ENPG21002 Advanced Power Plant (CQU)

Advanced Power Plant (CQU)

This course presents features, operation, advantages and limitations of common power plants, drivers for improvement, and features of advanced power plants. It introduces students to analysis of thermal performance and principles of plant design and operation, including fuel preparation, optimisation of combustion, performance improvement, and economics of operation, maintenance and statutory inspection. General topics include

• Describe the features, operations, advantages and limitations of common power plants
• Improvement and main features of advanced power plants
• Thermal performance and principles of power plant design
• Comminition theory to fuel crushing and pulverising plant
• Optimising the combustion processes
• Performance improvement
• Operation and maintenance problems
• Economics of plant operation
• Statutory inspections

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Mr Leinster graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from Queensland Institute of Technology (now QUT) and has worked in Queensland's power generation industry for over 35 years, of which nearly 30 years was spent at Gladstone Power Station. With the commissioning of Gladstone Power Station’s first unit in 1976 came a host of reliability problems. In 1978 Mr Leinster became part of a six person industry-wide special investigation team, Gladstone Task Force, who were given the task of overcoming early reliability problems with the first units. He later led another Burner Front Investigation Group charged with overcoming all remaining reliability problems with Gladstone’s burner systems. Some aspects of this technology were transferred to other QEC power stations. In recent years he has been increasingly involved in plant life assessment and asset management.

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Delivery Dates: This course will be run in two intensive modules. Full day lectures and tutorials will be held:

• 1 - 5 September 2008

CQU Martin Hansen Building, Gladstone

Suggestions for accommodation will be provided upon registration and will be at the cost of students.