Subject Name: Power Plant Engineering
Subject Code: ME 18382
L-T-P-Cr: 3-1-0-4
Pre-requisites: Engineering Thermodynamics (ME-13101)
COURSE ASSESSMENT METHODS
Component Maximum Marks Remarks
Teacher’s Assessment 20 10 marks for Home Assignments.
05 marks for Attendance.
05 marks for Teachers Appraisal.
Mid Semester Examination 20 The Mid Semester marks shall be awarded on the basis
of the performance in quizzes/Mid semester
examination in offline mode.
[4 marks per quiz x 5 quizzes or 20-mark exam]
End Semester Examination 60 On campus 3 hour written examination
COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course is concerned with the types, construction, working principles and performance of different
types of conventional and non-conventional power plants. The design, construction, operation, and
performance of various components of power plant e.g., condensers, cooling towers, fuel and air
handling systems, steam generators, superheaters,intercoolers, reheaters and regenerators. It also
discusses the basics of nuclear energy and operation of nuclear power plants. The course also covers
basics of plant economics and the impact of power plants on the environment.
COURSE OUTCOME
S.N. Outcomes BT BT
Level Description
CO1 The various types of power plants. 2 Understand
CO2 The operation, construction, and design of various components 2 Understand
of power plants(conventional and non-conventional).
CO3 To calculate the performance parameters of various power 4 Analyse
plants.
CO4 To calculate the various factors of plant load and economy. 4 Analyse
CO-PO-PSO Mapping
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO1 PSO2
ME. PIE.
CO1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 - - - 2 3 2 3 2
CO2 3 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 - - - 1 3 2 3 2
CO3 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 2 - - - 1 3 2 3 2
CO4 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 - - 1 1 3 2 3 2
Course Outcomes (CO), Program Outcomes (POs) & Program Specific Outcomes (PSOs)
Enter correlation levels 1, 2 or 3 as defined below:
1: Slight (Low) 2: Moderate (Medium) 3: Substantial (High), If there is no correlation, “-”.
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Module Content Lectures
1 Power plant economics and Environmental pollution 8
Load duration curve, Cost of electric Energy- Fixed and operating costs-Energy
rates- Types tariffs- Economics of load sharing, Environmental pollution control
in power plants.
2 Introduction to power plants and boilers 12
Layout of Steam, Hydel, Diesel, MHD, Nuclear, Gas turbine Power Plants, Geo
thermal, OTEC, tidal, Pumped storage and Solar thermal power plants,
Combined Power cycles – comparison and selection, Steam boilers and cycles –
High pressure and Super Critical Boilers –Fluidized Bed Boilers
3 Steam power plant 10
Steam nozzles, Steam turbines, Fuel and ash handling, Combustion Equipment
for burning coal, Mechanical Stokers. Pulveriser, Electrostatic Precipitator,
Draught- Different Types, Surface condenser types, cooling Towers
4 Diesel and gas turbine power plant 5
Types of diesel plants, components, Selection of Engine type, applications-Gas
turbine power plant- Fuels- Gas turbine material –open and closed cycles-
reheating – Regeneration and inter cooling –cogeneration and combined cycles
5 Nuclear and hydel power plants 7
Nuclear Energy-Fission, Fusion Reaction, Types of Reactors, Pressurized water
reactor, Boiling water reactor, Waste disposal and safety, Hydel Power plant-
Essential elements, Selection of turbines, governing of Turbines- Micro hydel
developments
Text Books:
1. Nag, P. K. Power plant engineering. Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2002.
2. El-Wakil, Mohamed Mohamed. Powerplant technology. (1984).
REFERENCES
1. Klass, Donald L. Biomass for renewable energy, fuels, and chemicals. Elsevier, 1998.
2. Zohuri, Bahman, and Patrick McDaniel. Thermodynamics in nuclear power plant systems. New
York, NY: Springer, 2015.
3.Glassley, William E. Geothermal energy: renewable energy and the environment. CRC press, 2014.
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