Module description
Exam summer semester
For the exam date please register in the Stud.IP group for the course from the previous semester.
Teaching language
All classes of the module are held in German.
After successful completion of the module, students will be able to
- understand the conflicting priorities of ecology, economy and security of energy supply,
- apply thermodynamic principles to technical issues in power plant engineering,
- explain and compare the different types of electricity generation (conventional and renewable),
- understand the structure and operation of energy conversion plants and describe them using thermodynamic laws,
- understand the possibilities for improving energy conversion plants and evaluate practical optimisations using diagrams, and understand the operation of combined energy conversion plants and identify the advantages and disadvantages of the technology.
Content:
- Conversion of primary energy to electrical energy
- Direct energy conversion
- Operation of simple thermal and combustion power plants
- Operation of improved thermal and combustion power plants
- Combined cycle processes
- Combined thermal and combustion power plants
Course registration and materials
Lecture and exercise materials, as well as a collection of past exams with sample solutions, can be found under this course in Stud.IP.
Your lecturer in this module
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Scharf
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An der Universität 1
30823 Garbsen
30823 Garbsen
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Scharf
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