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ME 565 Power Plant Technology, Fall09 (1) Sections: 001

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565 Power Plant Technology. (Crosslisted with Neep 565.) II; 3 cr (D). Design and performance of power plants for the generation of electric power; fossil and nuclear fuels, cycle analysis, component design and performance, plant operation, control, economics and environmental impact. Advanced concepts. P: ME 361 or cons inst.

Course Prerequisite(s)

See catalog description above.

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Thermodynamics
Heat transfer

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Powerplant Technology, M.M. El-Wakil, McGraw-Hill: Required

Recommended:

Nuclear Energy Conversion, M.M. El-Wakil, ANS Monograph

Steam: Its Generation and Use, Babcock and Wilcox

Energy in the 21st Century, J.R. Fanchi, Wiley and Sons

Course objectives

The goal of the course is to provide a fundamental understanding of the principles of nuclear energy and powerplants, including pressurized-water, boiling-water, gas-cooled and fast-breeder reactors.

Topics covered

Rankine cycle
Gas-turbine and combined-cycle powerplants
Principles of nuclear energy
Nuclear powerplants
Environmental effects of fossil-fueled and nuclear powerplants.

Person(s) who prepared this description

Mohamed (Bill) M. El-Wakil
M.L. Corradini

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Date last modified: 04-Aug-2007
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