24 Hour Course

The course provides a detailed overview of the existing technologies for electrical, mechanical, thermal and cooling power generation in central and decentralized plants. Scope is the development of up to date methods for the analysis, evaluation, design and optimization of energy conversion systems.

Lecturer: Douvartzides Savvas

Course Schedule

  1. Introduction to energy systems.
  2. Properties of pure substances, gases and liquids.
  3. Internal combustion engines.
  4. Gas turbines.
  5. Gas turbine cycles.
  6. Steam generators and steam turbine plants.
  7. Steam power cycles.
  8. Cogeneration of power and heat.
  9. Combined gas-steam cycles.
  10. Refrigerators and heat pumps.
  11. Thermal Design and Optimization
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1.Cengel A.Y., and Boles M.A., Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 8th Ed., McGraw Hill, 2015.
2.Cengel A.Y., and Boles M.A., Θερμοδυναμική για Μηχανικούς, 7η Έκδοση, Εκδόσεις ΤΖΙΟΛΑ, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2011 (ή οποιαδήποτε άλλη Ελληνική έκδοση).
3.Bejan A., Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics, 3rd Ed., John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2006.
4.Heywood J. B., Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, Mc Graw Hill, 1988.
5.Πολυζάκης Α., Λειτουργία Αεριοστροβίλων και Παραγωγή Ενέργειας – Προώθηση (Θεωρία), ΗΕΑΤ COOL POWER, 2012.
6.Nag P.K., Power Plant Engineering, 4th Ed., Mc Graw Hill., 2014.
7.Bejan A., Tsatsaronis G., and Moran M., Thermal Design and Optimization, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1996.