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Power Plant Engineering – Course Summary
Course Code: 4.4
L-T-P: 5-0-0
Rationale
Diploma graduates employed in State Electricity Boards engage in power generation, transmission, and distribution activities. This course equips students with knowledge of operation, maintenance, fault location, planning, designing, and supervision in power stations and networks. It also introduces modern transmission and distribution techniques.
Learning Outcomes
Students will learn to:
- Identify suitable energy resources for specific environments.
- Calculate power generation costs.
- Understand the working of different power plants.
Detailed Syllabus
1. Power Generation (6 Periods)
- Energy resources: Conventional & non-conventional.
- Types of power stations: Thermal, hydro, gas, diesel, and nuclear.
2. Thermal Power Plant (10 Periods)
- Components: Thermodynamic cycles, fuel handling, combustion, ash disposal, water circulation.
- Steam parameters, economizer, pre-heaters, feedwater heaters, turbo alternators.
- Heat balance & efficiency calculations.
3. Hydro-Electric Plant (8 Periods)
- Hydrology, hydrographs, stream flow, duration curves.
- Plant types, dam structures, penstocks, turbines, governors, cooling, automation.
4. Nuclear Power Plant (9 Periods)
- Nuclear reactors, fuels, moderators, coolants, control mechanisms.
- Classification & cost analysis.
5. Diesel Power Plant (6 Periods)
- Engine performance, plant layout, log sheets, applications, engine selection.
6. Gas Turbine Plant (9 Periods)
- Layout, performance enhancement, fuel systems, testing.
- Open & closed cycle plants, free piston engines, non-conventional sources.
7. Combined Power Plant Operation (10 Periods)
- Benefits of combined power plant operations.
- Coordination of base load & peak load stations.
8. Power Generation Economics (12 Periods)
- Fixed & running costs, load estimation, load factors, diversity factors.
- Grid concepts, grid failures & remedies.
9. Non-Conventional Energy Sources (5 Periods)
- Solar, wind, biomass, tidal, geothermal, micro-hydel, and biodiesel energy.
Instructional Strategy
- Field visits to power plants & substations (minimum 3 visits).
- Student report submission & viva on field visits.
- Practical exposure through assignments, models, and prototypes.
Assessment Methods
- Assignments, quizzes, mid-term & final exams.
- Practical exercises, assembly & disassembly tasks, viva-voce.
Recommended Books
- Electrical Power System and Analysis – CL Wadhwa
- Substation Design and Equipment – Satnam & PV Gupta
- Electrical Power – I – SK Sahdev
- Electrical Power System – VK Mehta
- Electrical Power System – JB Gupta
- Substation Design – Satnam
- Electrical Power Distribution System – AS Pabla
- Electrical Power System – S Channi Singh
- Electrical Power – Soni, Gupta & Bhatnagar
- AICTE/NITTTR-recommended e-books & tools.