PPE (B-TECH Mechanical Engineering 6th)

POWER PLANT ENGINEERING  

Introduction: Energy sources for generation of electric power, Principles types of power plants-their special features and applications, Present status and future trends.

Hydro-Electric Power Plants: Classifications, Components and their general layout, Hydroelectric survey, rainfall run-off, hydrograph, flow duration curve, mass curve, storage capacity, Site selection. 

Steam Power Plant: General Introduction, Developing trends, Essential features, Site Selection, Coal-its storage, preparation, handling, feeding and burning, Ash handling, dust collection, High pressure boilers.

Diesel and Gas Turbine Power Plants: Field of use, components, Plant layout, Comparison with stream power plants, Operation of combined steam and gas power plants.

Nuclear Power Plant: Nuclear fuels, nuclear energy, Main components of nuclear power plant, Nuclear reactors-types and applications, Radiation shielding, Radioactive waste disposal, Safety aspects.

Power Plant Economics: Load curves, terms and conditions, Effect of load on power plant design, methods to meet variable load, prediction of load, cost of electric energy, Selection of types of generation and generating equipment, Performance and operating characteristics of power plants, Load division among generators and prime movers, Tariff methods of electric energy.

Non-Conventional Power Generation: Geothermal power plants, Tidal power plants, Wind power plants, Solar power plants, Electricity from city refuge.

Direct Energy Conversion Systems: Thermoelectric conversion system, Thermionic conversion system, Photo voltaic power system, Fuel Cells, Magneto-hydrodynamic system.