Power Plant Engineering Handwritten Premium Lecture Notes, Prepared by Lecture Thangasamy. Specially for Electrical and Electronics Engg Candidates. Syllabus Covered based on Anna University Fifth Semester.
CONTENT:
UNIT-1 THERMAL POWER PLANT (Pages: 54)
UNIT-2 HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS (Pages: 19)
UNIT-3 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS (Pages: 23)
UNIT-4 GAS AND DIESEL POWER PLANT (Pages: 20)
UNIT-5 NON-CONVENTIONAL POWER GENERATION (Pages: 46)
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THERMAL POWER PLANT
Basic thermodynamics cycles
Introduction
Thermodynamic process
1. Adiabatic process
2. Isochoric process
3. Isobaric process
4. Isothermal process
Phase transitions
Power cycles
Heat pump cycle
Rankine cycle
Process of the rankine cycle
1. Process 1-2
2. Process 2-3
3. Process 3-4
4. Process 4-1
Organic rankine cycle
Carnot cycle
Brayton cycle
Brayton – type engine components
1. A gas compressor
2. A mixing chamber
3. An expander
Ideal brayton cycle process
1. Isentropic process
2. Isobaric process
Actual brayton cycle
Brayton cycle – gas turbine power cycle
Steps of cycle
Thermal power plant
Functions of thermal power plant
Detailed process of power generation in a thermal power plant
1. Water intake
2. Boiler heating
3. Steam turbine
4. Generator
5. Special mounting
6. Ash collection system
Main parts of the plants
Coal conveyor
Stokes pulverizor
Types
1. Ball mill
2. Tube mill
3. Ring and ball
Boiler
Classification of boiler
1. Fire tube boiler
2. Water tube boiler
Reheater
Condenser
Classification
1. Jet condenser
2. Surface condenser
Cooling towers
Types of cooling towers
Economizer
Air pre heater
Electrostatic precipitators
Some of usual application
Efficiency of steam power plant
1. Thermal efficiency
2. Over all efficiency
Coal dust in energy generation
Pulverization
Pulverized coal business
Drafts
1. Induced draft
2. Forced draft
3. Balanced draft
UNIT-2
HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
Introduction
Advantages of hydro power
Disadvantages
Layout of hydro electric power plants
Classification of hydro electric power plants
Hydro turbines
Runner of pelton turbine
1. Increasing the no of inlet
2. Twin runner
UNIT-3
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Introduction
Nuclear life cycle
Nuclear energy fission and fusion
Nuclear fission
Alpha radiation
Beta radiation
Moderator
Control rods
Coolant
Nuclear power plant reactors
Boiling water reactor
Fourth generation reactor
Nuclear power plant safety
Advantages
Disadvantages
UNIT-4
GAS AND DIESEL POWER PLANT
Introduction
Types of gas turbine power plants
1. Open cycle gas turbine power plant
2. Closed cycle gas turbine power plant
3. Performance of gas turbine power plants
Performance of gas turbine power plants
1. Part load efficiency
2. Fuel consumption
3. Air mass flow rate
4. Thermal efficiency
5. Regeneration
Effect of reheating
Effect of inter cooling
Effect of regeneration
Advantages
Disadvantages
Diesel engine power plants
Introduction
Types
Components and layout of diesel engine power plant
Engine
Air intake system
Exhaust system
Fuel system
Cooling system
Lubricating system
UNIT-5
NON-CONVENTIONAL POWER GENERATION
Solar energy
Components of solar energy
1. Collector
2. Storage unit
Solar absorber
Concentration
Types of solar energy collector
1. Stationary or non concentrating
2. Sun tracking
Application of solar collection
Solar power generation
Solar pond electric power plant
Large scale thermal plants
Small scale thermal plants
Ocean thermal energy conversion
Principle of operation
Wind power plant
Wing energy
Wind power
Over view of operation
Components of wind energy system
Wind electric turbine configuration
Types of wind power plant
1. Remote
2. Hybrid
3. Grid connected
Tidal power plants
Energy calculation
Geo thermal power plants
Main parts geo thermal power plants
Fuel cells
Fuel cell electro chemistry
Catalyst
Direct methanol fuel cell
MHD (Mageto – hydro dynamic power generation
Classification
1. Open cycle system
2. Closed cycle system
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