GEM 434 - Thermal Optimization of Marine Power Plants

Course Objectives

1. To introduce theoretical cycles for marine power production systems
2. To establish thermodynamic models for gas and vapor power cycles and carry out thermodynamic cycle analysis based on the 1st law of thermodynamics
3. To provide working knowledge on exergy analysis of gas and vapor power cycles.
4. To demonstrate the utility of thermoeconomic analysis

Course Description

Introduction to marine power plants, Thermodynamic fundamentals of plant analysis, Gas power cycles, Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, Brayton cycle, The second law analysis of gas power cycles, Rankine cycle, the second law analysis of vapor power cycles, cogeneration, combined gas-vapor power cycles. Thermoeconomic optimization