Power Plant Engineering (2171910)

Unit-1:  Thermal Power Plant

General layout of modern thermal power plant, Site selection, Presents status of power generation in India

Unit-2:  High Pressure Boilers

Unique features and advantages of high pressure boilers, LaMont; Benson; Loeffler and Schmidt-Hartmann boilers, supercritical boilers, Supercharged and fluidized bed combustion, Methods of superheat control, Corrosion in boilers and its prevention

Unit-3:  Coal and Ash Handling Systems

Coal storage, Burning systems, Types of stokers and their working, Pulverized fuel handling systems, Unit and central systems, Pulverized mills- ball mill, Bowl mill, Ball & race mill, Impact or hammer mill, Pulverized coal burners, Oil burners, Necessity of ash disposal, mechanical; hydraulic; pneumatic and steam jet ash handling system, Dust collection and its disposal, Mechanical dust collector, Electrostatic precipitator

Unit-4:  Draught System

Natural draught – estimation of height of chimney, Maximum discharge condition, Forced; induced and balanced draught, Power requirement by fans

Unit-5:  Steam Nozzles

Types of nozzles, velocity of steam, discharge through nozzle, critical pressure ratio and condition for maximum discharge, physical significance of critical pressure ratio, nozzle efficiency

Unit-6:  Steam turbine

Principle of operation, types of steam turbines, compounding of steam turbines, impulse turbine – velocity diagram, calculation of work, power and efficiency, condition for maximum efficiency, Reaction turbines – velocity diagram, degree of reaction, reheat factor, governing of steam turbine – throttle, nozzle and bypass governing, Methods of attachment of blades to turbine rotor, Labyrinth packing, Losses in steam turbine

Unit-7:  Condensers and Cooling Towers

Types of condensers, sources of air in condenser, Effects of air leakage, Methods of obtaining maximum vacuum in condenser, vacuum & condenser efficiency, Mass of cooling water required, Edward air pump, Necessity of cooling ponds and cooling towers, Condenser water cooling systems, Types of cooling towers and cooling ponds

Unit-8:  Feed Water Treatment

Necessity of feed water treatment, Different impurities found in feed water, Effect of impurities, pH & its role in corrosion and scale formation, Internal & external water treatment systems – Hot lime soda process, Zeolite ion exchange process, Demineralization plants, Reverse osmosis process, Sea water treatment using reverse osmosis, De-aeration

Unit-9:  Gas turbine

Classification, open and closed cycle, gas turbine fuels, actual Brayton cycle, optimum pressure ratio for maximum thermal efficiency, work ratio, air rate, effect of operating variables on the thermal efficiency and work ratio and air rate, combined steam and gas turbine plant, gas turbine blade cooling

Unit-10:  Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear fusion and fission, Chain reaction, Nuclear fuels, Components of nuclear reactor, Classification of reactors, Pressurized water reactor, Boiling water reactor, Gas cooled reactor, CANDU reactor, Fast breeder reactor, Nuclear waste and its disposal, Nuclear power plants in India

Unit-11:  Jet Propulsion

Turbojet Engine, thrust, thrust power, propulsive efficiency, thermal efficiency, Turboprop, Ramjet and Pulsejet engines, Rocket engines

Unit-12:  Economics of Power Generation

Load curves, Load duration curves, Connected load, Maximum load, Peak load, Base load and peak load power plants, Load factor, Plant capacity factor, Plant use factor, Demand factor, Diversity factor, Cost of power plant, Performance and operating characteristics of power plant, Tariff for electric energy

Sr.	Title	Author	Publication	Amazon Link
1	Power Plant Engineering	P.K. Nag	McGraw-Hill Education
2	Power Plant Engineering	Domkundwar, Arora Domkundwar	Dhanpat Rai & Co. (P) Limited
3	Thermal Engineering	R. K. Rajput	Laxmi Publication
4	Gas Turbines	V. Ganeshan	McGraw Hill Education
5	Steam and Gas Turbines and Power Plant Engineering	Dr. R. Yadav	Central Pub House-allahabad