Name: Notes for Power Plant Engineering - PPE by Susant Kumar Sahu
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Author: Susant Kumar Sahu

Different sources (Conventional and nonconventional) of energy and the principle of
power generation only, Types of power plant and site selection

Introduction

Fossil fuel steam generators, classification, circulation in water tube boilers, Modern
high pressure water tube boilers( both sub critical and super critical), Boiler mounting
and accessories

Steam Power Plant And Steam Generator

air supply systems (Natural and
Mechanical Draught Systems). Pulverized coal burning systems and Basics of
Fluidized bed combustion, Feed water treatment (Necessity & general consideration
only). Boiler performance calculations

Combustion Equipment

Types of nozzles and their area of application & related calculation, critical pressure
& chocked flow, super saturated flow. Effect of friction and nozzle efficiency

Flow Through Nozzles

Turbine types, Variation of Pressure and Velocity in different types of turbines,
Simple impulse Turbines, Flow through turbine blades and velocity diagram,
Pressure - compounded impulse turbines and Velocity compounded impulse
turbines. Turbine power and related calculations.

Steam Turbines

Reaction turbines Flow through blades and velocity diagram, degrees of reaction,
Parsons turbine, power and related calculations, Blade height calculations, Losses in
steam turbines, Reheat factor & condition line, Governing of turbines.

Reaction Turbines

Types, Surface condenser, Performance calculation, Air removal methods, Vacuum
& vacuum efficiency

Steam Condenser Circulating Water Systems

types, principle of operation and performance

Cooling Towers

Introduction, Nuclear fuels, Nuclear fission, Reactor components, & materials and
classification,, Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), Pressurized water Reactor (PWR),
CANDU Reactor, Gas cooled Reactors, Liquid metal fast breeder Reactor. Heavy
water Reactors .Waste disposal and Safety of Nuclear power plan

Nuclear Power Plant

Basic definitions, cost of electrical energy( Fixed cost and operating cost), Types of
tariff, Types of loads( typical load curves), Economic Load sharing

Notes for Power Plant Engineering - PPE by Susant Kumar Sahu

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