engineering
PEPs - Products, Environment, and Processes
Quartier Agora
Institut de Physique, B5a, Bureau 1/51
Tél. 04/366.44.36
A.Leonard@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Courses are provided either via live sessions or via videos which are available via the podcast platform or in ecampus.
The exercise for the part given by Pierre Dewallef are distributed under the form of python notebooks available from your account created specifically for this purpose.
Assessment subjects
For Angélique Léonard's part, the subject is the one given during the 3 courses as well as an exercise to calculate the heat value of a fuel and the temperature of flue gas.
For the part of Pierre Dewallef, the matter for the exam is made of the courses given until March 6 plus the 4 podcast available from myUliege account on the part load operation of steampower plants, the part load operation of gas turbine, the internal combustion engine and the cogeneration and the combined cycle power plant. concerning the exercises, the performance calculation (thermodynamic cycle and boiler design) at nominal conditions only will be examined.
Assessment methods
For Angélique Léonard's part, the evaluation will consist of a remote written exam containing 2 questions in a list given beforehand and 10 multiple choice questions.
For the part of Pierre Dewallef, the evaluation will be made exclusively by a remote written exam on the platform eCampus. This exaem will consist in theory and exercise questions under the form of multiple choice or multiple answer questions, numerical values to be calculated or free text answer.
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
For Angélique Léonard's part, the subject is the one given during the 3 courses as well as an exercise to calculate the heat value of a fuel and the temperature of flue gas.
For the part of Pierre Dewallef, the matter for the exam is made of the courses given until March 6 plus the 4 podcast available from myUliege account on the part load operation of steampower plants, the part load operation of gas turbine, the internal combustion engine and the cogeneration and the combined cycle power plant. concerning the exercises, the performance calculation (thermodynamic cycle and boiler design) at nominal conditions only will be examined.
Assessment methods
For Angélique Léonard's part, the evaluation will consist of a remote written exam containing 2 questions in a list given beforehand and 10 multiple choice questions.
For the part of Pierre Dewallef, the evaluation will be made exclusively by a remote written exam on the platform eCampus. This exaem will consist in theory and exercise questions under the form of multiple choice, multiple answer questions or numerical values to be calculated.