Course: Environmentally Friendly and Energy Efficient Technologies for Electrical Energy Production
Code: 3ФЕИТ04003
ECTS points: 6 ECTS
Number of classes per week: 3+0+0+3
Lecturer: Asst. Prof. Dr. Sofija Nikolova – Poceva
Course Goals (acquired competencies): Upon completing this course, the student acquires knowledge about energy efficient technologies for electricity generation and environment friendly technologies in the direction of improving energy efficiency.
Course Syllabus: Increasing energy efficiency in electrical energy production. New technologies and methods for coal combustion. Precombustion technologies. In situ technologies. Postcombustion technologies. Technologies for coal fluidized-bed combustion. Utilization of natural gas as an energy resource and as environmentally friendly fuel. Gas turbines and their application in a combined-cycle power plants. Cogeneration power plants. Environmentally acceptable technologies for electrical energy production from Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in addition to energy efficiency.
Literature:
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Required Literature |
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R.Kehlhofer, B. Rukes, F. Hannemann, F. Stirnimann | Combined-Cycle Gas & Steam Turbine Power Plants, 3rd Edition | PennWell Corporation | 2009 |
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Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff | Clean Electricity Through Advanced Coal Technologies: Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production | Elsevier Inc. | 2012 |
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3 |
Gilbert M. Masters | Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems | John Wiley & Sons | 2004 |
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Additional Literature |
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Volker Quaschning | Understanding Renewable Energy Systems | Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG | 2005 |
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Tony Giampaolo | Gas Turbine Handbook: Principles and Practice, 4th edition | The Fairmont Press | 2011 |
