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Departmental Elective – IV

Subject Code: BME072 Power Plant Engineering L T P : 3 0 0 Credits: 3

Bloom
Course Outcome: Student will be able to
Taxonomy
Understand the different sources of power generation and their impact on
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environment.
Understand the elements of power generation using conventional and non-
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conventional energy sources.
CO3 Understand the concepts of electrical systems used in power plants. K2
Apply the basic concepts of thermodynamics to measure the performance of
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different power plants.
CO5 Determine the performance of power plants based on load variations. K3

UNIT I
Introduction to Power Plants
Introduction to the sources of energy: conventional and non-conventional; Principal types of power
plants; Present status and future trends; Carbon credits.
Thermal Power Plant
General layout of modern thermal power plant, Review of Rankine and modified Rankine cycles, Power
plant boilers including critical and super critical boilers. Fluidized bed boilers, boilers mountings and
accessories. Feed water treatment and condenser and cooling towers and cooling ponds, Turbine auxiliary
systems such as governing, feed heating, reheating, flange heating and gland leakage. Operation and
maintenance of steam power plant, heat balance and efficiency, Site selection of a steam power plant.

UNIT II
Hydroelectric Power Plant
Hydro-electric plant, General arrangement of hydroelectric power plant, Plant layout, Penstock and water
hammer, Specific speed and capacity calculations, Classification of hydro-plant, Low-, medium- and
high-head plants, Pumped storage plant, Run-off river power plant, Surge tanks.
Gas turbine power plant:
Layout of gas turbine power plant, Elements of gas turbine power plants, Gas turbine fuels, cogeneration,
auxiliary systems such as fuel, controls and lubrication, operation and maintenance, combined cycle
power plants, Site selection of gas turbine power plant, Integrated Gas fire based Combined Cycle (IGCC)
systems. Controlling of air fuel ratio (AFR) in power plant.

UNIT III
Nuclear Power Plants
Classification of nuclear reactors, Thermal fission reactors and power plant and their location, Pressurized
water reactor, Boiling water reactor, CANDU heavy water reactor, Gas-cooled reactor, Fast
breeder reactors, Organic substance cooled reactor, Reactor control, Radiation hazards, Radioactive waste
disposal, Nuclear power generation in India.
Solar Power Plant
Solar energy collectors, Photovoltaic power system, Solar central receiver system, Solar thermal energy,
types of solar thermal plant, typical layout and components, solar parabolic trough plants, solar tower
power plants, and solar dish power plants. Working principle of concentrating solar thermal power plant
and their applications.
UNIT IV
Non-Conventional Power Plants
Geothermal energy: Hydrothermal systems, Petro thermal systems, Hybrid geothermal fossil systems,
Problems associated with geothermal conversion,
Wind energy: Components of a wind generator, Horizontal and vertical axis wind mills, Aerodynamic
considerations of wind mill design, Coefficient of performance of wind mill rotor, Availability of wind
energy in India, Wind power by country.
Tidal energy: The simple single pool tidal system, The modulated single pool tidal system, The two-pool
tidal system, Ocean thermal energy conversion, Principle of working, Ocean temperature differences, The
open or Claude cycle, The closed or Anderson OTEC cycle,
Electricity generation from Fuel cells and city garbage.

UNIT V
Electrical system:
Introduction to generator and exciters, Earthing of power systems, Power and unit transformer, Circuit
breakers, Protective equipment, Switch gear.
Power Plant Economics:
Types of loads, Effect of variable load on power plant design and operation, Methods to meet variable
load, Prediction of future loads, Terminology used in power supply, Cost of electrical energy,
Depreciation, Energy rates (tariffs) for electrical energy, Factors affecting economics of generation and
distribution of power
Environmental Aspects of Power Station
Environmental aspects, Different pollutants due to thermal power plant and their effect on human health,
Thermal pollution of water and its control, Effluents from power plants and impact on environment,
Radiation from nuclear power plant effluents, Methods of pollution mitigation and control.

Books and References:

1. Power Plant Engineering, by F.T. Morse, Affiliated East-West Press Pvt. Ltd.
2. Power Plant Engineering by Hedge, Pearson India.
3. Power Plant Technology, by Wakil, McGraw Hill.
4. Power Plant Engineering by P.K. Nag, Tata McGraw Hill.
5. Steam & Gas Turbines & Power Plant Engineering by R.Yadav, Central Pub.House.
6. Power Plant Engineering by Gupta, PHI India.
7. El Wakil M.M., Power Plant Technology, Tata McGraw Hill, 2010.
8. Power Plant Engineering. Mahesh Verma, Metropolitan Book Company Pvt. Ltd.

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