Module

Voraussetzungen

Inhalte

Supercritical and Ultra-supercritical steam power plants; Boiler and Steam turbine Materials for high pressure and temperature applications; Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC); Indirect fired combined cycle; Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); Emerging Coal Combustion technologies (pressurized fluidized bed combustion, oxy fuel combustion and chemical looping combustion); Advanced gas turbine and gas-steam combined cycles; Solar-steam turbine hybrid power plants; solar-gas turbine hybrid power plants ; Energy storage (Battery, Compressed air)

Lernziele

Students will acquire knowledge about emerging technologies in power generation. They will be able to identify the need and trend of future power plant technologies in relation to the environmental issues and economic aspect

Prüfungsleistung

• Homework: Written report on a given topic ( • Presentation and discussion of the topic in class (45 minutes) The final mark is based on the report (75%) and the presentation (25%).

Bemerkungen

The contents of the course are not limited to the topics listed above. Based on the developments of new technologies, additional topics can be added whenever deemed necessary