Study Guide

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to
describe the cooperation of main machinery and other process devices of a power plant
analyze the working principles of main measurement, control, valve and motor loops in power plant processes
present the arrangement and operation of process control systems in energy production processes
use human machine interfaces (HMI) of process control systems
run power plant simulators and analyze power plant processes related to them.

Content

How are fuel and air feed, combustion and flue gases, water feed, steam production and power generation functionally related to each other?
How are you able to affect the production of high pressure steam, the electric power of a turbine or the toxic emissions of flue gases?
What kinds of control systems are needed in large-scale, centralized or small-scale, distributed energy production?
How should an operator take the fuel feed into a manual mode or start a feed water pump?
How should we take care of functional safety in energy production?

Materials

1. Lecture slides and other materials in Learn.
2. Joronen, T., Kovacs, J., Majanne, Y., Voimalaitosautomaatio. Suomen Automaatioseura ry 2007. 276 s. Kappaleet 1, 9 ja 10.
3. Related material in English, given in Learn.

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
After completing this course, you will be able to
* describe the cooperation of main machinery and other process devices of a power plant
* analyze the working principles of main measurement, control, valve and motor loops in power plant processes
* present the arrangement and operation of process control systems in energy production processes
* use human machine interfaces (HMI) of process control systems
* run power plant simulators and analyze power plant processes related to them.
How are fuel and air feed, combustion and flue gases, water feed, steam production and power generation functionally related to each other?
How are you able to affect the production of high pressure steam, the electric power of a turbine or the toxic emissions of flue gases?
What kinds of control systems are needed in large-scale, centralized or small-scale, distributed energy production?
How should an operator take the fuel feed into a manual mode or start a feed water pump?
How should we take care of functional safety in energy production?

Independent track:
Exam and power plant experience report

Blended track:
Exam and power plant experience report

Student workload

* 36 h lectures
* 24 h supervised simulation exercises (100% presence demand)
* 75 h self-study

Further information

Prerequisite courses are
1. Power Plant Processes or Steam Boilers
2. Measurement and Control Technology,
or related qualifications.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam (60 %) and simulation exercises (40 %), with grades 0-5, both accepted.

Qualifications

Prerequisite courses are:
Power Plant Processes
Measurement and Control Technology