88247 - Turbomachines and Offshore Generation

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Offshore Engineering (cod. 9249)

    Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Offshore Engineering (cod. 9249)

Learning outcomes

The course is aimed at providing basic principles for design and operation of typical fluid machines used for “island” application in off-shore installations.

Course contents

ENERGY SOURCES:

Classification of energy sources; Classification of conversion systems from primary energy sources to useful energy.

SIMPLE CYCLE GAS TURBINES:

The simple cycle gas turbine group; Thermodynamic analysis of the Brayton cycle; Power and total efficiency of a gas turbine.

COMPLEX CYCLE GAS TURBINES:

Heat recovery gas turbine;

STEAM POWER PLANTS

Hirn thermodynamic cycle; Power and total efficiency of a steam power plant; The adoption of re-heating; The adoption of bleed ports; Steam power plants with 3 bleed ports and re-heating.

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS

One pressure level combined cycle power plants; two pressure levels combined cycle power plants.

TURBOMACHINERY

Axial compressors; Radial Compressors, Positive displacement compressors.

Office hours

See the website of Saverio Ottaviano