POWER PLANT ENGINEERING

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UNIT I: INTRODUCTION :
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Layout of Steam, Hydel, Diesel, MHD, Nuclear and Gas Turbine Power Plants Steam Boilers and Cycles High Pressure and Super Critical Boilers Fluidised Bed
Boilers
UNIT II: STEAM POWER PLANT
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Fuel Handling and Ash Handling, Combustion Equipment for burning coal,
MechanicalStokers, Pulveriser, Electrostatic Precipitator, Draught, Cooling Towers.
UNIT III: NUCLEAR AND HYDEL POWER PLANTS
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Nuclear Energy Fission, Fusion Reaction, Types of Reactors, pressurized water
reactor, Boiling Water Reactor,.Hydel Power Plant Essential Elements, Selection of
Turbines, Governing of Turbines- Micro Hydel developments.
UNIT IV: DIESEL AND GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT
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Types of Diesel Plants, Components, Selection of Engine Type, Applications Gas
Turbine Power Plant Fuels Open and Closed Cycles Reheating Regeneration
and Intercooling.
UNIT V: POWER PLANTS ECONOMICS

Geo thermal OTEC Tidel - Pumped storage - Solar thermal central receiver system.
Cost of Electric Energy Fixed and operating Costs Energy Rates Economics of
load sharing, comparison of economics of various power plants.
Total Hours: 45
TEXT BOOKS:
1. G.D.Rai, Introduction to Power Plant Technology, Khanna Publishers, 1995.
2. Nag P.K, Power plant Engineering, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1998.
REFERENCES:
1. K.K.Ramalingam, Power Plant Engineering, Scitech Publications, 2002.
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2. Frank D.Graham Power Plant Engineers Guide, D.B. Taraporevala Sons &
Co,
New Delhi, 1993.
3. T.Morse Frederick, Power Plant Engineering, Prentice Hall of India, 1998

UNIT-I
PART-A
1. What are the methods used for handling of coal?
2. What are the steps in in-plant handling coal?
3. How are boilers classified based on the construction?
4. List down four boiler mountings.
5. Give examples of water tube boilers.
6. What are super critical boilers?
7. What are the main units in a gas turbine power plant?
8. State the function of economizer.
9. What is fluidized bed combustion?
10. List out four fuels that are used to produce electricity.

PART-B
1. a) Explain the layout of steam power plant with a neat sketch.
(12)
b) List various circuits in a steam power plant.
(4)
2. Explain the following giving suitable examples and equations wherever
necessary :
i. Nuclear fusion
(8)
ii Nuclear fission
(8)
3. Briefly explain the components of the Lamont Boiler with a neat sketch.
4. Describe the components of the loeffler boiler with a neat sketch.
5. With neat sketch describe the layout of hydel power plant
6. What is meant by critical temperature? Explain supercritical boilers and list
down its advantages and salient features.

UNIT-II
PART-A
1. What are the advantages of belt conveyors?
2. What are the advantages of cleaning of coal?
3. What are the types of furnaces based on type of firing?
4. State the two types of stokers based on feeding type.
5. What is pulverization?
6. What are the different types of cooling tower?
7. Write the function of electrostatic precipitator?
8. Name the various types of mills used for pulverizing the coal.
9. What are the methods used for removing ash?
10.What are the combustion equipments used for burning coal?

PART-B
1. Explain any five coal transfer systems with necessary sketch.
2. Briefly explain the following with sketch:
a) Forced draft cooling tower
b) Induced draft cooling tower
3. Explain the following with a neat sketch:
a) Ball mill
b) Ball and race mill
4. Explain with neat sketch any three ash removal methods.
5. Explain in detail with the following:
a) Chain grate stoker
b) Spreader stoker
6. Discuss in detail about electrostatic precipitator with necessary sketch.

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UNIT-III
PART-A
1. What are the components of a nuclear power plant?
2. How the nuclear reactors are classified?
3. Define the term nuclear fission.
4. What is nuclear fusion?
5. Define chain reaction.
6. What do you understand by water hammer?
7. State the essential factors considered for selecting a site for hydel power plant.
8. What are the different types of turbine?
9. What are the advantages of microhydel plant?
10. What are the components of microhydel plant?

PART-B
1. What is called as reactor core? Explain the structure of core with help of neat
sketch.
2. Explain the pressurized water reactor (PWR) with neat sketch.
3. Discuss with principle parts and working principle of Nuclear power plant..
4. Explain with neat sketch about the Pelton wheel turbine.
5. Describe with neat sketch about the Kaplan turbine.
6. Explain in brief Micro hydro power plant with its advantages.

UNIT-IV
PART-A
1. What are main units in a gas turbine power plant?
2. What is the use of regenerator?
3. How the gas turbine power plans are classified?
4. State the effects of intercooling in a gas turbine plant.
5. When is the reheater employed in the gas turbine cycle?
6. State the applications of diesel power plant.
7. What are the methods of cooling a diesel engine power plant?
8. What are the commonly used fuel injection systems in a diesel power station?
9. What are the devices used for starting a diesel engine?
10. State the methods of lubricating systems in IC Engines.

PART-B
1. Explain with neat sketch about the working of
a) Open cycle gas turbine
b) Closed cycle gas turbine
2. Explain the gas turbine cycle with intercooling. .
3. Describe the types of diesel engine plants. .

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4. Explain briefly with neat sketch

a) Thermosyphon cooling
(8)
b) Thermostatic cooling
(8)
5. Explain the gas turbine cycle with regenerator. .
(16)
6. a) Discuss the various factors considered while selecting the engine for diesel
power plants.
(8)
b) Discuss the nomenclature of I.C engine.

UNIT-V
PART-A
1. What is geothermal energy?
2. What are the applications of geothermal energy?
3. State the principle of OTEC.
4. Mention the different types of OTEC.
5. What are the components of Tidal power plants?
6. Classify tidal power plant.
7. State the characteristics of solar thermal central receiver system.
8. What are the advantages of Tidal power generation?
9. Name the different geothermal fluids.
10. What are the cost of electrical energy?
PART-B

1. Explain the working principle of geothermal energy conversion system with

neat sketch.
(16)
2. Explain the working principle of OTEC with neat sketch.
(16)
3. Describe with neat sketch the working principle of Tidal power plant.
(16)
4. With a neat sketch describe briefly the solar thermal central receiver
System. .
(16)
5. Explain the following:
a) Single basin two-way cycle
(8)
b) Double basin cycle
(8)
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6. Write short notes on
(i) Economic load sharing (4)
(ii) Heliostats (4)
(iii)Types of loads (4)
(iv) Load curves (4).