ME-702 (C) · Power Plant Engineering/Official Syllabus
Power Plant Engineering (ME-702 (C)) - Official Syllabus
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Unit 1
Introduction
- Introduction to methods of converting various energy sources to electric power
- direct conversion methods renewable energy sources, solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, bio-thermal, biogas and hybrid energy systems
- fuel cells, thermoelectric modules, MHD-Converter
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Unit 2
Fossil fuel steam stations
- Basic principles of sitting and station design
- effect of climatic factors on station and equipment design
- choice of steam cycle and main equipment
- recent trends in turbine and boiler sizes and steam conditions
- plant design and layout, outdoor and indoor plant
- system components, fuel handling, burning systems
- element of feed water treatment plant
- condensing plant and circulating water systems, cooling towers
- turbine room and auxiliary plant equipment
- instrumentation, testing and plant heat balance
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Unit 3
Nuclear Power Station
- Importance of nuclear power development in the world and Indian context
- Review of atomic structure and radio activity, binding energy concept
- fission and fusion reaction
- fissionable and fertile materials
- thermal neutron fission, important nuclear fuels
- moderators and coolants, their relative merits
- thermal and fast breeder reactors
- principles of reactor control, safety and reliability features
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Unit 4
Hydro-Power Station
- Elements of Hydrological computations, rainfall run off, flow and power duration curves
- mass curves, storage capacity
- salient features of various types of hydro stations
- component such as dams, spillways, intake systems, head works, pressure tunnels, penstocks, reservoir, balancing reservoirs
- Micro and pico hydro machines
- selection of hydraulic turbines for power stations
- selection of site
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Unit 5
Power Station Economics
- Estimation and prediction of load. Maximum demand, load factor, diversity factor, plant factor and their influence on plant design
- operation and economics
- comparison of hydro and nuclear power plants typical cost structures
- simple problems on cost analysis, economic performance and tariffs
- interconnected system and their advantages, elements of load dispatch in interconnected systems
Reference Books
- Nag PK; Power plant Engg; TMH
- Al-Wakil MM; Power plant Technology; TMH
- Sharma PC; Power plant Engg; Kataria and sons, Delhi
- Domkundwar; Power Plant Engg; Dhanpatrai & sons.
- Rajput RK; A text book of Power plant Engg.; Laxmi Publications.
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