Notes for Power Plant Engineering - PPE by Susant Kumar Sahu

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

types, principle of operation and performance

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

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