Amano R.S., Sunden B. (eds.) Thermal Engineering in Power Systems

WIT Press, 2008. 416 p. — (Developments in Heat Transfer) — ISBN: 978-1-84564-062-0.Research and development in thermal engineering for power systems are of significant importance to many scientists who work in power-related industries and laboratories. This book focuses on a variety of research areas including Components of Compressors and Turbines that are used for both electric power systems and aero engines, Fuel Cells, Energy Conversion, and Energy Reuse and Recycling Systems
To be competitive in today's market, power systems need to reduce operating costs, increase capacity, and deal with many other tough issues. Heat Transfer and fluid flow issues are of great significance to power systems
Design & R&D engineers in the power industry will therefore find this state-of-the-art book on those issues very useful in their efforts to develop sustainable energy systemsRelevance of heat transfer and heat exchangers for the development of sustainable energy systems
B. Sundén & L. WangReduction of energy consumption
Improved efficiency of energy conversion
Use of renewable energy
Reduction of emission and pollutant
Some examples of recent research
Case study of a heat exchanger network design using the pinch technology
High temperature heat exchangers
Heat load prediction in combustors
CFD methods in analysis of thermal problems
Flow structures in ribbed ductsAdvanced technologies for clean and efficient energy conversion in power systems
A.K. GuptaBrief history of energy conversion
Basic energy conversion concepts
Energy and power generation
The steam cycle
Pulverized-coal firing system
Cyclone furnaces
Fluidized bed combustion
Efficiency improvements in power plants
Combined cycle power plants
Hybrid integrated power plants
Other methods to increase efficiency
Waste heat recovery for improving efficiency
High temperature air combustion technology
Background on HiTAC
Benefits of HiTAC technology
Basic principle of HiTAC technology
Flame characteristics and energy savings with HiTAC
Diagnostics for colorless distributed combustion (flameless oxidation) in HiTAC
Waste fuel gasification and fuel reforming using HiTAC
Practical aspects of power generation
Pollutants emissionVirtual engineering and the design of power systems
D.S. McCorkle & K.M. Bryden
Virtual engineering
A virtual engineering application
Current development efforts
Integrated Environmental Control Model
Advanced Process Engineering Co-Simulator
Building a virtual engineering application
System integration mechanism: VE-Open
E-Conductor, VE-CE, and VE-Xplorer
Detailed application developmentSteam power plants
E. KhalilEnergy scenarios
Crude oil production
Petroleum consumption
Petroleum stocks
Steam power plants cycles
Basic cycle description
Actual Rankine cycle
Efficiency improvements in power plants
Boiler furnace combustion
Turbulent combustion
Combustion models
Boiler furnace computations
Heat transfer calculations in boiler furnaces
Equation of radiant energy transfer
Representation of real furnace gas
Radiation models
Power plant water problemsWhat is fouling?
Types of fouling
Fouling fundamentals
Fouling mitigation, control and removal techniques
Enhancement of nuclear power plant safety by condensation-driven passive heat removal systems
K. Vierow
Passive systems with condensation heat transfer
Definition
Goals and requirements
Challenges
Roles of passive condenser systems in nuclear power plants
In-vessel decay heat removal during normal shutdown or refueling
In-vessel decay removal under postulated accident conditions
Containment heat removal under postulated accident conditions
Description of scenarios and phenomena
General description of condensation heat transfer
Reflux condensation in vertical tubes with steam/noncondensable gas inflow from the tube bottom end
Condensation in vertical tubes with steam/noncondensable gas inflow from the tube top end
Condensation in large water pools
Condensation on large vertical walls
State-of-the-art analysis methods
Basic approaches
Reflux condensation in vertical tubes with steam/noncondensable gas inflow from the tube bottom end
Condensation in vertical tubes with steam/noncondensable gas inflow from the tube top end
Condensation in horizontal tubes with steam/noncondensable
gas inflow at one end and condensate draining at the other end 4.5 Condensation in large water pools
Condensation on large vertical walls
Analysis challengesModern CFD application on aerothermal engineering aspects of natural draft cooling towers
D. Bohn & K. KustererNumerical modeling
Implementation of a heat transfer and mass transfer model
Evaporation number and Lewis analogy
Validation
Aerodynamic code validation
Validation of the coupled aerothermodynamic and heat transfer model
Influences on the cooling tower performance
Different fill types
Geometry of the cooling tower rim
Additional flue gas discharge operation
Cross wind effects on the cooling tower performance
Stable configurations
Unstable configuration with cold air ingestion
Innovative gas turbine cooling techniques
R.S. BunkerTurbulated channel cooling
Mesh network and micro cooling
Latticework (vortex) cooling
Augmented surface impingement cooling
Concavity surfaces cooling
Swirl (cyclone) cooling
Film coolingHot gas path heat transfer characteristics/active cooling of turbine components
T. Simon & J. PiggushHot gas path heat transfer characteristics
The first stage high pressure turbine vane
Active cooling of the gas turbine components in the gas path
Impingement cooling
Pin fin cooling
Channel cooling techniques
External heat transfer
Concluding remarks
Design and optimization of Turbo compressors
C. Xu & R.S. Amano
Compressors and their designTypes of turbo compressors
Aerodynamic design
Blade design and optimizationDesign system
Flow solver for section analysis
Optimization
Method of numerical optimization
Two-dimensional section optimization
Three-dimensional CFD analysis and blading
Discussion
Centrifugal compressor design experience
Compressor design
Impeller designs
Impeller geometry
Impeller aerodynamic design
Reynolds number and surface finish
Diffuser and volute
DiscussionAdvances in understanding the flow in a centrifugal compressor impeller and improved design
A. EngedaThe historical development of the centrifugal impeller
The centrifugal compressor stage
Similitude, dimensional analysis and control volume analysis
Similitude
Dimensional analysis
Control volume analysis
The development of 2D inviscid impeller flow theory
Impeller flow using 2D potential flow theory
Impeller flow using 2D inviscid flow theory
Current impeller design using CAD and CFD interactions
Current impeller design trends
CAD system approach
Design system approach
Concluding remarks
Thermal engineering in hybrid car systems
K. SugaHistory of hybrid vehicles
Configurations of hybrid car powertrains
Series hybrid
Parallel hybrid
Series–parallel hybrid
Regenerative braking system
Technologies and challenges for thermal management of hybrid car system components
Battery pack
Traction/generator motor
Inverter
Heat sink
Combined thermal management