The course aims to provide the basic methodological tools for modeling and estimating the performance of high performance power plant: Combined Cycle and combined heat and power as high performance and low pollutant technology for power generation.
Learning outcomes
1. Knowledge and understanding
The student must know
- the main functions performed by cogeneration and combined-cycle power plants;
- the basic laws and standards on cogeneration and combined-cycle power plants;
- the structural and functional characteristics of cogeneration and combined-cycle power plants;
- the basic criteria for designing cogeneration and combined-cycle power plants;
- The main problems of modeling cogeneration and combined-cycle power plants.
2. Applying knowledge and understanding
The student must demonstrate
- to apply the criteria for modeling cogeneration and combined-cycle power plants;
- to understand the problems linked to the operation of cogeneration and combined-cycle power plants.
3. Making judgements
The student must demonstrate that he has the basic knowledge for dealing and deepening in an autonomous way the issues related to the modeling of cogeneration and combined-cycle power plants.
4. Communication skills
The student must demonstrate the ability to easily explain to people the operation of cogeneration and combined-cycle power plants
5. Learning skills
The student must be able to update information about cogeneration and combined-cycle power plants through texts and publications relating to the field of energy conversion in order to acquire the ability to undertake further courses, specialized courses and to be able to undertake further studies on energy conversion system and components.
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