Syllabus for B. Tech.
III Year I semester
Mechanical Engineering
POWER PLANT ENGINEERING
(Professional Elective Course - I)
Code: 8B517 L T P/D C
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Course Objectives:
The goal of this course is to become prepared for professional engineering design of conventional and alternative power-
generation plants. The learning objectives include
1. Analysis and preliminary design of the major systems of conventional fossil-fuel steam-cycle power plants.
2. A working knowledge of the basic design principles of nuclear, gas turbine, combined cycle, hydro, wind, geothermal,
solar, and alternate power plants.
3. Awareness of the economic, environmental, and regulatory issues related to power generation.
Course Outcomes:
CO1: Acquire the basics of sources of Energy and combustion processes
CO2: Evaluate the details of Internal combustion engine Plants
CO3: Demonstrate hydro Electric Power Plant
CO4: Realize the significance of Non-Conventional Energy plants
CO5: Understand the working of nuclear power plant
CO6: Explain the economics and environmental issues of various power plants
UNIT – I:
Introduction to the Sources of Energy – Resources and Development of Power in India. Steam Power Plant : Plant Layout,
Working of different Circuits, Fuel and handling equipments, types of coals, coal handling, choice of handling equipment, coal
storage, Ash handling systems.
Combustion Process: Properties of coal – overfeed and underfeed fuel beds, traveling grate stokers, spreader stokers, retort
stokers, pulverized fuel burning system and its components, combustion needs and draught system,cyclone furnace, design and
construction, Dust collectors, cooling towers and heat rejection. Corrosion and feed water treatment.
UNIT – II:
Internal Combustion Engine Plant:
DIESEL POWER PLANT: Introduction – IC Engines, types, construction– Plant layout with auxiliaries – fuel supply system,
air starting equipment, lubrication and cooling system – super charging.
Gas Turbine Plant: Introduction – classification - construction – Layout with auxiliaries – Principles of working of closed
and open cycle gas turbines. Combined Cycle Power Plants and comparison. Direct Energy Conversion: Solar energy, Fuel
cells, Thermo electric and Thermo ionic, MHD generation.
UNIT – III:
Hydro Electric Power Plant: Water power – Hydrological cycle / flow measurement – drainage areacharacteristics –
Hydrographs – storage and Pondage – classification of dams and spill ways.
Hydro Projects And Plants: Classification – Typical layouts – plant auxiliaries – plant operation pumped storage plants.
UNIT – IV:
Power From Non-Conventional Sources: Utilization of Solar- Collectors- Principle of Working, Wind Energy – types –
HAWT, VAWT -Tidal Energy.
UNIT – V:
NUCLEAR POWER STATION: 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 – VI:
Power Plant Economics And Environmental Considerations: 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. Effluents from power plants and Impact
on environment – pollutants and pollution standards – Methods of Pollution control.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Power Plant Engineering by P.C.Sharma, S.K.Kataria Pub
2. A Course in Power Plant Engineering by Arora and S. Domkundar
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. A Text Book of Power Plant Engineering by Rajput, Laxmi Publications
2. Power plant Engineering by Ramalingam, Scietech Publishers
3. Power Plant Engineering by P.K.Nag, II Edition, TMH.
4. An Introduction to Power Plant Technology bby G.D. Rai.
5. Power plant Engineering by Elanchezhian, I.K. International Pub
