POWER PLANT ENGINEERING

Course objective
After completion of the subject student will be able to gain basic knowledge of the design and operation of the power plants of the industrial application.

1. Layout Of Power Plant (3 Hours)
1. Layouts of Steam, hydel, diesel, MHD, nuclear and gas turbine power plants - Combined power cycles -Comparison and selection


2. Steam Boiler And Cycles (10 Hours)
1. Modern high pressure and supercritical boilers - Analysis of power plant cycles - modern trends in cycle improvement - Waste heat recovery, Fluidized bed boilers. Preparation and handling of coal - Pulveriser - Dust collector - Ash removal; Stokers - Different types -Pulverised fuel burning ; Draught - Different types - Chimney design - Selection of blowers, Cooling towers -


3. Fuel and ash handling, combustion chamber, draught, air pollution (10 Hours)
1. Preparation and handling of coal - Pulveriser - Dust collector - Ash removal; Stokers - Different types -Pulverised fuel burning ; Draught - Different types - Chimney design - Selection of blowers, Cooling towers -Different types - Analysis of pollution from thermal power plants - Pollution controls. Different types - Analysis of pollution from thermal power plants - Pollution controls.


4. Instrumentation, testing of boilers, power plant economics nuclear and mhd power generation (10 Hours)
1. CO2 recorders - Automatic controls for feedwater, steam, fuel,air supply and combustion, Boiler testing andtrails - Inspection and safety regulations. Economics of power plant - Actual load curves, fixed costs - Operatingcosts - Variable load operation. Elementary treatment - Nuclear fission, chain reaction - Pressurized water reactors, boiling water reactors, gas cooled reactors - Fast breeder reactors, MHD power cycle principles.


5. Design, site selection , layout , management, operation and maintenance of large scale renewable energy (wind , solar , bio fuel and biomass ) electric and thermal power generating system (6 Hours)


6. Design, site selection , layout , management, operation and maintenance of large scale Co-generation and waste recovery power plants (6 Hours)

Practical:
Students will be divided into different groups and will be guided and supervised to perform a project work and prepare the report.
References:

1. Arora, S.C. and S. Domkundwar, "A Course in Power Plant Engineering", Dhanpat Rai and Sons, Tata McGraw Hill, 1998.
2. Nag, P.K, " Power Plant Engineering ", Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., 1998.
3. Nagpal, G.R , " Power Plant Engineerig ", Khanna Publishers, 1998.
4. Weisman, Joel and Eckart, Roy, " Modern Power Plant Engineering ", Prentice Hall International Inc., 1985.
5. Bernhardt G. Askrotzki & William A. Vopat, " Power Station Engineering and Economy", Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., 1972.
6. Frederick T. Mores, " Power Plant Engineering ", Affiliated East-West Press Private Ltd., 1953.

Evaluation Scheme:
The Questions will cover all the chapters in the syllabus. The evaluation scheme will be as indicated in the table below:

*There could be minor deviation in mark distribution.