Cogeneration Plants

Објавено: October 12, 2018
  1.    Course Title Cogeneration Plants
  2.    Code 3ФЕИТ04З008
  3.    Study program EEUM
  4.    Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
  5.    Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
  6.    Academic year/semester IV/7   7.    Number of ECTS credits 6.00
  8.    Lecturer Dr Dimitar Dimitrov
  9.    Course Prerequisites

10.    Course Goals (acquired competencies):  Obtaining knowledge for technologies used in cogeneration plants and getting competences for making techo-economic analyses for cogeneration systems. Identification for possible application of cogeneration plants.

11.    Course Syllabus: Types of cogeneration plants. Basic parameters of cogeneration plants. Energy and exergy efficiency Components of cogeneration plants. Cogeneration with steam power plants. Cogeneration with gas turbines. Heat steam recovery generator. Cogeneration with internal combustion motors. Innovative cogeneration methods. Fuel cells. Combine cycle power plants. Application of cogeneration in industrial and commercial objects, Trigeneration. Schematic diagrams for grid connection. Electric generators in cogeneration plants. Protection of cogeneration plants. Satellite and icelanding operation. Operation regimes of cogeneration systems. Economic value of electricity and heat. Techno-economic analyses.
12.    Learning methods:  Lectures with presentations, interactive lectures, numerical exercises, study visits of cogeneration plants
13.    Total number of course hours 3 + 2 + 0 + 0
14.    Distribution of course hours 180
15.    Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 45
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 30
16.    Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 30
16.2. Individual tasks 30
16.3. Homework and self-learning 45
17.    Grading 17.1. Exams 35
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 10
17.3. Activity and participation 5
17.4. Final exam 50
18.    Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points     5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points     6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points     7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points     8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points     9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points   10 (ten) (A)
19.    Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Continual attendance of lectures, doing homeworks and student projects.
20.  Forms of assessment During the semester, two partial written 120 minutes exams or a written 120 minutes exam are forseen. For students who have passed the partial exams or the exam, a final oral exam (duration 60 minutes) may be conducted. The points from the partial exams or the exam and the final oral exam are included into the final grade
21.  Language Macedonian and English
22.  Method of monitoring of teaching quality Internal evaluation and surveys.
23.  Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Dimitar Dimitrov Cogeneraton Plants, internal handouts UKIM-FEIT 2017
2 Yunus Cengel, Michael Boles Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 8th Edition Mc Graw Hill 2015
3 The European Educational Tool on Cogeneration, Second Edition COGEN Europe 2001
23.2. Additional Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 B. K. Hodge  Alternative Energy Systems and Applications  Ars LAMINA  2013
2  Michael J. Moran, Howard N. Shapiro, et al.  Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics 8th Edition  Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics 8th Edition  2014
3  Jan Kiciński and Żywica, Grzegorz

Steam Microturbines in Distributed Cogeneration

  Springer  2016