Module Descriptors
POWERPLANTS
MECH60571
Key Facts
School of Creative Arts and Engineering
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Tarik Al-Shemmeri
Email: T.T.Al-Shemmeri@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 30%
  • EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 70%
Module Details
Module Resources
The facilities in the Beacon laboratories.
Computer laboratories.
Site Visit to Rugeley Powerstation (to be arranged by tutor).
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.
Module Learning Strategies
18 hours lectures and tutorials
Practical 6 hours
Module Indicative Content
1. Principles of steam generation, Steam turbines, Condensers, Feed pumps, Steam Boilers.
2. Ideal power generation cycles, Caront Principle, isentropic processes.
3. Modifications to ideal cycles to improve efficiency.
4. Ideal gas turbine cycles, Brayton cycle.
5. Improved gas turbine cycles, multi compression, multi expansion and heat recovery cycles.
6. Cogeneration (CHP) plants, Electricity and Thermal Energy plants.
Module Additional Assessment Details
1 assignment based on a field trip to a power station maximum 2000 words (30%) which will assess Learning Outcome 4.
1 examination, 2 hours (70%) which will assess Learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
Module Texts
1. Thermodynamics, An Engineering Approach, Y A Cengel and M A Boles, McGraw-Hill, 1994, 0-07-113249-X.
2. Fundamental Engineering Thermodynamics, D Dunn, 2001, Longman, ISBN 0-582-43217-0.