Power Plant Engineering

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6 modules · 23 topics

Module 1Power Plants Types and Classification2 topics

Module 2Coal Based Thermal Power Plants5 topics

Basic Rankine cycle and its modifications
Layout of modern coal power plant; Super critical boilers, FBC boilers
Turbines, condensers, steam and heating rates; Subsystems of thermal power plants
Fuel and ash handling; Draught system; Feed water treatment
Binary cycles and cogeneration systems

Module 3Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Power Plants3 topics

Brayton cycle analysis and optimization
Components of gas turbine power plants
Combined cycle power plants; Integrated Gasifier based Combined Cycle (IGCC) systems

Module 4Nuclear Power Plants5 topics

Basics of nuclear energy conversion
Layout and subsystems of nuclear power plants
Boiling Water Reactor (BWR); Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR); CANDU Reactor
Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR); Fast Breeder Reactors (FBR)
Gas cooled and liquid metal cooled reactors; Safety measures for nuclear power plants

Module 5Renewable Energy Power Plants5 topics

Hydroelectric power plants, hydrological cycle
Rainfall & run-off measurement & plotting of various curves for estimating stream flow
Site selection, classification, comparison with other types of power plant
Typical layout and components
Principles of wind, tidal, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, geothermal, biogas and fuel cell power systems

Module 6Economic and Environmental Issues3 topics

Power tariffs; Load distribution parameters; Load curve
Capital and operating cost of different power plants
Pollution control technologies including waste disposal options for coal and nuclear plants

Theory