Power Plant

Engineering Laboratory
Manual Course Code:
MEC515 5th Sem
 List of Experiments (MEC 515)(
PPE)
Sr. No. Title
1 Study of working principles of various component of
steam power plant
2 Study of working principles of various component of
nuclear power plant.
3 Study of working principles of various component of
gas turbine power plant
4 To study about economics of power generation
systems
5 To Study about the Various Types of Fuel & Ash
Handling Systems.
 Power Plant Engineering MEC 515 Date:

EXPERIMENT NO. 1

Study of working principles of various component of

steam power plant

AIM:

To study of modern steam power plant.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Study about the layout of steam power plant.

2. Study about the rankine cycle and different components steam power plant.

THEORY:

1. Modern Steam Power Plant and its Operating Cycle.

The general layout of the modern power plant consists of mainly four circuits which are

⮚ Coal and ash circuit.

⮚ Air and gas circuit.
⮚ Feed water and steam flow circuit.
⮚ Cooling water circuit.
A thermal power station using steam as working fluid works basically on the Rankine
cycle. Steam is generated in a boiler, expanded in a prime mover and condensed in a
condenser and fed into the boiler again with the help of pump. However, in practice, there are
numerous modifications and improvements in this cycle with the aim of affecting heat
economy and to increase the thermal efficiency of the plant.
P-V, T-S and H-S diagram of simple Rankine cycle

Simple Rankine cycle

 Steam power plant layout with its different circuits.

QUESTIONS:

1. Explain Rankine cycle with its efficiency.

2. Explain different circuits of modern steam power plant.
3. Draw layout of modern thermal power plant.
4. Explain various site selection criteria required to consider for steam power plant.

REFERENCES:
1. Power Plant Engineering by P.K.Nag, TMH Publications.
2. Power Plant Engineering by Domkundwar and Arora, Dhanpatrai Publication
Power Plant Engineering MEC 515 Date:

EXPERIMENT NO. 5
STUDY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUEL AND ASH
HANDLING SYSTEMS

AIM:

To Study about the Various Types of Fuel & Ash Handling Systems.

OBJECTIVES:

3. Study about different coal and ash handling systems.

THEORY:

Coal is the most important fuel factor for running the steam power plant, so it needs to have
a care of the fuel from its initial stage to the final stage of using it as a fuel into the Boiler. And so
for that it needs proper organized handling system from the transportation to its final destination
in the powder form.
 Fig 1 Layout of Power plant

There are mainly four units which must be installed in any power plant are:

1. Feed water and steam flow circuit

2. Coal and ash circuit
3. Air and gas circuit
4. Cooling water circuit.
In above system Coal & ash circuit is most important role into the power plant. On basis of these
coal & ash handling system is generated for the proper operation.

COAL HANDLING:

Coal delivery equipment is one of the major components of plant cost. The various steps
involved in coal handling are as follows:

1. Coal delivery
2. Unloading
3. Preparation
4. Transfer
5. Outdoor storage (Dead Storage)
6. Covered storage (Live Storage)
7. In plant handling
8. Weighing and measuring
9. Feeding the coal into furnace.
DEWATERING OF COAL

Excessive surface moisture of coal reduces and heating value of coal and creates handling
problems. The coal should therefore be dewatered to produce clean coal. Cleaning of coal has the
following advantages:

1. Improved heating value.

 2. Easier crushing and pulverizing
3. Improved boiler performance
4. Less ash to handle.
5. Easier handling.
6. Reduced transportation cost.

PULVERIZED COAL:

Coal is pulverized (powdered) to increase its surface exposure thus permitting rapid
combustion. Efficient use of coal depends greatly on the combustion process employed.

For large scale generation of energy the efficient method of burning coal is confined still
to pulverized coal combustion. The pulverized coal is obtained by grinding the raw coal in
pulverizing mills. The various pulverising mills used are as follows:

1. Ball mill 2. Hammer mill

3. Ball and race mill 4. Bowl mill.
The essential functions of pulverising mills are as follows:

1. Drying of the coal

2. Grinding
3. Separation of particles of the desired size.
The coal pulverising mills reduce coal to powder form by three actions as follows:

1. Impact
2. Attrition (abrasion)
3. Crushing.
Most of the mills use all the above mentioned all the three actions in varying degrees. In impact
type mills hammers break the coal into smaller pieces whereas in attrition type the coal pieces
which rub against each other or metal surfaces to disintegrate. In crushing type mills coal caught
between metal rolling surfaces gets broken into pieces. The crushing mills use steel balls in a
container. These balls act as crushing elements.
BALL MILL:

BALL & RACE MILL:

HAMMER MILL:
BOWL MILL:

ASH DISPOSAL:-

A large quantity of ash is, produced in steam power plants using coal. Ash produced in
about 10 to 20% of the total coal burnt in the furnace. Handling of ash is a problem because ash
coming out of the furnace is too hot, it is dusty and irritating to handle and is accompanied by
some poisonous gases.

It is desirable to quench the ash before handling due to following reasons:

1. Quenching reduces the temperature of ash.

2. It reduces the corrosive action of ash.

3. Ash forms clinkers by fusing in large lumps and by quenching clinkers will disintegrate.

4. Quenching reduces the dust accompanying the ash.

Handling of ash includes its removal from the furnace, loading on the conveyors and
delivered to the fill from where it can be disposed off.

ASH HANDLING EQUIPMENT

 Mechanical means are required for the disposal of ash. The handling equipment should
perform the following functions:

(1) Capital investment, operating and maintenance charges of the equipment should be low.

(2) It should be able to handle large quantities of ash.

(3) Clinkers, soot, dust etc. create troubles, the equipment should be able to handle them smoothly.

(4) The equipment used should remove the ash from the furnace, load it to the conveying system
to deliver the ash to a dumping site or storage and finally it should have means to dispose of the
stored ash.

(5) The equipment should be corrosion and wear resistant.

Fig. shows a general layout of ash handling and dust collection system. The commonly
used ash handling systems are as follows:

1. Hydraulic system
2. Pneumatic system
3. Mechanical system.
The commonly used ash discharge equipment is as follows:

a. Rail road cars

b. Motor truck & Barge
The various methods used for the disposal of ash are as follows :

1. Hydraulic System. In this system, ash from the furnace grate falls into a system of water
possessing high velocity and is carried to the sumps. It is generally used in large power
plants. Hydraulic system is of two types namely low pressure hydraulic system used for
continuous removal of ash and high pressure system which is used for intermittent ash
disposal. Fig. shows hydraulic system.

In this method water at sufficient pressure is used to take away the ash to sump.Where
water and ash are separated. The ash is then transferred to the dump site in wagons, rail cars or
trucks. The loading of ash may be through a belt conveyor, grab buckets. If there is an ash basement
with ash hopper the ash can fall, directly in ash car or conveying system.

2. Water Jetting. Water jetting of ash is shown in Fig. In this method a low pressure jet of
water coming out of the quenching nozzle is used to cool the ash. The ash falls into a trough
and is then removed.
3. Ash Sluice Ways and Ash Sump System. This system shown diagrammatically in Fig.
used high pressure (H.P. ) pump to supply high pressure (H.P.) water-jets which carry ash
from the furnace bottom through ash sluices (channels) constructed in basement floor to
ash sump fitted with screen. The screen divides the ash sump into compartments for coarse
and fine ash. The fine ash passes through the screen and moves into the dust sump (D.S.).
Dust slurry pump (D.S. pump) carries the dust through dust pump (D.P), suction pipe and
dust delivery (D.D.) pipe to the disposal site. Overhead crane having grab bucket is used
to remove coarse ash. A.F.N represents ash feeding nozzle and S.B.N. represents sub way
booster nozzle and D.A. means draining apron.

4. Pneumatic system. In this system ash from the boiler furnace outlet falls into a crusher
where larger ash particles are crushed to small sizes. The ash is then carried by a high
velocity air or steam to the point of delivery. Air leaving the ash separator is passed through
filter to remove dust etc. so that the exhauster handles clean air which will protect the
blades of the exhauster.
 5. Mechanical ash handling system. Fig. shows a mechanical ash handling system. In this
system ash cooled by water seal falls on the belt conveyor and is carried out continuously
to the bunker. The ash is then removed to the dumping site from the ash bunker with the
help of trucks.

Questions:

1. Name the various methods of ash handling. Describe the pneumatic system of ash
handling. Why it is essential to quench the ash before handling?
2. Describe the various methods used to fire pulverized coal. Make a neat sketch of ball
and Race mill and explain its working
3. Name the different types of coal-pulverising mills. Describe Ball-Mill.

Marks obtained: Signature of faculty: Date:

Power Plant Engineering (ME-407.01) Date:

EXPRIMENT NO.3

STUDY ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF

DUST COLLECTORS AND PULVERISED FUEL BURNERS

AIM:
To study about different types of dust collectors and pulverized fuel burners.
OBJECTIVE:
To study about different dust collectors and fuel burners.

THEORY:
The various types of dust collectors are as follows:

1. Mechanical dust collectors.

2. Electrical dust collectors.

Mechanical dust collectors:

Mechanical dust collectors are sub-divided into wet and dry types. In wet type collectors also
known as scrubbers water sprays are used to wash dust from the air. The basic principles of
mechanical dust collectors are shown in Fig. As shown in Fig. by increasing the cross-sectional
area of duct through which dust laden gases are passing, the velocity of gases is reduced and causes
heavier dust particles to fall down. Changing the direction of flow of flue gases causes the heavier
particles of settle out. Sometime baffles are provided as shown in Fig. to separate the heavier
particles. Mechanical dust collectors may be wet type or dry type. Wet type dust collectors called
scrubbers make use of water sprays to wash the dust from flue gases.
Dry type dust collectors include gravitational, cyclone, louvred and baffle dust collectors. A
cyclone dust collector uses a downward flowing vortex for dust laden gases along the inner walls.
The clean gas leaves from an inner upward flowing vortex. The dust particles fall to the bottom
due to centrifuging action.

Cyclone separator:

In this type of mechanical collector, a high velocity gas stream carrying the dust particles enters at
high velocity and tangential to the conical shell. This
produces the whirling motion of the gas within the chamber and throws heavier dust particles to
the sidesand fall out of gas stream and is collected at the bottom of the collector. The gas from the
conical shell is passed through the secondary chamber.

Electrostatic Precipitators:

It has two sets of electrodes, insulated from each other that maintain an electrostatic field between
them at high voltage. The flue gases are made to pass between these two sets of electrodes. The
electric field ionises the dust particle; that pass through it attracting them to the electrode of
opposite charge. The other electrode is maintained at a negative potential of 30,000 to 60,000 volts.
The dust particles are removed from the collecting electrode by rapping the electrode periodically.
The electrostatic precipitator is costly but has low maintenance cost and is frequently employed
with pulverised coal fired power stations for its effectiveness on very fine ash particles and is
superior to that of any other type.
 Pulverised fuel burners:

Burners are used to burn the pulverised coal. The main difference between the various burners lies
in the rapidity of air-coal mixing i.e., turbulence. For bituminous coals the turbulent type of burner
is used whereas for low volatile coals the burners with long flame should be used.

A pulverised coal burner should satisfy the following requirements:

(i) It should mix the coal and primary air thoroughly and should bring this mixture before it enters
the furnace in contact with additional air known as secondary air to create sufficient turbulence.

(ii) It should deliver and air to the furnace in right proportions and should maintain stable ignition
of coal air mixture and control flame shape and travel in the furnace. The flame shape is controlled
by the secondary air vanes and other control adjustments incorporated into the burner. Secondary
air if supplied in too much quantity may cool the mixture and prevent its heating to ignition
temperature.

(iii) Coal air mixture should move away from the burner at a rate equal to flame front travel in
order to avoid flash back into the burner.
 Pulverised Fuel Burner

The various types of pulverized fuel burners are as follows :

1. Long Flame Burner (U-Flame Burner):

In this burner air and coal mixture travels a considerable distance thus providing
sufficient time for complete combustion

2. Short Flame Burner (Turbulent Burner):

The burner is fitted in the furnace will and the flame enters the furnace horizontally.

3. Tangential Burner:

In this system one burner is fitted attach corner of the furnace. The inclination of the burner is so
made that the flame produced are tangential to an imaginary circle at the centre.
4. Cyclone Burner:

This burner uses crushed coal intend of pulverized coal. Its advantages are as follows:

(i) It saves the cost of pulverization because of a crusher needs less power than a pulveriser.

(ii) Problem of fly ash is reduced. Ash produced is in the molten form and due to inclination of
furnace it flows to an appropriate disposal system. .

QUESTIONS:
1. Explain Electrostatic precipitator with its sketch.
2. Explain with neat sketch different types of pulverized fuel burners.

Marks obtained: Signature of faculty: Date:

Power Plant Engineering (ME-407.01) Date:

EXPRIMENT NO.2

STUDY ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

AIM:
Study of working principles of various component of nuclear power plant.

OBJECTIVE:
To study about components of nuclear power plant and its types.

THEORY:
Cheap and abundant power is essential to the modern world in coming years. The nuclear
power is not only available in abundance but it is cheaper than the power generated by
conventional sources.

One of the outstanding facts about nuclear power is the large amount of energy that can be
released from a small mass of active material. Complete fission of one kg of uranium contains
the energy equivalent to 3100 tons of coal or 1700 tons of oil.

A nuclear power plant is a place where people make electricity using heat from nuclear
reactions. A nuclear power plant has a place where the nuclear reaction happens called a
reactor. The plant also has machines which remove heat from the reactor and make electricity.
Electricity made by nuclear power plants is called nuclear power. Nuclear power plantsare
usually located near water to remove the heat the reactor makes. Some nuclear power plants
use cooling towers to do this.

Nuclear power plants are powered by Uranium. In a process known as nuclear fission,
uranium atoms are split to produce large amount of energy which is eventually converted to
heat. The enormous amount of heat created, boils the water to produce steam, which is used to
rotate turbines. These turbines in-turn spin the shaft of the generator. As the generator gets into
action, the coils of wire within the generator are spun in a magnetic field to produce electricity.

A nuclear reactor maintains and controls the nuclear reaction within the plant to produce
energy. In the United States, pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactors are used in
nuclear power plants.

Though there are a few security concerns about operations of a nuclear power plants, they
are necessary as an alternative energy source, to cope up with the ever increasing energy
requirements. Owing to low levels of emission, this cost-effective source of power is steadily
becoming a popular source.

It is estimated that the demand for nuclear energy for production of electricity will increase
by 20%, by 2030. Knowing how does a nuclear power plant work, and the safety measures
ensured in the process, will perhaps make many people change their critical stance on nuclear
plants.

Different types of Nuclear Power Plants:-

A. Boiling water reactor power plant

B. Pressurized water reactor power plant (PWR)

C. Heavy water reactor power plant (CANDU)

QUESTIONS:

1. Classify different types of nuclear reactors.

2. Explain PWR, BWR and CANDU power plant with its construction and working.

REFERENCES:
1. Power Plant Engineering by P.K.Nag, TMH Publications.
2. Steam and Gas turbines and Power Plant Engineering by R.Yadav, Central publishing
house, Allahabad.
Power Plant Engineering (ME 407.01) Date:

EXPERIMENT NO. 5
STUDY OF STEAM TURBINES AND ITS TESTING

AIM:
To study of different types of steam turbines.

OBJECTIVES:
1. To study about the different types of steam turbines and their applications.
2. To go for testing of given steam turbine for the given power plant and to find out the output for the
same.
PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION:-
Steam turbine converts the heat energy of steam into mechanical work. The principle of operation of
any turbine depends on Newton’s second law of motion. The motive power in a turbine is obtained by the
change in momentum of a high velocity jet impinging on a curved blade.
The steam from the boiler is expanded in a nozzle where due to fall in pressure of steam, thermal
energy of steam is converted into kinetic energy of steam, resulting in the emission of a high velocity jet
of steam which impinges on the moving vanes or blades, mounted on the shaft. It undergoes a change in
the direction of motion which gives rise to a change in momentum and force.

CLASSIFICATION OF STEAM TURBINES:-

Steam turbines are classified as
i. On the basis of principle of operation
a) Impulse turbine:-
If the flow of steam through the nozzles and moving blades of a turbine takes place in such a
manner that the steam is expanded only in nozzles and the pressure at the outlet side of blade is
equal to that at inlet i.e. drop in pressure of steam takes place only in nozzles and not in moving
blades; such a turbine is known as impulse turbine.
b) Impulse reaction turbine:-
Expansion of steam takes place in nozzles as well as in moving blades. The pressure of steam at
the outlet from these moving blades of a turbine is less than that at the inlet side of blades; which
causes rise in generation of kinetic energy within the blades, giving rise to reactions and add to
the propelling force. Such a turbine is known as impulse reaction turbine.
SIMPLE IMPULSE TURBINE:-
It works on the principle of impulse. It consists of a nozzle or a set of nozzles, a rotor mounted on a
shaft, one set of moving blades attached to the rotor and casing.
This type of turbine is generally employed where relatively small power is needed and
where the rotor diameter is fairly small. The small rotor gives a very high rotational speed,
reaching 30000 rpm.
COMPOUNDING OF IMPULSE TURBINE:-
This method is employed for reducing the rotational speed of the impulse turbine to practical limits. If
the high velocity of steam is allowed to flow through one row of moving blades, it produces a rotor speed
of about 30000 rpm which is too high for practical use and even leaving loss is too high.
It is therefore essential to incorporate improvements in the simple impulse turbine as to make it more
efficient. This is achieved by making use of more than one set of nozzles, blades, rotors in series keyed to
a common shaft, so that either the steam pressure or the jet velocity is absorbed by the turbine in stages.
This also reduces the leaving loss. This process is called compounding of steam turbine.
1. Compounding of impulse turbines
There are three main types of impulse compound turbines
a) Pressure-compounded impulse turbine
In this type of turbine, compounding is done for pressure of steam only i.e to reduce the high
rotational speed of turbine the whole expansion of steam is arranged in a number of steps by
employing a number of simple turbines in series keyed on the same shaft.
Each of these simple impulse turbine consisting of one set of nozzles and one row of moving blades is
known as stages of turbine and this turbine consists of several stages.
b) Velocity-compounded impulse turbine
In this type of turbine, compounding is done for velocity of steam only i.e. drop in velocity is arranged
in many small drops through many moving rows of blades instead of a single row of moving blades.
It consists of a nozzle or a set of nozzles and rows of moving blades attached to the rotor or wheel
and rows of fixed blades attached to casing.
c) Pressure and velocity compounded impulse turbine.
This type of turbine is combination of pressure and velocity compounding. There are two wheels or
rotors and on each, only two rows of moving blades are attached because two row wheel are more
efficient than three row wheel. In each wheel or rotor, velocity drops. There are two sets of nozzles
in which whole pressure drop takes place i.e. whole pressure drop has been divided in small drops,
hence it is pressure compounded.
Velocity compounded impulse turbine Pressure compounded impulse turbine

Pressure velocity compounded impulse turbine

2. Impulse –Reaction Turbines

 This type of turbine utilizes the principle of impulse and reaction both. There are number of rows of
moving blades attached to the rotor and an equal number of fixed blades attached to casing.
The passage of moving blades is so designed that there is a small drop in pressure of steam in the
moving blades which results in a increase in kinetic energy of steam. This kinetic energy gives rise to
reaction in the direction opposite to that of added velocity. Thus, the gross propelling force or driving
force is the vector sum of impulse and reaction forces.

Impulse- reaction turbine

QUESTIONS:
1. Classify steam turbines in details.
2. Why compounding is required in steam turbine?
3. Explain pressure compounded steam turbine with neat sketch.
4. Explain pressure velocity compounded steam turbine with neat sketch.
5. Explain reaction turbine with neat sketch.

Marks obtained: Signature of faculty: Date:

Power Plant Engineering (ME 407.01) Date:

EXPERIMENT NO. 6
STUDY ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONDENSERS AND
COOLING TOWERS.

AIM:
To study about different types of condensers and cooling towers.
OBJECTIVE:
1. Study about the working of different types of condensers.
2. Study about the working of different types of condensers.

THEORY:
1. STEAM CONDENSERS.
A closed vessel in which steam is condensed by abstracting the heat from steam and the pressure is
maintained below atmospheric pressure is known as condenser. The use of condenser in the power
plant improves efficiency of the plant by decreasing the exhaust pressure of the steam below
atmosphere. Steam condensed may be recovered to provide a source of good pure feed water.
By using condenser efficiency of the plant increases as the enthalpy drop increases by
increasing the vaccum in the condenser. Even the deposition of salt in the boiler is prevented with the
use of condensate instead of using the feed water from outer source which contains salt.
TYPES OF STEAM CONDENSERS
The condensers are mainly classified as
A. Mixing type or Jet condensers.
In mixing type, the exhaust steam from prime mover and cooling water comes in direct contact with
each other and steam condenses in water directly. The temperature of the condensate is same as that of
cooling water leaving the condenser. They are preferred when good quality of water as feed to boiler is
easily available in ample quantity.

Jet Condenser

B. Non mixing type or Surface condensers.

 In non mixing type, steam and cooling water do not come in direct contact with each other. The
cooling water passes through the number of tubes attached to condenser shell and steam surrounds the
tubes. These types of condensers are universally used in all high capacity modern steam power plants as
the condensate coming out from the condenser is used as feed for the boiler.
The surface condensers are classified according to
● Number of water passes: single or multi pass
● Direction of condensate flow and tube arrangement: down flow and central flow.

Surface condenser
2. COOLING TOWERS.
The cooling water requirement in an open system is about 50 times the flow of steam to the
condenser. A 1000 MW station will require about 100 thousand tons of circulating water per day even
with the use of cooling towers.
As the cooling water takes the latent heat of steam in the condenser, the temperature of the
water increases. The hot water coming out of the condenser cannot be used again in a closed system
without pre cooling.
The cooling towers are divided mainly into two groups
1. Wet cooling towers:-
● Atmospheric or natural draught cooling towers
There is no fan used by natural draught cooling tower. They depend for air flow upon the natural
driving pressure caused by the difference in density between the cool outside air and the hot humid
air inside.
● Mechanical draught cooling towers.
The air is moved by one or more mechanically driven fans. The fan could be forced draught or induced
draught type. The FD is mounted on the lower sides to force air into the tower while ID fan is located
on the top of the tower.
The advantages of mechanical draught cooling towers include the assurance of moving the required
quantity of air at all loads and climatic conditions. The main disadvantage includes power
consumption, noise generation, operating and maintenance costs.
 Mechanical draught cooling tower
2. Dry cooling towers:-
Dry cooling tower is one in which the circulating water is passed through finned tubes over which the
cooling air is passed. All the heat rejected from the circulating water is in the form of sensible heat to
the cooling air.

QUESTIONS:
1. Explain Evaporative condenser with its sketch.
2. Explain with neat sketch about surface condenser.
3. Explain jet condenser with neat sketch.
4. Explain deaeration in case of condenser.
5. Give the comparison between jet & surface condenser.
6. What is the requirement of cooling tower in steam power plant?

Marks obtained: Signature of faculty: Date:

 Power Plant Engineering (MEC 515) Date:

EXPERIMENT NO. 4
TO STUDY ABOUT ECONOMICS OF POWER
GENERATION SYSTEM.
AIM:

To study about economics of power generation systems

OBJECTIVE:
To study the cost analysis of power plant and different methods of tariff.

THEORY:

As we know that for operating any power plant we make an economic calculation to run
effectively that power plant for the specific period of time & for that we need have to consider its
main liabilities like its initial cost, operational cost, & other factors which helpful us to run the
plant effectively within all aspects.

The load demand on a power system is governed by the consumers and for a system
supplying industrial and domestic consumers, it varies within wide limits. This variation of load
can be considered as daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. These curves are for a day and for a year
and these show the load demanded by the consumers at any particular time. Such load curves are
termed as “Chronological load Curves”. If the ordinates of the chronological load curves are
arranged in the descending order of magnitude with the highest ordinates on left, a new type of
load curve known as “load duration curve” is obtained.

a) Daily load curve and b) Yearly load curve

Cost of Power plant:
The cost analysis of power plant includes two types of costs.
1) Fixed cost:
The fixed cost is the capital invested in installation of complete plant. The cost includes the
following
a) Land cost
b) Building cost
c) Equipment cost
d) Installation cost.
e) Cost of transmission and distribution line.
f) Depreciation cost
h) Taxes and insurance premium
2) Running cost:
The running cost includes the following
a) Fuel cost
b) Labour cost
c) Maintenance and repair cost
d) Storage cost
Requirements of tariff:
Tariff should satisfy the following requirements:

(1) It should be easier to understand.

(2) It should provide low rates for high consumption.
(3) It should encourage the consumers having high load factors.
(4) It should take into account maximum demand charges and energy charges.
(5) It should provide fewer charges for power connections than for lighting.
(6) It should avoid the complication of separate wiring and metering connections.
Types of tariffs:
The various types of tariffs are as follows,

(1) Flat demand rate

(2) Straight line meter rate
(3) Step meter rate
(4) Block rate tariff
(5) Two part tariff
(6) Three part tariff.

QUESTIONS:
7. Explain Load curve and load duration curve.
8. List various types of costs involved in power plant and explain each in detail.
9. What is tariff? Explain various types of tariffs in detail.
Power Plant Engineering (MEC 515) Date:

EXPERIMENT NO. 3
STUDY OF GAS POWER PLANT.

AIM:

Study of working principles of various component of gas turbine power plant.

OBJECTIVES:

4. Study about the basics of gas power plant.

5. Study about the brayton cycle and methods to improve efficiency power plant.

THEORY:

The gas turbine plant essentially consists of compressor, combustion chamber and
turbine.

The air is compressed in a compressor and the fuel is burned in the combustion
chamber when the compressed air is supplied from the compressor. The burned high
temperature gases are passed through the turbine. The part of the work developed by the
gases passing through the turbine is used to rum the compressor and remaining (30-35%) is
used to generate the electrical energy.

When the heat given to the air by mixing and burning the fuel in the air and the
gases coming out of the turbine are exhausted to the atmosphere, the cycle is known as
open cycle power plant. If the heat to the working medium (air or any other suitable gas)
is given without directly burning the fuel in the air and the same working fluid is used
again and again, the cycle is known as closed cycle power plant.

On the basis of combustion process the gas turbines are classified as

 (a) Continuous combustion or constant pressure type. The cycle working on
this principle is called as Joule or Brayton cycle.
(b) The explosion or constant volume type. The cycle working on this principle
is known as Atkinson cycle.

Open cycle Gas turbine with Joule Brayton cycle.

Closed Cycle Gas turbine

Methods of improving efficiency and specific output of Gas Turbine Plant:-

 1. Regeneration:- This is done by preheating the air with the turbine exhaust
which saves the fuel consumption.
2. Improving turbine output by
⮚ Reheating- The whole expansion in turbine is achieved in two or more stages
and reheating is done after each stage.
⮚ Increasing the value of maximum cycle temperature means turbine inlet temperature
which requires
(a) Better quality of fuel
(b) New materials which can withstand high temperatures and pressures.
(c) Better blade cooling methods and cooling medium.
⮚ Improved turbine efficiency:- It depends on design improvements of each component.
⮚ Reducing compressor input. It may be done by
(a) Intercooling. Compressor work is reduced by intercooling the air between
compressor stages.
(b) By lowering the inlet temperature to compressor. It is not possible because this
will increase the pressure ratio.
(c) By increasing the compressor efficiency. This depends upon the design improvement.
(d) Water injection.

QUESTIONS:

1. Classify different types of gas turbines and their applications.

2. Explain working of simple open and closed gas turbine cycle.
3. Give the reasons that why actual Brayton cycle differs from the theoretical cycle.
4. Plot the various charts of following and explain the same
(a) Effect of regeneration, intercooling and reheating on efficiency.
(b) Effect of operating variable on thermal efficiency.
(c) Effect of operating variables on air rate.
(d) Effect of operating variables on work ratio.
Power Plant Engineering (ME 407.01) Date:

EXPERIMENT NO. 9
STUDY OF COMBINED STEAM & GAS TURBINE POWER
PLANT.

AIM:

To study of combined steam & gas turbine power plant.

OBJECTIVES:

6. Study about the basics of combined cycle power plant.

7. Study about the parameters which affect the efficiency of combined cycle power plant
THEORY:

The gas turbine plants are having characteristics of quick starting and good response which
make the gas turbine as desirable peak load and standby plant. The non availability of cooling
water will not hamper gas turbine plant while running out steam turbine plant.

The temperature of the exhaust gases of a simple gas turbine plant lies between 400 to
500˚C and contains about 16% oxygen compared with 21% in atmospheric air. A large quantity
of energy (70% of initial) is also carried away by the exhaust gases with large quantity of
oxygen without use.

An electrical utility industry has launched an effort to recover the heat energy of the exhaust
gases by coupling a steam plant with a gas turbine installation. This combined cycle recovers
much of exhaust energy by passing high temperature exhaust gases to heat recovery boiler to
generate steam which can be further used to drive a steam turbine.

Increased power and high thermal efficiency obtained from this, the concept of combined
cycle reduces the cost of the additional equipment and lowers the generating cost if the number
of operating hours per year substantially increased.
 T-S representation of Combined cycle power plant

Combined steam and gas cycle power plant

Heat Recovery Steam Generator

Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) is a boiler that utilizes heat energy of residual exhaust
gases from gas turbine unit to heat water and convert it into steam, and steam is then used to
drive steam turbines.
Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) boiler is not equipped with burners and do not
consume fuel, so there is not radiation heat transfer process.

The heat transfer process that occurs only convection and conduction from exhaust gas of gas
turbine into water to be processed into steam through heating elements inside HRSG boiler
room.

Diagram of CCPP and HRSG (Heat Recovery Steam Generator) Single Pressure

QUESTIONS:

1. Explain the working of combined cycle.

2. Explain the different parameters which affect the efficiency of combined cycle.
3. Explain heat recovery steam generator (HRST)

REFERENCES:
1. Steam and Gas turbines and Power Plant Engineering by R.Yadav, Central publishing
house, Allahabad
2. Power Plant Engineering by P.K.Nag, TMH Publications.

Marks obtained: Signature of faculty: Date:

Power Plant Engineering (ME 407.01) Date:-

EXPERIMENT NO. 10
TESTING OF DIESEL FIRED WATER TUBE BOILER
BASED STEAM POWER PLANT.

AIM:
Testing of diesel fired water tube boiler based steam power plant.
OBJECTIVE:
To study the performance of steam power plant and finding different parameters of different
components.
THEORY:

OBSERVATION TABLES AND CALCULATIONS:

1. Calorimeter
Let P1 and T1 = Pressure and temperature in separating
chamber P2 and T2 = Pressure and temperature in throttling
chamber Mt = Steam throttled to throttling calorimeter

Ms = Moisture separated in separating calorimeter.

X1 = Steam quality in separating calorimeter
Mw = Total moisture in steam sample
Mc = Quantity of water collected in separating

calorimeter. t = time required to measure Mc

Sr..No. P1 T1 t Mc P2 T2 Hf1 Hfg1 H2

Kg/s ˚c minute Cc Kg/s ˚c Kcal/kg Kcal/kg Kcal/kg

q cm q cm
1

Mt = 2.5 * P1

M = (M c * 60)
s
t *1000

M w = (M s + (1 − X 1 )M t )

X = (h2 − hf 1 )
1 h fg1

Mw
Steam Quality X = (1 − (Ms + M t)) *100%

Sr..No. X1 Ms Mt Mw X
Kg/hr Kg/hr Kg/hr
1
2

2. Flow meter
Here we will use the condensate directly from the condenser drain as steam flow rate M.
 3. Isentropic work calculations
PE and TE be the pressure and temperature at exit

Sr.No. P0 T0 X h0 S0 PE XE hE W
Kcal/kg Kcal/kg˚C Kg/sq Kcal/kg kw
Kg/s ˚c
cm
q cm

1
2
h0 = hfo + Xhfgo

S0 = S fo + XS fgo

X = (S0 − S fe )
E S fgE

hs = h0 − (hfE + X E hfgE )

M * hs
Isentropic work W = KW

860.6
4. Output power calculations
Let V = voltmeter reading in volts

A =ammeter reading in amps

V*A
Alternator output power =

1000

Steam turbine output = Alternatoroutput

0.65

Where 0.65 is alternator efficiency

Sr.No. Generator Generator Generator Turbine speed Turbine

Output Output Output N rpm output power
Kw kw
V volts A amp
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2
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5. Condenser calculations
Coolant water flow rate-

The orifice as been calibrated

Orifice pressure gauge reading 1 =OP1

Orifice pressure gauge reading 2 =OP2

Difference in pressure = (OP1-OP2) kg/sq.cm

OP = 10(OP1-OP2) m of water
Sr.No OP1 OP2 Mc TC1 TC2 H TE Effectiveness
Kg/sq Kg/sq Kg/min ˚c ˚c Kcal/kg ˚c
cm cm
1
2

Coolant water flow rate-

The orifice as been calibrated

Orifice pressure gauge reading 1 =OP1

Orifice pressure gauge reading 2 =OP2

Difference in pressure = (OP1-OP2) kg/sq.cm

OP = 10(OP1-OP2) m of water

Coolant water flow rate Q = 0.00204 OP m3/sec

Coolant mass flow rate Mc =60*1000*Q kg/min

Coolant water inlet temperature = TC1 ˚C

Coolant water exit temperature = TC2 ˚C

Heat removed by coolant water H = M c *(Tc1 − Tc 2 )

(Tc 2 − Tc1 )
Heat exchanger effectiveness of condenser ∈ =

(TE − Tc1 )

EFFICIENCY OF BOILER USING DIRECT METHOD:

Heat input data
Quantity of diesel consumed (q) :
GCV(Gross calorific value) of Diesel :

Heat output data

Quantity of steam generated (Q) :
 Steam pressure(P)/temperature :
Enthalpy of steam at P (H) :
Feed water temperature :
Enthalpy of feed water(h) :

Q *(H − h)
Boiler efficiency(η) = *100

q * GCV

CONCLUSION:

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