Power Plant Instrumentation Detailed Syllabus for Power Plant Engineering and Energy Management M.Tech first year second 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 Instrumentation M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year second sem is as follows.
M.Tech. I Year II Sem.
UNIT – I : Introduction, Fundamentals of generation of Electricity, its transmission and Distribution. Concept of regional and national power grid. Concept of distance protections and Island types of power plant, introduction and comparison of thermal Power plant, Hydro Electric Power Plant, Nuclear Power Plant, Solar Power Plant. Flow sheet of thermal power plant.
UNIT – II : Thermal Power Plant: Unit overview, air and fuel path, boiler instrumentation, Combustion control, air to fuel ratio control, 3-element drum level control, steam temperature and pressure control, oxygen/CO2 in flue gases, furnace draft, boiler interlocks, Start-up and shut-down procedures Boiler load calculation, boiler efficiency calculation. Boiler safety standard.
UNIT – III : Non-Conventional Energy Sources: Concept of power generation from non-conventional sources of energy like wind power, Solar Power and Tidal waves. Photovoltaic cells, Hydrogen cells. Criterion for selection of Instrumentation system for wind and solar and tidal wave plant.
UNIT – IV : Hydro Power Plant: Overview on units, Types of water turbine. Regulation of speed and voltage. Surge tank level control. Nuclear Power Plant: Overview on units, Concept of energy generated from atomic fission. Block diagram of an Atomic power station. Types of coolants. Control of chain reaction. Radio activity and safety measures. Layout of control rooms. Criterion for selection of Instrumentation system / DCS system for nuclear and hydro power plant.
UNIT – V : Turbine Instrumentation and Control: Elements Of Control Systems Introduction, Importance – Classification – Open and closed systems Servomechanisms–Examples with block diagrams– Temperature, speed & position control systems, Hydraulically controlled speed governing and turbine steam inlet control valve actuation system. Condenser vacuum control- gland steam exhaust pressure control speed, vibration, shell temperature monitoring-lubricating oil temperature control hydrogen generator. Start-up and shut-down, thermal stress control, condition monitoring and power distribution instrumentation. Synchronous, Induction generators cooling system.
REFERENCES:
- Handbook of Instrumentation and Control/H. Kallen/McGraw-Hill Education.
- Power plant Engineering/F. Morse/Khanna Publishers.
- Modern Power Plant Engineering/J. Balasubramaniam and R. Jain/Khanna Publishers.
- O & M manuals of power plant/Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
For all other M.Tech 1st Year 2nd Sem syllabus go to JNTUH M.Tech Power Plant Engineering and Energy Management 1st Year 2nd Sem Course Structure for (R17) Batch.
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