This thesis describes the design of a condensing steam turbine with reheating for fossil power plant. The turbine is a double parts. The first casing is formed by a simple HP casing. The second casing is combined MP-LP casing with axial outlet of steam into the water-cooled condenser. Feedwater regeneration system consists of two high-pressure heaters, the four low-pressure heaters and feed tank. In thesis is includes the calculation of heat balance and the draft of flow channel of HP and MP-LP casing. Next is a detailed calculation of MP-LP casing with includes calculation of flowing part, selection of blade´s profiles and its stress control. Rotor MP-LP casing is checked for torsion and computed size of the critical speed. Clutch is ispected by security check and draft radial bearings. Stress control casing is carried out according to the theory of thick shells. Work includes flow scheme for 100% and 75% performance. In the end is comparing the efficiency of the individual casing of the turbine with the work 3b together with the specific heat consumption. Work includes a longitudinal section of the MP-LP casing. This thesis has been developed in cooperation Škoda Power, Doosan.

The thesis focuses on comparison of the original and the new solutions of cooling water circuit of the York cooling units for the purpose of cooling water flow increase for the absorption units in the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant. The individual parts of the cooling units that were changed and modified within a reconstruction are described here. The aim of the work is also to process and compare the original and the new solutions of the cooling units and the cold source station from the available measured data. The data are processed into illustrative graphs and tables. Based on the obtained data we can observe the changes achieved by the reconstruction that have affected the effectiveness of the cooling units.

Diploma thesis deals with direct cooling systems in food processing plants. The work focuses on the description of the components of the refrigerant cycle, with emphasis on the choice of refrigerant. The result is a design of direct cooling system in the food factory in the variants with refrigerant R404A and R717. The work describes the advantages and disadvantages of various options. The work includes an experimental section which deals with the measure-ment and processing of the actual values of the refrigerant cycle and the comparison of two cold sources.

V súčasnosti sa kladie veľký dôraz na znižovanie produkcie emisií, čistotu a kvalitu životného prostredia. Tieto trendy sa týkajú všetkých odvetví, tak isto aj stavebného priemyslu a vykurovania budov. Doposiaľ bolo najrozšírenejším typom vykurovania spaľovanie fosílnych palív. Do popredia sa však dostávajú tepelné čerpadlá a začínajú zaberať výrazný podiel trhu. Kvôli dopytu po tepelných čerpadlách vzrastá počet výrobcov a konkurencia. Cieľom výrobcov je zvyšovanie účinnosti tepelných čerpadiel a zároveň znižovanie výrobných nákladov na dosiahnutie lepšej pozície na trhu. Predložená práca sa zaoberá procesmi prebiehajúcimi v chladivovom okruhu tepelného čerpadla. Skúma správanie chladiva počas kondenzácie a možnosti zvýšenia účinnosti tepelného čerpadla. Zvýšenie účinnosti je dosiahnuté podchladením chladiva počas kondenzácie na zvýšenie tepelných ziskov. To je dosiahnuté zaradením druhého elektronického expanzného ventilu za kondenzátorom. Táto technológia je však finančne náročná. Práca sa zaoberá výpočtom kapiláry na základe praktických meraní, ktorá bude zadržiavať chladivo v kondenzátore a bude plniť podobnú úlohu ako expanzný ventil. Následne sú porovnané výsledky jednotlivých meraní. Výsledky sú porovnané voči jednoduchému systému, kde nedochádza k podchladeniu chladiva. V závere práce je analýza výsledkov jednotlivých systémov.

In dieser Arbeit werden neuartige Flachrohre für die Verwendung als Rückwandverflüssiger in der Haushaltskältetechnik mit numerischen und dynamischen Simulationen sowie Experimenten untersucht. Dabei kommen unterschiedliche überströmte Längen sowie der Einfluss horizontaler Abstände auf den Wärmeübergang durch freie Konvektion zur Betrachtung. Realisiert wird die numerische Strömungssimulation mit der Software Fluent 3.6.26, wobei das RNG-k-epsilon- als Turbulenzmodell und diskrete Ordinaten zur zusätzlichen Modellierung des Strahlungswärmeübergangs verwendet werden. Zur Verifizierung werden experimentelle Untersuchungen mit natürlicher Konvektion durchgeführt. Ebenso kommt ein kompakter Verflüssiger bei erzwungener Konvektion zur experimentellen Analyse. Mit einem neuen Verflüssigermodell wird außerdem ein Haushaltskühlschrank in Modelica 2.2.1 dynamisch simuliert. Diese Arbeit zeigt, dass die Verwendung eines Flachrohrverflüssigers großes Potenzial einer konkurrenzfähigen Alternative zu konventionellen Verflüssigern besitzt. / In this work novel flat tubes used as rear panel condensers in the household refrigeration technology are examined with numerical and dynamic simulations as well as experiments. Therefore different overflowed lengths and the influence of horizontal spacing on the heat transfer by free convection are taken into consideration. The CFD calculations are realized with the software Fluent 3.6.26, where the RNG-k-epsilon turbulence model and discrete ordinates for an additional modelling of radiation heat transfer are applied. For the verification, experimental studies with natural convection are carried out. Likewise, a compact condenser is experimentally analysed in forced convection. With a new model for the liquefier a domestic refrigerator is also dynamically simulated in Modelica 2.2.1. This work shows that the use of a flat tube condenser has a great potential of a competitive alternative to conventional liquefiers.

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La tesis que a continuación se presenta surge como una respuesta práctica al problema medioambiental relacionado con el empleo de sustancias sintéticas como fluidos de trabajo en muchos de los equipos de climatización comercializados en la actualidad. Con su desarrollo se busca dar alternativas a la creciente demanda de sistemas de climatización eficientes que contribuyan a la optimización de los recursos energéticos. Uno de los objetivos planteados en el desarrollo de la tesis ha sido el diseñar y evaluar experimentalmente el comportamiento de diferentes prototipos experimentales de bombas de calor, particularmente de tipo agua-agua con el uso del propano como refrigerante. La caracterización de los prototipos se llevó a cabo realizando diferentes estudios de carga con la finalidad de determinar la mínima cantidad de propano en cada sistema para obtener las máximas prestaciones en cuanto a COP y capacidad. Los estudios han mostrado que los elementos principales, como el compresor o los intercambiadores de calor presentan mayores rendimientos con el uso del propano en comparación a algunos refrigerantes sintéticos como el R407C. Esto se debe en gran medida a las excelentes propiedades termodinámicas y de transporte del propano, así como a la evolución que este refrigerante tiene a través de los componentes del sistema. En cuanto a la carga óptima de propano, se han obtenido cargas de refrigerante próximas a los 500 gramos, que han permitido obtener coeficientes de operación elevados bajo condiciones de trabajo típicas de calefacción y refrigeración, así como capacidades específicas de refrigeración entre 25 y 33 Wattios por gramo de propano. / Martínez Galván, IO. (2008). Estudio experimental de optimización de una bomba de calor agua-agua empleando propano como fluido de trabajo [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/3344

<p dir="ltr">Energy consciousness initiatives have seen a recent uptick to curb the ever growing concerns of global warming. Heat Pumps are a crucial piece of technology for these efforts, as they consume lower energy than the requirement they satisfy and are typically used for refrigeration and HVAC systems. Hybrid Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) technologies have seen increased adoption, and the improvement of these technologies could pay dividends in the long run. </p><p dir="ltr">This project explores the optimal design space of HPWHs within the context of the Department of Energy Guidelines for their performance rating and compares several up and coming refrigerants with lower GWP than the current market dominant refrigerant, R-134a, to provide consistent performance with improvements on the environmental front along with potential cost improvements on the manufacturing front. For this purpose, Dymola, a simulation software that employs the Modelica language for modeling complex dynamic systems, is employed to study the transient behavior of a market example Heat Pump Water Heater. </p><p dir="ltr">The results of these simulations were validated using experimental data gathered in the laboratory using relevant instrumentation on the physical device and manufacture specified performance ratings to compare the validity of the simulation results. The results of the study indicated the presence of a multi-dimensional design space with a defined set of possible combinations for device implementation. Within that feasible region, there exist multiple trajectories of iso-preference which alter the overall device performance, and the careful study of these parameters and their implications on the device performance can lead to a more robust design pathway for future improvements of the device. The work also contextualizes these improvements by quantifying the relative importance of different parameters upon the final performance of the device, showing how to identify which parameters to focus on when embarking upon an improvement journey. Additionally, preliminarily ideal specifications for the device operation under different refrigerants studied were also identified to provide similar or better performance to the current device. </p><p dir="ltr">The study showed that when matching mass flux rates, R-152a, R-290, and R-600a outperform R-134a in terms of expected COP. Of the 3, only R-290 uses a smaller compressor size than the baseline R-134a cycle for achieving the required heating capacity. The other refrigerants studied do not improve upon the COP of the cycle, but do have benefits over R-134a in terms of their respective GWPs. </p><p dir="ltr">The results suggest that with the considered alterations, R-290 systems within the current charge restrictions (<150g) can be developed and achieve the same heating performance with slight improvements on COP and therefore potentially UEF values. </p><p dir="ltr">The study also shows that all refrigerants considered could achieve the required heating capacity with a considerably downsized condenser and appropriately reduced subcooling. It highlighted the trends being consistent across refrigerants and implemented a final alternative refrigerant through the identified optimization steps to arrive at a new configuration without revalidating the trends, showing that newer optimal configurations could be identified with minimal time spent in the simulation environment. </p><p dir="ltr">Finally, the study explored alternative control possibilities by way of overheating the water beyond its required setpoint and enabling a control based mixing at the outlet to reduce the energized time of the device and leveraging the exceptional insulation capabilities for thermal storage.</p>

The research is motivated by the need to address two major challenges in wind power integration: how to mitigate wind power fluctuation and how to ensure stability of the farm and host grid. It is envisaged that wind farm power output fluctuation can be reduced by using a specific type of buffer, such as an energy storage system (ESS), to absorb its negative impact. The proposed solution, therefore, employs ESS to solve the problems. The key research findings include a new technique for calculating the desired power output profile, an ESS charge-discharge scheme, a novel direct-calculation (optimization-based) method for determining ESS optimal rating, and an ESS operation scheme for improving wind farm transient stability. Analysis with 14 wind farms and a compressed-air energy storage system (CAES) shows that the charge-discharge scheme and the desired output calculation technique are appropriate for ESS operation. The optimal ESSs for the 14 wind farms perform four or less switching operations daily (73.2%-85.5% of the 365 days) while regulating the farms output variation. On average, the ESSs carry out 2.5 to 3.1 switching operations per day. By using the direct-calculation method, an optimal ESS rating can be found for any wind farm with a high degree of accuracy. The method has a considerable advantage over traditional differential-based methods because it does not require knowledge of the analytical form of the objective function. For ESSs optimal rating, the improvement in wind energy integration is between 1.7% and 8%. In addition, a net increase in grid steady-state voltage stability of 8.3%-18.3% is achieved by 13 of the 14 evaluated ESSs. For improving wind farm transient stability, the proposed ESS operation scheme is effective. It exploits the use of a synchronous-machine-based ESS as a synchronous condenser to dynamically supply a wind farm with reactive power during faults. Analysis with an ESS and a 60-MW wind farm consisting of stall-regulated wind turbines shows that the ESS increases the farm critical clearing time (CCT) by 1 cycle for worst-case bolted three-phase-to-ground faults. For bolted single-phase-to-ground faults, the CCT is improved by 23.1%-52.2%. / text

[pt] Após a incidência de inúmeros colapsos de tensão em sistemas elétricos de potência por todo o mundo, a segurança de tensão tornou-se um assunto de extrema importância. O fenômeno de estabilidade de tensão deve-se à operação do sistema com carregamento elevado e se manifesta pela existência de uma máxima transferência de potência pela rede e ações de controle de tensão tendo efeito oposto ao usual. Com o aumento da inserção de geração distribuída, usualmente conectada à rede de distribuição existente e em tensões mais baixas, a possibilidade de ocorrência do fenômeno precisa ser investigada. É demonstrada a possibilidade de ocorrência em barras com geradores ou compensadores síncronos, onde a máxima potência gerada poderia estar limitada e o controle de tensão poderia ter o efeito oposto ao esperado. É apresentado o ferramental utilizado na avaliação das condições de estabilidade de tensão composto de índices com significado físico e matemático. Estabeleceu-se um procedimento para realizar simulações nos sistemas-teste IEEE 34 Barras e 70 Barras. É analisado o impacto do gerador nas condições de estabilidade de tensão, no perfil de tensão em regime permanente e nas perdas de potência ativa. Concluiu-se que, nos testes realizados, a injeção de potência ativa pelo gerador foi limitada por tensões fora da faixa permitida e não por problemas de estabilidade de tensão. / [en] After several incidence of voltage collapse in electric power systems around the world, the voltage security has become a matter of utmost importance. The phenomenon of voltage stability is due to the operation of the system with high loading and is manifested by the existence of a maximum power transfer over the network and efforts to control voltage having the opposite effect than usual. With increased integration of distributed generation, usually connected to the existing distribution network at lower voltages, the possibility of occurrence of the phenomenon should be investigated. It is demonstrated the possibility of occurrence in buses of synchronous generators or synchronous condensers, where the maximum generated power could be limited and the voltage control could have the opposite effect. It presented the tools used in assessing the conditions of voltage stability composite indexes with physical and mathematical meaning. I was established a procedure for performing simulations on IEEE 34 bus and 70 bus test systems. It analyzed the impact of the generator under the conditions of voltage stability, voltage profile in the steady state and the power losses. It was concluded that, in tests, the injection of active power from the generator was limited by voltage out of range allowed and not by voltage stability problems.