Thermal power cycles and heat pump systems
Summary
This course aims at studying thermal power cycles, heat pumping technologies and equipment.
Content
- Thermal power cycles : Rankine, ORC, Brayton, supercritical, combined cycles, Cheng, Kalina, specific power plant applications (natural gas, coal and biomass incl. IGCC, waste incineration)
- Heat pumping technologies: main families of technologies for heat pumping (compression, chemical, magnetic, thermoelectric), working fluids incl. mixtures and global environmental impact factors
- Equipment: boilers, heat exchangers, cooling towers, dynamic and positive displacement compression and expansion machines
Keywords
Power plant, heat pump, compressor, turbine
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Explain the principles and limitations of the main energy conversion technologies, E7
- Assess / Evaluate and design volumetric compressors and turbines, E13
- Identify the challenges related to energy: resources, energy services, economic and environmental impacts, E9
- Assess / Evaluate fluid flows in energy conversion systems, compute pressure drops and heat losses and fluid - structure interactions, E10
- Analyze the energy and exergy efficiency of industrial energy systems, E21
- Explain and calculate the main emission sources of energy conversion processes, E23
Teaching methods
- Ex-cathedra
- Calculation examples in class
- Exercises
Assessment methods
Written examination
Resources
Bibliography
Borel, Favrat Thermodynamics and energy systems analysis, EPFL Press + distributed documents available in pdf on moodle
Ressources en bibliothèque
Dans les plans d'études
- Semestre: Printemps
- Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
- Matière examinée: Thermal power cycles and heat pump systems
- Cours: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Semestre: Printemps
- Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
- Matière examinée: Thermal power cycles and heat pump systems
- Cours: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Semestre: Printemps
- Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
- Matière examinée: Thermal power cycles and heat pump systems
- Cours: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Semestre: Printemps
- Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
- Matière examinée: Thermal power cycles and heat pump systems
- Cours: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Semestre: Printemps
- Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
- Matière examinée: Thermal power cycles and heat pump systems
- Cours: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Semestre: Printemps
- Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
- Matière examinée: Thermal power cycles and heat pump systems
- Cours: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Semestre: Printemps
- Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
- Matière examinée: Thermal power cycles and heat pump systems
- Cours: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Semestre: Printemps
- Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'été)
- Matière examinée: Thermal power cycles and heat pump systems
- Cours: 2 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
- Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
Semaine de référence
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21-22 |
Légendes:
Cours
Exercice, TP
Projet, autre