Coal Thermal Power Plants: Steam Generation: High pressure and supercritical boilers,
circulation of water in high pressure boilers; natural and forced calculation; Advantages
and disadvantages; Water walls; Directly & indirectly heated boilers, LaMantm Benson,
Loeffler, Romezin boilers Draught System; Losses in air gas loop system; natural, forced
induced and balanced draught systems.
Units: II
Fuel Storage and Handling: Coal handling for thermal power plants; Coal feeding and
burning methods; pulverized fuel firing and FBC. Ash handling and Dust Collection; Ash
handling systems; Dust collection: Disposal of ash and dust.
Units: III
Diesel and Gas Turbine Power Plants: General layout; elements of diesel power plants;
fields of use; systems of diesel power plants; general layout of gas of gas turbine plants;
plant components; different arrangements for plant components; Governing system,
combined gas and stream power plants. Introduction to integrated coal gasification
combined cycle power plants
Units: IV
Nuclear power plants: Nuclear materials and waste disposal; nuclear fuels, coolants,
moderating and reflecting materials, cladding materials, shielding materials; Disposal of
nuclear waste; General components of nuclear reactor, different types of nuclear reactors,
their construction and working. Fuel enrichment; Safety and control.
Units: V
Cooling Towers: Necessity of cooling condenser water, water cooling methods; types of
cooling towers, hyperbolic, atmospheric, induced draft and forced draft cooling towers;
Indirect and direct dry type cooling systems; water distribution in cooling towers.
Comparison of Power Plants: Suitability for base load, peak load; gestation period;
water requirement, cost of electricity; fuel handling and transport; environment
implications; suitability for small power, bulk power, thermal efficiency; land requirement
per unit power.
Text/ Reference Books
1. Skrotzki, B. G. A. and Vopat, W. A., “PowerStation Engineering and
Economy,” Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 1990.
2. Nag, P.K., “ Power Plant Engineering: Steam and Nuclear,” Tata McGraw-
Hill, New Delhi, 1998.