This course provides an exhaustive coverage of sources of electrical energy, Operation and equipments of thremal power plant, Nuclear power plant, Diesel and Gas turbine power plant.
Introduction for Power generation - Forms of energy - Generation of electricity - Sources of electrical energy - Types of energy sources - Merits and limitations of conventional and non-conventional sources energy conservation.
Introduction - Basic principle of thermal power station - Factors for selection of site - Advantages of steam power plant. Thermal power plant - Schematic arrangement of steam power station - Coal handling plant - Coal preparation plant - Steam generating plant - Super heater - Steam turbines - Feed water and steam circuit - Cooling arrangement - Alternator - Ash handling equipment. Efficiency of thermal power stations - Losses of energy at various stages - Efficiency of thermal power station. Classification of coal - Pulverization of coal - Cooling towers - Types of cooling towers. Main controls of thermal power station - Control of turbine - Centralized controls and indications at control room. Energy auditing - Types of auditing - Energy auditing of thermal power system. Pollution in thermal power plants - Dust collection - Electrostatic precipitator (E.S.P) - Dry type dust collecting system using cyclone separators - Maintenance of thermal power plant.
Nuclear fission and fusion reaction - Nuclear energy - Atomic number and mass number - Fission - Nuclear fusion - Advantages of nuclear energy. Nuclear fuels and properties - Nuclear fuels and their properties - Mass energy relationship - Types of nuclear reactions - Moderator. Factors for selecting the nuclear power plant - Selection of site for nuclear power plants - Pros and cons of nuclear power station. Schematic arrangement of nuclear power station - Nuclear power plant - Schematic arrangement of nuclear power station - Nuclear reactor - Heat exchanger - Types of nuclear power plant - Pressurized water reactor (PWR) - Boiling water reactor - Fast breeder reactors. Parts of a nuclear reactor - Mechanism of power control by control rods. Measures to control radio-activity, reactor control - Radiation - Ionizing radiation - Control measures of radio activity - Controls at the reactor - Nuclear waste Disposal.
Factors to be considered for selecting the diesel power plant - Merits and Demerits of diesel electric power plant. Working of diesel power plant - Diesel power plant - Applications of diesel electric plant. Introduction to gas power station - Gas power plant - Selection of site for gas turbine power plants - Advantages and Disadvantages of gas turbine power plant. Working of gas power station - Classification of gas turbine power plant - Open cycle gas turbine power plant - Closed cycle gas turbine power plant.
