146 Mechanical Engineering
POWER PLANT ENGINEERING
(Elective – I)
Course Code: 13ME1129 L T P C
4 0 0 3
Pre requisites: Thermal Engineering.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO 1 Describe construction, working principles and advantages of
steam and hydro electric power plants
CO 2 Describe working principles of diesel and gas turbine power
plants
CO 3 Apply the concepts of non-conventional energy sources
CO 4 Outline different technologies adopted in nuclear power plants
CO 5 Apply pollution control techniques, economic analysis in power
plant
UNIT-I (12 Lectures)
Thermal power plants: Introduction to the sources of energy. plant
layout, fuel handling – types of coals, grades of coal, coal handling
– layout of fuel handling equipments, coal handling, choice of handling
equipment, coal storage.
COMBUSTION:
combustion equipment for solid fuels – burning of coal – burners –
fluidized bed combustion - ash handling – dust collectors - draught
system (no mathematical treatment) – cooling ponds and cooling
towers - feed water treatment – advantages and disadvantages
UNIT-II (16 Lectures)
HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS:
Water power – hydrological cycle / flow measurement – drainage area
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characteristics – hydrographs – storage and pondage – classification
of dams and spill ways.
HYDRO PROJECTS AND PLANT:
Classification – typical layouts – plant auxiliaries – plant operation
pumped storage plants.
NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES:
utilization of solar- collectors- principle of working, wind energy –
types – HAWT, VAWT -Tidal Energy. Direct energy conversion: solar
cell, fuel cells, MHD generation.
UNIT-III (14 Lectures)
DIESEL POWER PLANTS:
Introduction – IC engines, types, construction– plant layout with
uxiliaries – fuel supply system, air starting equipment, lubrication
and cooling system – super charging.
GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS:
Introduction – application - selection of site - classification – plant
layout – components of gas turbine plant - combined cycle power
plants - advantages and disadvantages.
UNIT-IV (10 Lectures)
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS:
Nuclear fuel – breeding and fertile materials – nuclear reactor –
reactor operation.
TYPES OF REACTORS:
Pressurized water reactor, boiling water reactor, sodium-graphite
reactor, fast breeder reactor, homogeneous reactor, gas cooled reactor,
radiation hazards and shielding – radioactive waste disposal.
UNIT-V (08 Lectures)
POWER PLANT ECONOMICS AND IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT:
Capital cost, investment of fixed charges, operating costs, general
arrangement of power distribution, load curves, load duration curve.
definitions of connected load, maximum demand, demand factor,
average load, load factor, diversity factor – related exercises.
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Pollution: Introduction – pollution from thermal power plants -
pollution from nuclear power plants - pollution from hydroelectric
power plants.
TEXT BOOK:
R K Rajput, “A text book of power plant engineering”, Laxmi
Publications, New Delhi, 2012.
REFERENCES:
1. P. K. Nag, “Power plant engineering”. 3rd Edition, Tata
McGraw-Hill- New Delhi, 2007.
2. Arora and Domkundwar, “A course in Power plant
engineering”, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi,
1988.
3. Manoj kumar Gupta, “Power plant engineering”, Prentice
Hall Inc., New Delhi, 2012.
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