ME 1506 : POWER PLANT ENGINEERING 

Syllabus

Module I 
Power plant economics – base load and peak load power plants -estimation of load – load curve – load factor – diversity factor – capacity factor – use factor – selection of units – number and size – scheduling operation – cost of energy – depreciation and replacement – economics of plant selection. Hydroelectric power plants – general layout – types of dams – penstock, draft tubes, surge tanks - power house equipments – site selection 

Module II 
Diesel engine power plant – Layout – Components of a diesel power plant – starting methods – Gas turbine – open and closed cycles – thermodynamics cycles – regeneration – reheating – intercooling – efficiency and performance of gas turbines. combustion chambers of gas turbines – cylindrical – annular and industrial type combustion chamber design– combustion efficiency –advantages and disadvantages Gas Turbine power plants – classification – elements of a Gas Turbine power plant 

Module III 
Steam power plants - General layout – fuel handling systems – types of furnaces – stokers – burning systems – types of firing : stokers, pulverized coal burners and fluidized bed combustion - power plant boilers, mountings and accessories - dust and ash handling systems – draft and chimney calculations – condensers – cooling systems - Environmental aspects of thermal power systems Nuclear power plants - Fundamentals of nuclear fission – nuclear 
power plants – reactors – classification – components layout of simple plant – nuclear power safety and waste disposal. 

Module IV 
Non conventional energy sources – solar radiation and its measurement – Solar energy collectors – Applications of solar energy - Wind energy conversion – site selection – wind energy collectors – Energy from biomass - ocean energy possibilities and future scope – Ocean Thermal electric conversion (OTEC) – Tidal energy - geothermal energy- Magneto Hydro Dynamic (MHD) power – Fuel cells - thermo electric power - thermionic generation. 

Reference 
1) E.I. Wakil, Power Plant Engineering, McGraw Hill 
2) P.K. Nag, Power Plant Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill 
3) Morse, Power Plant Engineering, Van Nostrand Co. 
4) Lee J.F., Power Station Engineering and Economy, Tata McGraw Hill 
5) Robert Loftness, Nuclear Power Plants, McGraw Hill 
6) Verma Mahesh, Power Plant Engineering 
7) Rai G D, Non Conventional Energy Sources 
8) Power plant Engg Gas turbine theory : Cohen Cohen & Rogers 

Type of Questions for University Exam.
Q 1.Eight short answer questions of 5 marks with two questions from each of the four modules. (8x5 = 40 marks) 
Q 2. to Q.5 : Two questions A & B of 15 marks from each modules with option to answer either A or B. (4x15 = 60 marks)