CODICE 90464 ANNO ACCADEMICO 2017/2018 CFU 6 cfu anno 2 SAFETY ENGINEERING FOR TRANSPORT, LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION 10377 (LM-26) - SETTORE SCIENTIFICO DISCIPLINARE ING-IND/08 LINGUA Inglese SEDE PERIODO 2° Semestre MODULI Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: MACHINES AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSPORT, LOGISTICS, AND ENVIRONMENT OBIETTIVI E CONTENUTI OBIETTIVI FORMATIVI The aim of the course is to provide an adequate knowledge in the field of energy systems and environmental impact of power generation. The main design and operating aspects of the most important power plant systems are described, including combustion processes and pollutant emissions formation processes. Energy systems performance are analysed taking also into account economic aspects. MODALITA' DIDATTICHE Lectures and practice. PROGRAMMA/CONTENUTO A - Lectures General aspects - Primary energy sources and their transformations - Energy consumption worldwide and in Italy - Energy, transport and environment indicators - Power plants and relevant application areas. Fundamentals for the study of energy systems - Thermodynamic cycles - Thermal power plants overall efficiency - Specific fuel consumption - Economic aspects, cost-efficiency trade-off in power plants. Combustion processes and pollutant emissions formation – Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and their specifications - Air required for combustion - Fuel heating value - Air-fuel ratio - Combustion processes: general aspects and classifications, premixed and diffusion flames - Pollutants formation processes and their effect on health and environment - Secondary pollution mechanisms. Steam power plants – Steam cycles - Methods to improve the cycle performance: regeneration, superheating, re-heating – Steam cycle components: boiler, steam turbines, condenser, pumps, heat exchangers - Steam power plants control. Hydraulic power plants – General aspects, use of water energy – Rainfalls and exploitation of hydraulic potentials - Types of hydraulic power plants: basin, flowing water and pumping plants - Hydraulic turbines – Specific rotational speed. Gas turbine power plants – General aspects, open and closed circuit plants - Gas cycles: ideal and real cycle - Maximum efficiency and specific work condition - Gas turbine power plants for aeronautical and industrial application - Gas turbine power plant components: compressor, combustion chamber, expander - Combined cycles, heat recovery steam generator. Environmental aspects of power generation - Emissions and environment: constituents of the atmosphere, meteorological phenomena, transport and diffusion of pollutants in the atmosphere - Chemical, thermal and noise pollution - Environmental impact of steam and gas turbine power plants and of internal combustion engines - Emission control systems and aftertreatment devices. B - Practice Calculation of energy systems operating parameters. Examples of operational design. TESTI/BIBLIOGRAFIA M. Capobianco - “Energy systems and environmental impact” – Notes to the course. R. Della Volpe – Macchine – Liguori, 2011. A. Clup - Principles of energy conversion - McGraw-Hill. S.L.Dixon - Fluid Mechanics Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery - Pergamon Press, 2005. M. Bianchi, A. De Pascale, A. Gambarotta, A. Peretto – Sistemi Energetici: Impatto Ambientale – Pitagora, 2008. DOCENTI E COMMISSIONI MASSIMO CAPOBIANCO Ricevimento: By appointment (please send an e-mail to massimo.capobianco@unige.it). Commissione d'esame MASSIMO CAPOBIANCO (Presidente) SILVIA MARELLI (Presidente) GIORGIO ZAMBONI LEZIONI INIZIO LEZIONI February 2018. Orari delle lezioni L'orario di questo insegnamento è consultabile all'indirizzo: Portale EasyAcademy ESAMI MODALITA' D'ESAME Oral exam. Calendario appelli Data appello Orario Luogo Tipologia Note 16/01/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 15/02/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 29/03/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 07/06/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 10/07/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 06/09/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale 31/10/2018 09:00 GENOVA Orale ALTRE INFORMAZIONI Pre-requisites: - Contents of the course “Machines for Transport”. - Basic thermodynamic and fluid dynamics knowledge.