• Motori SUS, Semester 2, position 5
• Automatic Control, Semester 2, position 5
• Thermal Power Engineering, Semester 2, position 5
• Hidroenergetika, Semester 2, position 5

1. The achievement of academic competence in the field of steam and gas turbines and thermal power engineering. 2. The achievement of theoretical knowledge about how to transform heat into mechanical work, learning thermodynamic processes and equipment (steam and gas turbines and thermal power plants). 3. The acquisition of practical knowledge to optimize thermodynamic cycle and steam and gas turbines. 4. The achievement of the techniques of process modeling.

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to: • Identify the thermodynamic cycle parameters that affect the performance quality of the thermal power plant, • Develop thermodynamic heat balance diagrams of a steam power plant, • Perform calculations for the expansion process in the turbine, as well as for the processes in the condenser and feedwater heaters, • Determine the main thermodynamic parameters of the unit and the turbine system that define operational efficiency, • Set control boundaries and perform an energy balance of the turbine system and steam power plant based on the First Law of Thermodynamics, • Calculate the real thermodynamic cycle of a gas turbine, • Apply one-dimensional compressible fluid flow theory to determine the efficiency of a turbine stage, • Distinguish between impulse and reaction turbine stages.

1)Thermodynamic background of the steam turbines and steam turbine power plants. Thermodynamic improvements of the thermodynamic cycles. 2) Reheat. Regenerative feed water heating. The basic thermodynamic cycle. 3) Steam turbine power plant - the 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics. 4) Cascades of the steam turbine. Geometry and operating parameters. The main aerodynamic parameters of the steam turbine cascades. 5) The aerodynamic losses in the cascades. 6) 1D theory of elementary stages of steam turbines. Euler equation for the turbine. Efficiency of the stage 7) Axial impulse stage. Axial reaction stage. Internal efficiency of the stage. Internal losses degrees. 8) Thermodynamic basis of the gas turbine plant. The basic thermodynamic cycle. The basic and main thermodynamic parameters of the gas turbine plant. 9) The influence of basic parameters on the performance of the gas turbine plant. The choice of optimal parameters of the gas turbine plant. 10) Balance of energy of the gas turbine plant. Possibilities to improve the thermodynamic gas turbine plant. More complex configurations of gas turbine plant. Combined gas and steam plant turbine.

Auditory exercises: Basic principles. Historical development. Classification and application of steam turbines. Explanation of the heat balance diagrams and the functioning of components of the steam turbine plants. Instructions for the calculation of the heat balance diagram and the main thermodynamic parameters of the steam turbine plants. Instruction to create an energy balance of the steam turbine plant according to the 1st and the 2nd law of thermodynamics. Labs: Experimental determination of the specific steam consumption of steam turbines at the Laboratory of Thermal Turbomachinery. Project: Calculation of the heat balance diagram, the main thermodynamic parameters and the balance of the steam and gas turbine plants.

Passed exams in Thermodynamics and Fluid mechanics.

Petrovic, M.: Steam turbines, script, 2004. Petrovic, M.: Gas turbines and compressors, script, 2004. Petrovic, M.: Instruction for steam turbine project, Belgrade, 2004 Petrovic, M.: Instruction for gas turbine project, Belgrade, 2004 Instructions for performing laboratory exercises Software package for calculating of properties of steam and water.

Total assigned hours: 75

New material: 20
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 10

Auditory exercises: 14
Laboratory exercises: 4
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 12
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 0
Research study work: 0

Review and grading of calculation tasks: 0
Review and grading of lab reports: 1
Review and grading of seminar papers: 0
Review and grading of the project: 7
Test: 2
Test: 0
Final exam: 5

Activity during lectures: 5
Test/test: 10
Laboratory practice: 5
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 30
Final exam: 50
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 25

Petrovic, M.: Steam turbines, script, 2004.; Stojanovic, D.: Thermal Turbomachinery, Gradjevinska knjiga, Belgrade, 1967.; Vasiljevic, N.: Steam turbines, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, 1987.; Petrovic, M: Gas turbine and turbocompressors, script, 2004.; Boyce, M.: Gas turbine engineering handbook, GPB, Boston 2002.