AKGEC/LS/ME-801/01

Rev. No. – 00
& AKGEC/LDP/FM/01
Rev. No. - 00
AJAY KUMAR GARG ENGINEERING COLLEGE, GHAZIABAD
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Date :16th Jan, 2007

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COURSE: B.TECH. SEMESTER: VIII NAME OF THE FACULTY : ASHIV SHAH
SUBJECT CODE & NAME : ME-801 (Power Plant Engineering)
CONTACT HOURS : L T P
4 1 0
MARKS: SESSIONAL EXAMS TEACHER ASSESMENT SEM. EXAM TOTAL
30 20 100 150
COURSE DESCRIPTION & GENERAL OBJECTIVES:

This course gives an insight to the students about the available sources of energy and their
utilization for power generation. It also provides details of power distribution and
generation economics. In depth knowledge of various power plants like Nuclear, Hydro
electric & Diesel enhance the students understanding about various requirements of plant
design. The students are asked to do the seminars on the Non renewable energy resources
like Solar, Tidal, Wind & Geo thermal.
LECTURE DELIVERY SCHEDULE:
UNIT – I :
S.No Topic Reference No. of Date
Lectures
1 Power Plant Engineering
Power and energy, sources of energy of
thermodynamic cycles related to power Ref. 1 2
plants,
Fuels and combustion Ref. 4 2
Steam generators and steam prime movers, Ref. 1
steam condensers, water turbines 3
2 Variable Load Problem :
Industrial production and power generation
compared, ideal and realized load curves Ref. 7 2
terms and factors.
Effect of variable load on power plan
operation, methods of meeting the variable Ref. 7 2
load problem.
3 Power Plant Economics and Selection
Effect of plant type on costs, rates, fixed
elements, energy elements, customer Ref. 5 2
elements and investor’s profit, deprecation
and replacement, theory of rates.
Economics of plant selection, other Ref. 5 1
considerations in plant selection.
UNIT – II :
S.No Topic Reference No. of Date
Lectures
3 Steam Power Plant :
Power plant boilers including critical and super
critical boilers.Fluidized bed boilers, boilers Ref. 7 2
mountings and accessories.
General layout of steam power plant. Ref. 7 1
Different systems such as fuel handling system,
pulverizers and coal burners, combustion Ref. 7 1
system, draft, ash handling system, feed water
treatment and condenser and cooling system
Turbine auxiliary systems such as governing Ref. 7 1
Feed heating reheating flange heating and gland Ref. 7 1
leakage
Operation and maintenance of steam power Ref. 7 1
plant
Heat balance and efficiency Ref. 7 1
Trouble shooting and remedies Ref. 7 1
UNIT-III
S.No Topic Reference No. of Date
Lectures
5 Diesel Power Plant :
General layout, performance of diesel engine,
fuel system, lubrication system, air intake and Ref. 5
admission system, supercharging system, 2
exhaust system, cooling system, diesel plant
operation and efficiency, heat balance , trouble
shooting and remedies.
6 General Turbine Power Plant :
Elements of gas turbine power plants,
Regeneration and reheating cogeneration ,
auxiliary systems such as fuel, controls and Ref. 5 4
lubrication, operation and maintenance,
performance and trouble shooting and remedies
. combined cycle power plants.
UNIT-IV :
S.No Topic Reference No. of Date
Lectures
7 Nuclear Power Plant :
Principles of nuclear energy , basic components Ref. 7 4
of nuclear reactions, nuclear power station,
trouble shooting and remedies.
8 Hydro Electric Station :
plants, run of plant and choice of units,
operation and maintenance , hydro- systems, Ref. 5 4
interconnected systems, trouble shooting and
remedies.
Introduction to non conventional power plants Ref. 5 2
(solar , wind, geothermal , tidal)
UNIT-V:
S.No Topic Reference No. of Date
Lectures
9 Electric System :
Generators and generator cooling, Ref. 7 2
transformers and their cooling, bus bar, etc.
10 Instrumentation :
Purpose, classification, selection and Ref. 4
application, recorders and their use , listing 3
of various controls rooms.
Pollution due to power generation Ref. 4 2

Total Lectures : 46

Reference / text books :

Ref. 1 “ Power Plant Engg. “ F.T.Morse, Affiliated East –West press pvt. Ltd. New delhi/madras.
Ref. 2 Verma Mahesh, “ power plant Engg. “ Metropolitian Book company Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
Ref. 3 “ Modern Power Station Practice “ Central Electricity Generating Board (UK) Vol. 1 to 7
Ref. 4 “Power plant Technology “ El-Vakil , Mc- Graw Hill
Ref. 5 “Power Plant Engineering” by R.K. Rajput, Laxmi Publications.
Ref. 6 “Power Plant Engineering” by P.C. Sharma , Kataria Publications.
Ref.7. “Power Plant Engineering” by P.K. Nag, TMH

Ashiv Shah Prof. J.P. Malhotra

Sr. Lecturer (ME Deptt.) HOD (Mech. Engg. Deptt.)