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CUSAT B.TECH Degree Course POWER PLANT ENGINEERING
Posted Date: 16 Sep 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: Syllabus
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Posted By: Lenin Member Level: Diamond
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CUSAT B.TECH Degree Course – Scheme of Examinations & Syllabus 2006 ME Sem V
ME 505 POWER PLANT ENGINEERING
Module I
Power plant economics – base load and peak load power plants -estimation of load –
load curve – load factor – diversity factor – capacity factor – use factor – selection of
units – number and size – scheduling operation – cost of energy – depreciation and
replacement – economics of plant selection.
Module II
Hydroelectric power plants – general layout – types of dams – penstock, draft tubes,
surge tanks - power house equipments – site selection
Diesel engine power plant – Layout – Components of a diesel power plant – starting
methods – advantages and disadvantages
Gas Turbine power plants – classification – elements of a Gas Turbine power plant
Module III
Steam power plants - General layout – fuel handling systems – types of furnaces –
stokers – burning systems – types of firing : stokers, pulverized coal burners
and fluidized bed combustion - power plant boilers, mountings and accessories - dust and
ash handling systems – draft and chimney calculations – condensers – cooling systems -
Environmental aspects of thermal power systems
Nuclear power plants - Fundamentals of nuclear fission – nuclear power plants – reactors
– classification – components layout of simple plant – nuclear power safety and waste
disposal.
Module IV
Non conventional energy sources – solar radiation and its measurement – Solar energy
collectors – Applications of solar energy - Wind energy conversion – site selection –
wind energy collectors – Energy from biomass - ocean energy possibilities and future
scope – Ocean Thermal electric conversion (OTEC) – Tidal energy - geothermal energy-
Magneto Hydro Dynamic (MHD) power – Fuel cells - thermo electric power - thermionic
generation.
TEXT BOOK
1. E.I. Wakil, Power Plant Engineering, McGraw Hill
2. P.K. Nag, Power Plant Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill
REFERENCE
1. Morse, Power Plant Engineering, Van Nostrand Co.
2. Lee J.F., Power Station Engineering and Economy, Tata McGraw Hill
3. Robert Loftness, Nuclear Power Plants, McGraw Hill
4. Verma Mahesh, Power Plant Engineering
5. Rai G D, Non Conventional Energy Sources
Type of questions for University Examination
Question 1 - 8 short answer questions of 5 marks each. 2 questions from each module
Question 2-5 – There will be two choices from each module .Answer one question from each module of
15 marks
For more details, visit http://www.cusat.ac.in/
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