Power Plant Engineering Syllabus for B.Tech 7th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Power Plant Engineering B.Tech (R13) seventhsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES:
Providing an overview of Power Plants and detailing the role of Mechanical Engineers in their operation and maintenance.
UNIT I : COAL BASED THERMAL POWER PLANTS [10 hours]
Rankine cycle – improvisations, Layout of modern coal power plant, Super Critical Boilers, FBC Boilers, Turbines, Condensers, Steam & Heat rate, Subsystems of thermal power plants – Fuel and ash handling, Draught system, Feed water treatment. Binary Cycles and Cogeneration systems.
UNIT II : DIESEL, GAS TURBINE AND COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS [10 hours]
Otto, Diesel, Dual & Brayton Cycle – Analysis & Optimisation. Components of Diesel and Gas Turbine power plants. Combined Cycle Power Plants. Integrated Gasifier based Combined Cycle systems.
UNIT III : NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS [7 hours]
Basics of Nuclear Engineering, Layout and subsystems of Nuclear Power Plants, Working of Nuclear Reactors : Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR), CANada Deuterium-Uranium reactor (CANDU), Breeder, Gas Cooled and Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors. Safety measures for Nuclear Power plants.
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[TOTAL : 45 PERIODS]
OUTCOMES:
- Upon completion of this course, the students can able to understand different types of power plant, and its functions and their flow lines and issues related to them.
- Analyse and solve energy and economic related issues in power sectors.
TEXT BOOK:
- Nag. P.K., “Power Plant Engineering”, Third Edition, Tata McGraw – Hill Publishing Company Ltd., 2008.
REFERENCES:
- El-Wakil. M.M., “Power Plant Technology”, Tata McGraw – Hill Publishing Company Ltd., 2010.
- Black & Veatch, Springer, “Power Plant Engineering”, 1996.
- Thomas C. Elliott, Kao Chen and Robert C. Swanekamp, “Power Plant Engineering”, Second Edition, Standard Handbook of McGraw – Hill, 1998.
- Godfrey Boyle, “Renewable energy”, Open University, Oxford University Press in association with the Open University, 2004.
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