Study of Industrial Enterprises and Municipal Utilities and Engineering Energy Efficiency

Published: 14 October 2016

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Course: Study of Industrial Enterprises and Municipal Utilities and Engineering Energy Efficiency

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

Unit 1. The energy efficiency policy of the Russian Federation. The regulatory and procedural framework.

• Unit 2. Energy audit procedure applicable to industry and housing & communal services. Energy balance of a company.
• Unit 3. Energy performance certificates of industrial companies and buildings. The structure and contents of an energy performance certificate of an industrial consumer.
• Unit 4. Instrumentation used in energy audit.

Course contents:

Unit 1. The energy efficiency policy of the Russian Federation. The regulatory and procedural framework.

The subject of the course in Study of the Energy Efficiency of Industry and Housing & Communal Services, its role in the MEng in Thermal Power programme, and its place among other disciplines. Evolution of the heat and mass transfer theory and design. The energy efficiency policy of the Russian Federation. The state energy efficiency agency. Energy efficiency: key terminology and concepts. Aims, principles and applications. Regulatory reference. Definitions and abbreviations. The contents and the purpose of regulatory and procedural documentation applicable to energy efficiency. Corporate energy audit procedure.

Unit 2. Energy audit procedure applicable to industry and housing & communal services. Energy balance of a company.

Types, aim and objectives of energy audit. General provisions. Coordination of energy audit. Energy audit funding. Information and reference data acquisition, visual inspections, measurements and engineering estimates. Instrument-aided inspection (flows, pressures, temperatures). Inspection of power receivers, heat processes, fuel, lighting, heating, and hot water supply systems. Estimation of heat loads, heat carrier flows at heat points, and return water temperatures. Actual heat consumption data. Conclusions and key energy saving areas. Efficiency of ventilation, conditioning, water supply, air supply and cooling systems. Energy efficiency of standard buildings and structures. Businesses and supply-demand balance. Types and purpose of energy balances. Development of energy balances of a business. Rate setting. Energy monitoring.

Unit 3. Energy performance certificates of industrial companies and buildings. The structure and contents of an energy performance certificate of an industrial consumer.

Application, normative references, terminology, general provisions. General information about an industrial energy consumer. Total energy consumption. Information about transformer stations. Capacity of electrical power consumers by application. Information about compressors and cooling facilities. Thermal power stations and key components. Annual electric power consumption balance. Collection and presentation of data on a boiler plant. Specification of thermal power based process equipment. Estimated and rated annual thermal power consumption. Annual thermal power consumption balance. Utilization of fuel. Specification of fuel consumption units. Preparation of an annual burning oil consumption balance. Vehicle fuel monitoring and utilization. Vehicle fuel consumption balance. Utilization of secondary energy recourses, alternative (local) fuels, and renewable energy sources. Specific energy consumption as related to output. Elaboration of energy saving measures.

Unit 4. Instrumentation used in energy audit.

General requirements. Minimum instrumentation. Instruments recommended for energy audit. Control parameters and characteristics of inspected objects.

Activities:

• Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
• Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
• Office-hours.

Total hours – 108.

Total points – 3.

Classroom hours – 24.

Unsupervised hours – 36.

Midterm assessment – Pass/fail examination.

Study of Heat and Mass Transfer Equipment Operation Energy Efficiency

Published: 14 October 2016

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Course: Study of Heat and Mass Transfer Equipment Operation Energy Efficiency

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

• Unit 1. Classification of heat and mass exchangers.
• Unit 2. Continuous recuperative heat exchangers.
• Unit 3. Regenerative heat exchangers.
• Unit 4. Gas-liquid direct contact heat exchangers.
• Unit 5. Evaporators and desalination plants. Distillation and rectification plants.
• Unit 6. Energy efficiency of advanced heat and mass exchangers of industrial application.

Course contents:

• Unit 1. Classification of heat and mass exchangers.
• Unit 2. Continuous recuperative heat exchangers.
• Unit 3. Regenerative heat exchangers.
• Unit 4. Gas-liquid direct contact heat exchangers.
• Unit 5. Evaporators and desalination plants. Distillation and rectification plants.
• Unit 6. Energy efficiency of advanced heat and mass exchangers of industrial application.

Activities:

• Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
• Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
• Office-hours.

Total hours – 108.

Total points – 3.

Classroom hours – 24.

Unsupervised hours – 84.

Midterm assessment – Pass/fail examination.

Research

Published: 14 October 2016

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Course: Research

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

• Unit 1. Looking through the research subjects available. Choosing a research subject. Providing reasons for one’s choice and drafting a plan.
• Unit 2. Discussing one’s plan. Writing an abstract on the subject.
• Unit 3. Discussing one’s abstract.
• Unit 4. Conducting research.
• Unit 5. Discussing preliminary findings.
• Unit 6. Revising one’s research plan.
• Unit 7. Drafting a report.
• Unit 8. Public defence of one’s research paper.

Course contents:

• Unit 1. Looking through the research subjects available. Choosing a research subject. Providing reasons for one’s choice and drafting a plan.
• Unit 2. Discussing one’s plan. Writing an abstract on the subject.
• Unit 3. Discussing one’s abstract.
• Unit 4. Conducting research.
• Unit 5. Discussing preliminary findings.
• Unit 6. Revising one’s research plan.
• Unit 7. Drafting a report.
• Unit 8. Public defence of one’s research paper.

Activities:

• Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
• Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
• Office-hours.

Total hours – 648.

Total points – 18.

Midterm assessment – Pass/fail examination with a grade.

Practical Work Experience 3 семестр

Published: 14 October 2016

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Course: Practical Work Experience

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

Semester 3:

• Unit 1. Collect the general information about the host organisation.
• Unit 2. Look at how the host company’s research activity is organised.
• Unit 3. The organizational structure of the host department.
• Unit 4. The department’s R&D facilities.
• Unit 5. Basic developments, research results and publications.

Semester 4:

• Unit 6. Look at the R&D planning by the department.
• Unit 7. Select one of the perspective research areas and explain how it is related to one’s thesis.
• Unit 8. Build a new research plant or upgrade the existing one.
• Unit 9. Finalize a report on one’s research project.
• Unit 10. Present and publicly defend the report.

Course contents:

Semester 3:

• Unit 1. Collect the general information about the host organisation: Company name. Structure. Key products. Research competence of the employees.
• Unit 2. Look at how the host company’s research activity is organised.
• The regulatory and legal framework. The company’s research library. Reporting.
• Unit 3. The organizational structure of the host department.

Research competence. The history of the company and the department. Plans for further training. Postgraduate study and degree-seeking. Acceptance of young employees. Collaboration with other departments and organisations.

Unit 4. The department’s R&D facilities.

Laboratory utilities and the main equipment.

Unit 5. Basic developments, research results and publications.

Monographs and articles published in leading scientific journals. Research funding through target programmes and grants.

Semester 4:

Unit 6. Look at the R&D planning by the department.

The department’s approach to R&D activities. Scientific seminars and conferences. Look at the perspective areas of research by the department.

Unit 7. Select one of the perspective research areas and explain how it is related to one’s thesis.

Collect the information about the research leader and his/her team. Elaborate a R&D programme during one’s practicum. Set a research problem.

Unit 8. Build a new research plant or upgrade the existing one.

Carry out experiments for the purpose of one’s thesis.

Unit 9. Finalize a report on one’s research project within 10 weeks. 25 to 50 pages. Prepare presentation materials. Presentation.

Unit 10. Present and publicly defend one’s report in week 11. Submit the report with one’s university department.

Activities:

• Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
• Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
• Office-hours.

Semester 3:

• Total hours – 324.
• Total points – 9.
• Weeks – 6.
• Semester 4:
• Total hours – 216.
• Total points – 6.
• Weeks – 4.

Midterm assessment – Pass/fail examination with a grade.

Philosophical Issues of Technical Knowledge

Published: 14 October 2016

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Course: Philosophical Issues of Technical Knowledge

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

• Unit 1. The subjects of the philosophy of science. The main existential forms of science.
• Unit 2. The structure and forms of knowledge. The empirical and theoretical knowledge.
• Unit 3. Technical sciences as a separate branch of knowledge. Classification of technical sciences.
• Unit 4. The main periods in the history of science. The evolution stages of technical sciences. Technical revolutions.
• Unit 5. Scientism and anti-scientism. Ethical problems of today’s science and technology.
• Unit 6. The origin and evolution of the philosophy of technology. Key areas of present day’s philosophy of technology.
• Unit 7. The relationship between science and technology at different stages of the technological evolution. The specifics of the engineer’s job.

Course contents:

Unit 1. The subjects of the philosophy of science. The main existential forms of science.

• Science as mentality, learning and knowledge.
• Science as a social institution, the functions of science.
• The origin of the philosophy of science and its subjects.
• The problems of philosophy and methodology of science in positivism and neopositivism.
• The problems of philosophy and methodology of science in postpositivism.

Unit 2. The structure and forms of knowledge. The empirical and theoretical knowledge.

• Scientific concepts and scientific laws as the structures of scientific knowledge.
• A fact, a problem and a hypothesis within the structure of scientific knowledge.
• The structure and functions of the theory of science. An R&D programme.
• The correlation between the empirical and theoretical knowledge.
• Empirical methods.
• Theoretical methods.

Unit 3. Technical sciences as a separate branch of knowledge. Classification of technical sciences.

• The methodological basis of today’s classification of science.
• The origin of technical sciences.
• The subject and methods of technical sciences.
• Technical sciences and the natural science: How they interact.
• The classification of technical sciences.

Unit 4. The main periods in the history of science. The evolution stages of technical sciences. Technical revolutions.

• The period in the history of science preceding the classical science.
• The classical period in the history of science.
• The nonclassical period in the history of science. Origination of technical sciences.
• The post-nonclassical period in the history of science. Nonclassical technical theories.
• The role of technical revolutions in the history of technical sciences.

Unit 5. Scientism and anti-scientism. Ethical problems of today’s science and technology.

• The origin of scientism as a social and cultural philosophy.
• The crisis of the anthropogenic society.
• The essence of anti-scientism as a social and cultural philosophy.
• The ethos of science.
• The formal ethics of science.

Unit 6. The origin and evolution of the philosophy of technology. Key areas of present day’s philosophy of technology.

• The philosophy of technology: Why and how it originated.
• The problem of the essence of and the idea behind technology in the philosophy of technology.
• The scientific branch in the philosophy of technology.
• The sociological branch in the philosophy of technology.
• The anthropological branch in the philosophy of technology.
• The religious branch in the philosophy of technology.

Unit 7. The relationship between science and technology at different stages of the technological evolution. The specifics of the engineer’s job.

• The specifics of the engineer’s job.
• The relationship between science and technology during the evolution of technical sciences.
• The evolution of engineering education.
• New methodologies in engineering.
• The relationship between science and technology nowadays.

Activities:

• Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
• Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
• Office-hours.

Total hours – 72.

Total points – 2.

Classroom hours – 36.

Unsupervised hours – 36.

Midterm assessment – Pass/fail examination.

Mathematical Modeling (Coursework)

Published: 14 October 2016

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Course: Mathematical Modeling (Coursework)

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

• Unit 1. Introduction.
• Unit 2. Similarity theory and modelling.
• Unit 3. Experiment design.
• Unit 4. Numeric modelling of hydrodynamic processes.
• Unit 5. Optimisation techniques.

Course contents:

• Unit 1. Introduction.
• Unit 2. Similarity theory and modelling.
• Unit 3. Experiment design.
• Unit 4. Numeric modelling of hydrodynamic processes.
• Unit 5. Optimisation techniques.

Activities:

• Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
• Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
• Office-hours.

Total hours – 144.

Total points – 4.

Classroom hours – 48.

Unsupervised hours – 60.

Midterm assessment – Examination.

Low-Waste and Non-Waste Industrial Processes

Published: 14 October 2016

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 Course: Low-Waste and Non-Waste Industrial Processes

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

Unit 1. Basic waste-free and energy saving technology.

Unit 2. Efficiency and waste utilization.

Unit 3. Energy capacity and energy efficiency of the current industrial thermal technology.

Unit 4. Process optimization and development of new processes in steel industry.

Course contents:

Unit 1. Basic waste-free and energy saving technology.

The concept of waste-free technology, ways for enhancing waste-free production, waste-free technology and energy saving, national energy efficiency policy, potential fuel saving in thermal power plants, waste-free technology principles, implementing new energy efficient thermal processes. Basic waste-free and energy saving technology.

Unit 2. Efficiency and waste utilization.

Efficiency indicators in terms of processes and combined plants, environmental performance indicators, material efficiency indicators, energy efficiency indicators.

Unit 3. Energy capacity and energy efficiency of the current industrial thermal technology.

Basic causes of low energy efficiency in thermal power plants, energy intensity of steel production, methods for designing energy consumption rates, specific energy consumption rates applicable to industrial furnaces, systematic approach to energy efficiency, production energy cost estimation, energy intensity: energy cost monitoring in three different forms, aggregate energy table by steel product.

Unit 4. Process optimization and development of new processes in steel industry.

Optimisation of steel production: improved structure and basic processes, combined production, industrial plants, new advanced processes involving energy saving technology and equipment and the ultimate energy efficiency method.

Activities:

• Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
• Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
• Office-hours.

Total hours – 144.

Total points – 4.

Classroom hours – 32.

Unsupervised hours – 76.

Midterm assessment – Examination.

History and Methodology of Science and Manufacturing (Heat-and-Power Engineering)

Published: 14 October 2016

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Course: History and Methodology of Science and Manufacturing (Heat-and-Power Engineering)

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

• Unit 1. The history of science as a way of gaining knowledge.
• Unit 2. Scientific knowledge.
• Unit 3. Experiment as a basis for research.
• Unit 4. The role of scientific data in the history of science.
• Unit 5. The relationship between theory and practice.
• Unit 6. Current problems and trends in the methodology of scientific knowledge.

Course contents:

Unit 1. The history of science as a way of gaining knowledge.

Key stages in the history of science and technology: from the first steam engine to present-day power plants. Steam engine in the history of science and technology. How the progress in science and technology caused changes and developments in methodology.

Unit 2. Scientific knowledge.

Structuring of scientific knowledge and theories. Advanced approach to scientific data acquisition and research.

Unit 3. Experiment as a basis for research.

Theoretical and experimental studies. Experiment design.

Unit 4. The role of scientific data in the history of science.

Goals and objectives of research. Key stages of research.

Unit 5. The relationship between theory and practice.

Computer modelling and research. Analysis of research findings and its impact on the data accuracy.

Unit 6. Current problems and trends in the methodology of scientific knowledge.

Basic problems of thermal power engineering and their solution. Advanced scientific technology in thermal power engineering and thermal technology.

Activities:

• Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
• Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
• Office-hours.

Total hours – 72.

Total points – 2.

Classroom hours – 24.

Unsupervised hours – 48.

Midterm assessment – Pass/fail examination.