Objectives and competences
Objectives:
• Detailed knowledge of basic physical principles and its application to the operating characteristics, design and selection of hydraulic systems.
Competences:
• A combination of knowledge, skills and behaviour from fluid mechanics and physics, for independent and creative solutions of engineering problems at the field of hydraulic machinery.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Lectures and tutorials:
Classification and basic parameters of hydraulic machinery.
Theoretical concepts of flow through the hydraulic machinery.
Non-dimensional analysis and similarity theory at hydraulic machinery.
Operating characteristics of turbomachinery.
Centrifugal turbomachinery.
Axial flow turbomachinery.
Cavitation in turbomachinery.
Wind turbines.
Laboratory work:
Volumetric flowrate measurement.
Energy difference measurement.
Cavitating pump operating regimes.
Operating characteristics of wind turbines.
Learning and teaching methods
• Lectures.
• Practical calculations during tutorials.
• Practical work in laboratory.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Student learns to:
• Sort the basic hydraulic turbomachinery types.
• Determine the basic parameters of energy exchange in the turbomachine based on the fundamental conservation laws of fluid mechanics.
• Apply the similarity theory to turbomachine selection and operation characteristics prediction.
• Understand the fundamental design principles and system operation curves of radial and axial turbomachines.
• Ovrednotiti negativni potencial razli?nih kavitacijskih režimov v trubinskih strojih.
• Capability to evaluate hydraulic system applicability on practical examples.
• Skills for efficient connection between different knowledge and procedures for solutions of engineering problems at the fild of hydraulic turbomachinery.
Readings
• I. Biluš: Hidravlični turbinski stroji 1, Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za strojništvo, 2020.
https://press.um.si/index.php/ump/catalog/book/468
Dodatni viri:
• L. Škerget: Mehanika tekočin. Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za strojništvo, 1994.
https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/um/sl/bib/ktfmb/39215360
Prerequisits
Knowledge of mathematics at high school level and basic knowledge of fluid mechanics.
Prerequisite for admission to the examination is a laboratory work presentation (report).
Additional information on implementation and assessment Laboratory work report.
