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Thermal Power Engineering and Industrial Cryogenic and Refrigerating Systems

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Course: Thermal Power Engineering and Industrial Cryogenic and Refrigerating Systems

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

Unit 1. Classification of cryogenic and refrigerating plants. Heat conversion. The basic cooling principle. Classification of thermal transformers and their application.
Unit 2. Cyclic and non-cyclic processes. Carnot cycle with steady-state processes. Cascade and regenerative thermal transformers.
Unit 3. Typical energy bands in the low temperature range. Characteristics of cryogenic agents and coolants. Real vapour-liquid thermal transformer. Energy characteristics. Coefficient of performance.
Unit 4. The operation of an absorption plant. The operation of a steam jet refrigerating plant. Throttling process. Differential throttle – the Joule-Thomson effect. Inversion.
Unit 5. Ideal gas liquefaction and freezing processes. Cryocooler and Linde liquefier. Energy characteristics. Claude quasi-cycle, Heylandt quasi-cycle, Kapitsa quasi-cycle. Comparison of liquefaction cycles.
Unit 6. Air, air separation products. Modular air separation plants.
Unit 7. Rectification. The design of a rectifier. The operation of a double-column rectifier. Production of inert gases.
Unit 8. Air separation product transport and distribution systems. Cold supply systems.

Course contents:

Unit 1. Classification of cryogenic and refrigerating plants. Heat conversion. The basic cooling principle. Classification of thermal transformers and their application.
Unit 2. Cyclic and non-cyclic processes. Carnot cycle with steady-state processes. Cascade and regenerative thermal transformers.
Unit 3. Typical energy bands in the low temperature range. Characteristics of cryogenic agents and coolants. Real vapour-liquid thermal transformer. Energy characteristics. Coefficient of performance.
Unit 4. The operation of an absorption plant. The operation of a steam jet refrigerating plant. Throttling process. Differential throttle – the Joule-Thomson effect. Inversion.
Unit 5. Ideal gas liquefaction and freezing processes. Cryocooler and Linde liquefier. Energy characteristics. Claude quasi-cycle, Heylandt quasi-cycle, Kapitsa quasi-cycle. Comparison of liquefaction cycles.
Unit 6. Air, air separation products. Modular air separation plants.
Unit 7. Rectification. The design of a rectifier. The operation of a double-column rectifier. Production of inert gases.
Unit 8. Air separation product transport and distribution systems. Cold supply systems.

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 – 180.

Total points – 5.

Classroom hours – 36.

Unsupervised hours – 108.

Midterm assessment – Examination.

Metallurgical Technology and Thermal Processes of Metallurgical Units

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Course: Metallurgical Technology and Thermal Processes of Metallurgical Units

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

Unit 1. The purpose of metallurgical units and their classification. Metallurgy and thermal processes. Heating, cooling, smelting.
Unit 2. Standard procedures; thermal circuits of heat exchanger and heat generator furnaces: their description and analysis.
Unit 3. The design and elements of high-temperature metallurgical units; the tools and materials used for building such units.
Unit 4. The analysis of ongoing processes; defining the way to optimise the processes; designing environmentally friendly and low-waste technologies.
Unit 5. Heat generation and the mechanics of gases, as well as heat and mass transfer inside of metallurgical units.
Unit 6. Building heat balances of metallurgical units; determining their thermal performance.
Unit 7. The purpose, classification and arrangement of heat exchangers in metallurgical units; the types and characteristics of secondary energy resources.
Unit 8. Utilization of secondary energy resources; metallurgical units and the benefits and the cost effectiveness of energy saving.
Unit 9. Selecting, designing and engineering of furnaces based on the general thermal theory; the problems of engineering, operation, testing, designing and commissioning of thermal energy units.

Course contents:

Unit 1. The purpose of metallurgical units and their classification. Metallurgy and thermal processes. Heating, cooling, smelting.
Unit 2. Standard procedures; thermal circuits of heat exchanger and heat generator furnaces: their description and analysis.
Unit 3. The design and elements of high-temperature metallurgical units; the tools and materials used for building such units.
Unit 4. The analysis of ongoing processes; defining the way to optimise the processes; designing environmentally friendly and low-waste technologies.
Unit 5. Heat generation and the mechanics of gases, as well as heat and mass transfer inside of metallurgical units.
Unit 6. Building heat balances of metallurgical units; determining their thermal performance.
Unit 7. The purpose, classification and arrangement of heat exchangers in metallurgical units; the types and characteristics of secondary energy resources.
Unit 8. Utilization of secondary energy resources; metallurgical units and the benefits and the cost effectiveness of energy saving.
Unit 9. Selecting, designing and engineering of furnaces based on the general thermal theory; the problems of engineering, operation, testing, designing and commissioning of thermal energy units.

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 – 216.

Total points – 6.

Classroom hours – 36.

Unsupervised hours – 144.

Midterm assessment – Examination.

Increased Energy Efficiency in Steel Industry

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Course: Increased Energy Efficiency in Steel Industry

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

Unit 1. Introduction
Unit 2. Classification of energy sources. Thermal characteristics of utilities.
Unit 3. Natural gas supply systems in industry. Looking at the system components.
Unit 4. Synthetic fuel gases and combustible exhaust gases in steel industry.
Unit 5. Heat transformation. Perfect and actual vapour-liquid cycles of thermal power transformers. Heat accumulation.
Unit 6. Analysing the efficiency of absorption units used as a part of low energy utilisation systems.
Unit 7. Application of compressed air distribution systems for better energy efficiency.

Course contents:

Unit 1. Introduction
Unit 2. Classification of energy sources. Thermal characteristics of utilities.
Unit 3. Natural gas supply systems in industry. Looking at the system components.
Unit 4. Synthetic fuel gases and combustible exhaust gases in steel industry.
Unit 5. Heat transformation. Perfect and actual vapour-liquid cycles of thermal power transformers. Heat accumulation.
Unit 6. Analysing the efficiency of absorption units used as a part of low energy utilisation systems.
Unit 7. Application of compressed air distribution systems for better energy efficiency.

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 – 36.

Unsupervised hours – 108.

Midterm assessment – Pass/fail examination.

Industrial Thermal Power Engineering and Intensive Energy Saving Technology

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Course: Industrial Thermal Power Engineering and Intensive Energy Saving Technology

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

Unit 1. Thermal power engineering as a new area of industrial power engineering. The concept of industrial thermal power engineering. Key concepts and definitions.
Unit 2. Thermal power and ferrous metallurgy. Thermal power in copper and aluminium industries. Thermal power and machine building industry. Thermal power and construction materials industry.
Unit 3. Energy sources and energy carriers for industrial thermal power engineering.
Unit 4. Heat flow diagrams in.
Unit 5. Heat and mass transfer principles of industrial thermal power engineering.
Unit 6. Waste-free and low-waste technologies.
Unit 7. The basics of designing efficiency heat flow diagrams of plants and systems.
Unit 8. Design of energy saving procedures.
Unit 9. Intensive energy saving techniques.

Course contents:

Unit 1. Thermal power engineering as a new area of industrial power engineering. The concept of industrial thermal power engineering. Key concepts and definitions.
Unit 2. Thermal power and ferrous metallurgy. Thermal power in copper and aluminium industries. Thermal power and machine building industry. Thermal power and construction materials industry.
Unit 3. Energy sources and energy carriers for industrial thermal power engineering.
Unit 4. Heat flow diagrams in.
Unit 5. Heat and mass transfer principles of industrial thermal power engineering.
Unit 6. Waste-free and low-waste technologies.
Unit 7. The basics of designing efficiency heat flow diagrams of plants and systems.
Unit 8. Design of energy saving procedures.
Unit 9. Intensive energy saving 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 – 180.

Total points – 5.

Classroom hours – 36.

Unsupervised hours – 108.

Midterm assessment – Pass/fail examination.

Engineering and Intellectual Property Protection

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Course: Engineering and Intellectual Property Protection

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

Unit 1. Introduction. General concepts. The role of engineering and innovations in investment business.
Unit 2. Solution of engineering problems.
Unit 3. Intellectual property protection.
Unit 4. Patent science.

Course contents:

Unit 1. Introduction. General concepts. The role of engineering and innovations in investment business.

The role and place of engineering in investment practice: Engineering, approval, and investment justification; participants of the investment business and issues addressed; designer – investor – governing agencies, expert groups, national regulators, engineering and consulting companies, tender boards. Development, presentation and management of design documentation: Preliminary and project documentation development stages; investment design, declaration of intention, commercial proposals, preparation of quotations; design bureaus specializing in thermal power plants and industrial systems.

CAD programmes for industrial thermal power systems: Mathware; CAD & industrial thermal power circuits; design model; application software packages. Basics of standardization: ISO 9000; quality management; basic quality management models; legislation, arbitration and regulatory documentation defining the level of design solutions. Basics of design certification: Generation and verification of a certification system.

Unit 2. Solution of engineering problems.

Basics of innovative thinking and performance: Creativity as an ability to generate new ideas; strategy as an identification of a feasible idea for successful business; implementation or business model as a transition from the idea to implementation of products and services; profitability as a financial or another benefit. Non-algorithmic methods of solving engineering problems: Trial and error; brainstorming; morphological analysis; synectics. Theory of Inventive Problem Solving: Levels of problems; material & field analysis; an inventive situation, a problem and its model; technical contradictions and how to eliminate them.

Standard techniques for solving inventive problems in thermal power engineering: Pool of techniques for searching new solutions; rules on how to apply transformation techniques; levels of techniques. Application of physical, chemical and geometrical effects and resources when solving inventive thermal power problems: Application features and rules; the database of effects, phenomena and material & field resources. Application of inventive problem resolution standards and the laws of engineering system evolution: Definition and types of standards; the database of standards; the laws of engineering system evolution.

Unit 3. Intellectual property protection.

The legal and economical aspects of the regulation and assessment of industrial & intellectual property in Russia: Patent Law; regulations; scope of protection and the legal framework; priority, authorship, exclusive right to utilization, reversal of the burden of proof. The role and the place of inventions in the investment business: Commercial implementation of inventions; licencing; know-how.

Intellectual property protection: Copyright protection – patents and certificates; the drafting algorithm for intellectual property agreements. Industrial property: Inventions, utility models, prototypes; inventions – mechanisms, devices, substances, new applications of existing objects; International Patent Classification.

Unit 4. Patent science.

The algorithms of writing applications for utility models and inventions: The purpose of invention and utility models; patentability – originality, inventive level, applicability; writing formulas of inventions; search for information based on the application; unity of invention.

The algorithms of filing and examining applications for utility models and inventions: The applicant, the author, the patent owner; application requirements; application submission and registration; formal examination; dealing with the Patent Office; substantial examination.

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.