Thermal Management and Power Systems
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MMME3081 | Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering | 3 | 20 | Spring UK |
- Code
- MMME3081
- School
- Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
An advanced module that builds on the experience developed in Thermofluids 1 and Thermofluids 2.
This module concerns: heat transfer, thermal power systems, and advanced fluid mechanics
Heat transfer:
- Conduction heat transfer - thermal conductivity, thermal resistance networks. Analytical and numerical solutions for one- and two-dimensional steady-state conduction and for one-dimensional transient and unsteady conduction.
- Convection heat transfer - general concepts and phenomena, velocity and thermal boundary layers, Reynolds analogy, use of experimental correlations for internal and external flows, enhancement techniques for convective heat transfer.
- Introduction to boiling and condensation heat transfer
- Radiation heat transfer - black body emission, emissivity, absorptivity, transmissivity, Kirchhoff's law, black body radiation heat transfer, view factors, grey body radiation exchange, radiation networks.
- Introduction to mass transfer
- Case studies including problems involving combined modes of heat transfer, use of resistance networks for steady and unsteady heat transfer calculations.
Thermal power systems :
- Non-Steady Flow Energy equation and Exergy
- Thermal power systems, considering heat exchangers for Gas turbines, solar power, nuclear power
- Consideration of Steam cycles for power generation
- Turbomachinery and Compressible flow
Target Students
Primarily intended for 3rd and 4th year students in the School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering.
Assessment
- 100% Exam 1 (3-hour)
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
This module provides knowledge of the technology currently used to generate electrical power from thermal energy and emerging future trends. It provides students with the understanding of thermodynamics and the tools to analyse and improve advanced thermal power systems. The module also provides a firm applied approach to the management and calculation of heat transfer in steady and transient situations. The fluid mechanics aspect of the module links the thermodynamic and fluid mechanics aspects of thermofluids for turbomachines and sonic flows.Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
LO1 – produce approximations to the heat transfer in real situations with practical applications.
LO2 – apply principles of heat transfer to understand issues with mass transfer.
LO3 – determine the limits of the approximations made and understand how they will impact the real problem.
LO4 – understand the operation of advanced thermal power plant and how the plant is configured to give high thermal efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.
LO5 – apply advanced thermodynamic principles to appropriately analyse the thermal performance of advanced thermal power plant, identify sources of inefficiency (irreversibility) and critically apply appropriate knowledge and skills to create improved thermal performance.
LO6 – understand the current state-of-the-art in advanced thermal power plant and the emerging technological trends to improve environmental performance.