Resumen de Power plant optimisation simulator using catalogues: a case study with student assessment
Raul Antón Gabriel Ayala, Francisco Mouzo, Tomás Gómez-Acebo
A study was carried out using a power plant simulator with optimisation and catalogues to teach Rankine cycles to undergraduateengineering students. To do this, a classic textbook power cycle problem and the tools to optimise it were created. The aim was tobring real world problems closer to students by giving them problems where there is not always a solution and they have to adapt.One of the means used to achieve this was to include real devices as inputs (i.e. catalogues by Siemens Turbine and Carver Pumps).After using the simulator, students provided a thorough assessment. The conclusion of this article is that the simplicity and clearobjectives of this multimedia laboratory exercise were effective in teaching thermodynamic cycle optimisation.
