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10m703 Power Plant Engineering

This document outlines the course units for a Power Plant Engineering course. The course covers various types of power plants including steam, nuclear, hydel, diesel, gas turbine, and renewable energy power plants. Unit I discusses steam power plants, including their layout, boilers, cooling towers, and combustion equipment. Unit II covers nuclear and hydel power plants, their components, and safety considerations. Unit III focuses on diesel and gas turbine power plants, their layouts, fuels, and cycles. Unit IV examines the economics and regulations of power plants, including their costs, load curves, and pollution controls. Finally, Unit V looks at renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, geothermal, and tidal power.

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10m703 Power Plant Engineering

This document outlines the course units for a Power Plant Engineering course. The course covers various types of power plants including steam, nuclear, hydel, diesel, gas turbine, and renewable energy power plants. Unit I discusses steam power plants, including their layout, boilers, cooling towers, and combustion equipment. Unit II covers nuclear and hydel power plants, their components, and safety considerations. Unit III focuses on diesel and gas turbine power plants, their layouts, fuels, and cycles. Unit IV examines the economics and regulations of power plants, including their costs, load curves, and pollution controls. Finally, Unit V looks at renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, geothermal, and tidal power.

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POWER PLANT ENGINEERING

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UNIT I STEAM POWER PLANT 9
Layouts of steam power plant Fuel and ash handling Steam boilers and cycles High Pressure fire tube boiler
Combustion equipment Mechanical stokers Pulveriser Draught Different types Cooling towers.

UNIT II NUCLEAR AND HYDEL POWER PLANT 9
Layout of nuclear power plant Classification Reactors Pressurized water reactor Boiling water reactor
Waste disposal and safety Layout of hydel power plant Essential elements Selection of turbines Governing
of turbines MHD power plant.

UNIT III DIESEL AND GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT 9
Layouts of Diesel power plant Components Selection of engine Layouts of gas turbine power plant, fuels
Gas turbine material Open and closed cycles Reheating Reheating and regeneration Reheating
Regeneration and inter cooling cycle.

UNIT IV ECONOMICS OF POWER PLANTS 9
Inspection and safety regulations Introduction to power plant instruments Analysis of pollution from thermal
power plants Pollution controls Actual load curves Cost of electric energy Fixed costs and operating costs
Variable load operation Energy rates Types of tariffs Economics of load sharing Comparison of economics
of various power plants.

UNIT V OTHER POWER PLANTS 9
Fundamental of renewable energy Wind energy Introduction Components Bio-gas plant Solar energy
Introduction, solar cells Solar thermal central receiver system Applications OTEC Geothermal Tidal
Pumped storage.
TOTAL: 45

TEXT BOOKS:

Sl.No Author(s) Title of the Book Publisher
Year of
Publication
1 Rajput R K Power Plant Engineering Laxmi Publications 2008
2 Nag P K Power Plant Engineering Tata McGraw Hill 2007

REFERENCE BOOKS:

Sl.No Author(s) Title of the Book Publisher
Year of
Publication
1 Harish C Rai Power Plant Engineering
I K International Publishing
House
2011
2 Kothandaraman C P Power Plant Engineering Dhanpat Rai
1981
3 Morse Frederick T Power Plant Engineering Prentice Hall of India 1998
4
John Twidell
Tony Weir
Renewable Energy
Resources
Taylor and Francis 2006
5 Elanchezhian C Power Plant Engineering
I K International Publishing
House
2007

WEB URLs:

1. http://indianpowersector.com/home/power-station/thermal-power-plant/
2. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Nuclear-Fuel-Cycle/Power-Reactors/Nuclear-Power-Reactors/
3. http://www.igcar.ernet.in/igc2004/sg/howstationswork.pdf
4. http://www.mpoweruk.com/gas_turbines.htm
5. http://geothermal.marin.org/geo_fmat/geo_excerpt_4_07.pdf

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