Current Issues of Heat-and-Power Engineering

Appendix 1

Course: Current Issues of Heat-and-Power Engineering

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

• Unit 1. The current state of thermal and electric power and the perspective methods and techniques of power generation and conversion.
• Unit 2. Utilization of secondary energy resources and industrial waste as power-plant fuel: Current issues and prospects.
• Unit 3. Industrial thermal power plants and some cogeneration issues.
• Unit 4. Ensuring reliability of power generating facilities.
• Unit 5. The issues of revamping and upgrading the power generating equipment of thermal power plants.
• Unit 6. Environmental issues related to thermal power industry.

Course contents:

Unit 1. The current state of thermal and electric power and the perspective methods and techniques of power generation and conversion.

Thermal power industry today. The issues and development prospects of main power generating equipment and process circuits. The current state and development issues of the energy industry.

Unit 2. Utilization of secondary energy resources and industrial waste as power-plant fuel: Current issues and prospects.

Industrial thermal power plants. Industry and the power issues.

Unit 3. Industrial thermal power plants and some cogeneration issues.

Heat generation and distribution systems. Compressed air and separation products generation and distribution systems. Industrial water supply systems. The effect of environmental potentials on industrial thermal power plants. Industrial power units. Secondary energy resources systems.

Unit 4. Ensuring reliability of power generating facilities.

Optimised development of energy systems and electric power plants.

Unit 5. The issues of revamping and upgrading the power generating equipment of thermal power plants.

Unit 6. Environmental issues related to thermal power industry.

Energy supply systems, energy saving and energy efficiency in industry. Industry and energy, environment and economics.

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 – 48.

Midterm assessment – Examination.