GOAL OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS AND NON SPECIALIST ENGINEERS A SIMPLE AND FUNDAMENTAL APPROACH TO THE DESIGN OF THERMAL SYSTEMS (COGENERATION AND POWER PLANTS). THE COURSE EMPHASISES THE CHOICES OF CONFIGURATIONS AND THE SELECTION OF ARCHITECTURES, SHAPES AND SIZES CLOSE TO THE OPTIMAL SOLUTION. MOREOVER METHODS FOR FINDING PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTIC CURVES ARE DEVELOPED. THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG LIMITATIONS OF MATERIALS, THERMAL, FLUID-DYNAMICS AND MECHANICAL ASPECTS ARE WIDELY ANALYSED AND DISCUSSED. AFTER THE COURSE THE STUDENT SHOULD HAVE A PICTURE OF THE MOST RELEVANT ASPECTS RELATED TO THERMO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN. HE/SHE WILL ACQUIRE TOOLS THAT ENABLE HIM/HER TO SET UP AN ENTIRE DESIGN PROCESS FROM PROBLEM DEFINITION TO DECISION MAKING.
teacher profile teaching materials
Thermal systems design: selection of machines and equipment, cost accounting, economic analysis.
Conventional versus optimum design process: optimum design problem formulation, design variables and degrees of freedom, cost function, design constraints, examples of optimum design problem formulations.
Design as a result of subsequent analyses: analysis model definition, mathematical formulation, sequential and simultaneous approach.
Theory of similitude and its application to design.
Optimisation of processes to produce electricity, heat and cold.
Design approach for heat transfer devices.
Steam generators: typologies, fuels, combustion, heat transfer, thermo-mechanical design criteria, efficiency.
Sizing of machines and apparatuses of thermo-mechanical plants.
ARORA J. S., Introduction To Optimum Design, Mc Graw-Hill.
BOEHM R. F., Design Analysis of Thermal Systems, John Wiley&son
STOECKER W. F., Design of Thermal Systems, Mc Graw-Hill International.
ANNARATONE D., Calcolo termico di generatori di vapore, Tamburini Editore.
Programme
The design process: problem definition, establishment of objectives, generation of alternatives, preliminary design, detailed design.Thermal systems design: selection of machines and equipment, cost accounting, economic analysis.
Conventional versus optimum design process: optimum design problem formulation, design variables and degrees of freedom, cost function, design constraints, examples of optimum design problem formulations.
Design as a result of subsequent analyses: analysis model definition, mathematical formulation, sequential and simultaneous approach.
Theory of similitude and its application to design.
Optimisation of processes to produce electricity, heat and cold.
Design approach for heat transfer devices.
Steam generators: typologies, fuels, combustion, heat transfer, thermo-mechanical design criteria, efficiency.
Sizing of machines and apparatuses of thermo-mechanical plants.
Core Documentation
CIRILLO F., Progetto di sistemi meccanici, Mc Graw-Hill.ARORA J. S., Introduction To Optimum Design, Mc Graw-Hill.
BOEHM R. F., Design Analysis of Thermal Systems, John Wiley&son
STOECKER W. F., Design of Thermal Systems, Mc Graw-Hill International.
ANNARATONE D., Calcolo termico di generatori di vapore, Tamburini Editore.
Type of delivery of the course
The course is given in traditional mode (lectures in presence). A design project will be carried out by students working in teams.Type of evaluation
The oral test consists in three questions, one of which related to the design project carried out during the course.