Course detail
Combustion Devices and Heat Exchangers
FSI-LSZ Acad. year: 2016/2017 Winter semester
The course is concerned with basic information about the construction and operational characteristics of various boilers and heat exchangers used in power engineering. Also dealt with are: properties of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, statics and dynamics of the combustion process, heat balances of boilers and heat exchangers, boilers for solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and their components, boilers for waste fuels, burgee boilers, low/high pressure steam boilers, hot water boilers, various types of heat exchangers, calculations for the design of boilers and heat exchangers.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
6
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Student will be able to apply theoretical information mainly from thermo mechanics, hydromechanics and heat and mass transfer to combustion devices and heat exchangers. Lectures are accompanied by seminars where specific technical problems will be solved.
Prerequisites
Thermo mechanics, heat and mass transfer.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Terms of credit: attendance, active participation in the exercise, the successful completion of the test.
Examination: written and verbal correction. The written portion consists of 10 questions for the successful completion must have at least half right.
Aims
The course objective is to make students familiar with the current theoretical designs of boilers and heat exchangers and with their modern development trends. Student will be able to carry out basic thermal, aerodynamic and solidity calculations necessary for the design of boilers and heat exchangers.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme M2I-P: Mechanical Engineering, Master's
branch M-ENI: Power Engineering, compulsory
Programme M2I-P: Mechanical Engineering, Master's
branch M-FLI: Fluid Engineering, compulsory
Programme M2I-P: Mechanical Engineering, Master's
branch M-TEP: Environmental Engineering, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
39 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Boilers classification,
2. Heat exchangers, calculations
3. Exchangers – heat transfer Heat exchangers, construction
4. Operation of heat exchangers
5. solid fuel.
6. Liquid and gaseous fuels
7. Statics and dynamics of combustion
8. Heat and mass balance in the boiler. Thermal efficiency of boiler losses
9. Slatted boilers
10. Boilers powder and fluid, Boilers for burning liquid and gaseous fuels
11. Biomass boilers, waste-firing boilers
12. Boilers for central heating. small scale boilers
13. Gasification. oxy-fuel
Computer-assisted exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Stoichiometric calculations of solid fuels, I-t diagram construction of combustion products
2. Total heat balance, performance, input and losses of boiler
3. Heat transfer
4. Basic of heat exchangers design
5. Calculation of ECO heat exchanger
6. Calculation of shell-tube heat exchanger
7. Test, course-unit credit awarding.