Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : ME3334 : Power Plant Engineering { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. S. Anbarasu
Syllabus
Module 1: INTRODUCTION and POWER GENERATION PLANNING
Energy sources, their availability, recent trends in power generation, layouts of steam, hydel, diesel, nuclear gas turbine power plants, and interconnected generation of power plants. Comparison and selection, Load forecasting, load curves, load duration curve, Baseload, and Peak load Power Plants, connected Load, maximum demand, demand factor, Group diversity factor, load factor, significance of load factor, plant factor, capacity factor, selection of unit size, No. of Units, cost of power generation, Depreciation, and tariff.
Module 2: CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES: COAL-BASED POWER PLANTS
Selection of site, capacity calculations, classification, Schematic diagram and working of Thermal Power Stations, Rankine cycle, Comparison of Rankine and Carnot vapor cycles, Regenerative cycles, Ideal working fluid for vapor power cycles, Binary vapor cycle, Thermodynamics of coupled cycles, Process heat and by-product power. Steam Generators: Classification of boilers, Description of Cochran, Lancashire, and Babcock-Wilcox boilers, Boiler mounting and accessories, High-pressure boilers, Lamont, Benson, and Velox boilers.
Module 3: NUCLEAR ENERGY-BASED POWER PLANTS
Basics of Nuclear Engineering, Layout, and subsystems of Nuclear Power Plants, Working of Nuclear Reactors: Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR), CANada Deuterium- Uranium reactor (CANDU), Breeder, Gas Cooled and Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors,
Safety measures in Nuclear Power plants.
Module 4: NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES
Hydroelectric power plants – classification, Typical Layout, and associated components, including Turbines. Principle, construction, and working of wind, tide, solar photovoltaic (SPV), solar thermal, geothermal, biogas, and fuel cell power systems.
Module 5: COMBINED HEAT AND POWER (CHP) AND MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC (MHD) POWER PLANTS
Cogeneration systems – types, heat to power ratio, Thermodynamic performance of steam turbine gas turbine and IC engine-based cogeneration systems, Poly Generation, Binary Cycle-Combined cycle. MHD – Open cycle and closed cycle-Hybrid MHD & steam power plants.
Course Objectives
- To understand the importance of power production suited to the demand, ideas of various power plants, and economics of power tariff, load factor, and other related terms.
- To develop the concept of vapor power cycle and to empathize with the working of various boilers and their performance.
- To recognize the layout, construction, and working of the components inside nuclear power plants.
- To acquire a knowledge the components' layout, construction, and working inside renewable energy power plants and to understand the power generation through secondary energy sources.
Course Outcomes
CO1. The importance of power production suited to the demand, ideas of various power plants, and economics of power tariff, load factor, and other related terms. <br />CO2: Developing the concept of vapor power cycle and to understand the working of various boilers and their performance. <br />CO3. Recognize the layout, construction, and working of the components inside nuclear power plants. <br />CO4: Be aware of the components' layout, construction, and working inside renewable energy power plants <br />CO5: Acquire a knowledge ofthe power generation through secondary energy sources.
Essential Reading
- P.K.Nag, Power Plant Engineering, TMH Publication
- Nagpal, Power Plant Engineering, Khanna Publishers
Supplementary Reading
- El-Wakil, Power Plant Technology, McGraw Hill Publication
- Loftness, Nuclear Power Plants’, D. Van Nostrand Company Inc, Princeton