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Steam boilers (5 cr)

Code: BI00CX99-3007

General information


Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

13.01.2023 - 15.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Unit

Department of Electrical Engineering, Building Services and Material Technology

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

15 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Bioproduct Technology

Teachers

  • Ritva Käyhkö
  • Konsta Käyhkö

Groups

  • BISA21KM
    Bioproduct Technology, part-time studies
  • Höyrykattilat BI00CX99-3007 / 06.05.2023 12:15 - 16:00

Objective

After the course you are able to:
- calculate the power of heat exchangers in a power plant and the efficiency of a boiler
- calculate the reactions of combustion and emissions
- explain the characteristics of the various boiler types and operating principles
- explain boiler use and operation.

Content

How is the power plant boiler efficiency calculated and how are the boiler heat exchangers designed? What are the chemical reactions of combustion and what emissions do they form? What is the meaning of boiler operation and real-time condition monitoring? What are the most common boiler types? What is meant by boiler preservation, pickling and magnetite film run?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Requires basic knowledge of technical thermodynamics, mathematics and physics (solving equations, basic units, units)