Control room operation and simulation (5 cr)
Code: EN00BH57-3004
General information
- Enrollment
- 12.04.2021 - 25.04.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 30.08.2021 - 10.12.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Department of Construction and Energy Engineering
- Campus
- Kotka Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Finnish
- Seats
- 10 - 30
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Energy Engineering
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?
Evaluation
Exam (50 %) and simulation exercises (50 %), with grades 0 - 5.
Course material
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.
4. Real-time power plant simulator.
Study forms and 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
Timing of exams and assignments
* 36 h lectures
* 24 h supervised simulation exercises (100% presence demand)
* 75 h self-study
Student workload
Recommended prerequisite courses are
1. Power Plant Processes or Steam Boilers
2. Measurement and Control Technology,
or related qualifications.
Further information
Recommended 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