Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : ME6545 : Power Plant Technology { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. Sumit Kumar
Syllabus
Vapor Power cycle: Carnot cycle, Rankine cycle, Reheat cycle, Regenerative cycles, Combined cycle, Steam Generators: Types of Steam Generators, Fire-tube Boilers, Water-Tube Boilers, Pulverised Coal Burners, Principle of Fluidised Bed Combustion (FBC) System, Accessories, Performance of Boilers, Nozzle: Types of nozzles, Flow of steam through nozzles, Supersaturated or metastable expansion of steam in a nozzle, Steam Turbine: Classification of steam turbines, Impulse turbine, reaction turbine, Turbine efficiencies, Energy losses in steam turbines, Steam turbine governing and control, Condensers: Classification of condensers, Jet condenser, surface condenser, Air leakage, Vacuum efficiency, Condenser efficiency, Circulating Water System, Cooling Towers, Cooling Tower Calculations, Nuclear Power Plant: Release of nuclear energy, Criticality of reactors, Thermal reactors, nuclear fuels, Moderator, Reflector, Coolant and control of reactors, BWR, PWR and gas cooled reactors. Hydroelectric Power Plant: Hydrological Cycle, Hydraulic Turbines, Performance of Turbines.
Course Objectives
- To understand the working principle of various components of power plant.
- To understand the working principle of various power plant such as Thermal, Nuclear and hydroelectric power plant.
Course Outcomes
CO1: Knowledge will be gained on the subject matter. <br />CO2: Able to apply the theory to practical problems. <br />CO3: Knowledge will be enhanced to implement the concept for product development.
Essential Reading
- E L Wakil, Power Plant Engineering, McGraw-hill Book Co
- P.K.Nag,, Power Plant Engineering,, MH Publication
Supplementary Reading
- Arora and Domkundwar, A course in Power Plant Engineering, Dhanpat Rai Publication
- J. R. Lamarsh, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, Addison-Wesley,