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BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

KARAIKAL
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
COURSE PLAN 2014 2015
SUBJECT

: POWER PLANT ENGINEERING

YEAR

: III
EVEN SEMESTER: VI

CLASS

: B.Tech section A

OBJECTIVE : To impart knowledge about power plant and involved engineering .

Unit

Details of lesson plan

Weak
no

Rankine cycle:classification reheat cycle

II

III

Regenerative cycle reheat regenerative cycle.

Binary vapour cycle. Steam generators: classification
Modern high pressure generators accessories: feed water
pump, feed water heaters / economiser,
Air-pre heaters, super heaters, separators, separator drums,
Scale cleaners, soot blowers
fuels : method of firing
Fluidised bed boilers.
Air handling system:forced dranght fans, primary and
secondary air system for solid fuels flue
Gas path; method of producing draught : natural, induced
draughts induced draught fans flue
gas treatment for pollution:cyclone separator, electro-static
precipitator
chimney calculation of chimney height - Bottom ash
handling system.
Feed water treatment: demineralised water treatment
processes : mechanical, chemical processes
Duration fuel handling system: solid fuels pulveriserd
fuels, liquid and gaseous fuels supply system
Steam injectors steam nozzles
flow through nozzles
Nozzle efficiency
Effect of super heating supersaturated (or) metastable
expansion of steam in a nozzle
Steam turbines classification
Velocity diagrams Compounding impulse turbine
Reaction turbine - Blade profiles of impulse and reaction
turbines
Calculation of blade height, width
Leakage prevention.

No. of
lecture
Hours
1

1
2
2

2
3

2
1
2
1
1

3
2

5
2
2
6
7

2
1
1
1
1

1
1
1

1
2

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University problems
2

IV

Gas turbine plant cycle classification simple cycle

regenerative cycle reheat cycle
Regenerative reheat cycle inter-cooling.
Steam and gas turbine Power plants cycle analysis.
Nuclear fuels coolants moderators radiation shield
Nuclear reactor: different types
Nuclear Power Plant Layout Waste disposal.
Fluctuating loads terms and definitions,
Load curves, effect of variable load,
Methods to meet variable load
Pea load plants: demand, requirements and load analysis.
Power plant economics: estimation of cost of electrical
energy,
Selection of type of generation and equipment,
Economic analysis of performance and operating
characteristics, methods of tariff for Electrical energy.
Fluctuating loads terms and definitions,

10
11
12
13

14

2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2

15

1
1

Load curves, effect of variable load,

Methods to meet variable load

Text / Reference books:

S.No

Title of the Book

Author

Power Plant Engineering

P.K.Nag,

Power Plant Engineering

P.C.Sharma

Power Plant Engineering

Frederick T.Morse,

Assignments:

S.No
1
2
3

Assignment Title
Power plant accessories
Power plant types
Load and Economics

Publisher
Tata McGraw Hill, 2000.
Dewan Sanjeev Kumar
Kataria, 1994.
Affiliated East-west Press
Ltd., 1953

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