Lovely Professional University, Punjab

Course Code

Course Title

Course Planner

MEC370

POWER PLANT ENGINEERING

17970::Ketan Jawney

Course Weightage

ATT: 5

Course Orientation

CA: 20

MTT: 25

Lectures Tutorials Practicals Credits

2

ETT: 50

Exam Category: 55: Mid Term Exam: All Subjective End Term Exam: All
Subjective
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION (Higher Education), COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION(Civil Services), KNOWLEDGE
ENHANCEMENT, PLACEMENT EXAMINATION, RESEARCH

TextBooks ( T )
Sr No

Title

Author

Publisher Name

T-1

POWER PLANT ENGINEERING

NAG.P.K.

MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION

Reference Books ( R )
Sr No

Title

Author

Publisher Name

R-1

POWER PLANT ENGINEERING

P.C SHARMA

S.K. KATARIA & SONS

Other Reading ( OR )
Sr No

Journals articles as Compulsary reading (specific articles, complete reference)

OR-1

Developing Countries energy as a source of life (60-62) by A.L. Gorshkov, Heat transfer engineers, volume 10. no.2,1989 ,

OR-2

Calculating the Efficiency of Steam Boilers Based on Its Most Effecting Factors: A Case Study, Nabil M. Muhaisen, Rajab Abdullah Hokoma World Academy of
Science, Engineering and Technology 63 2012 ,

OR-3

A Theoretical Investigation of Efficiency Enhancement in Thermal Power Plants, Venkata Seshendra Kumar Karri, Modern Mechanical Engineering, 2012, 2, 106113 ,

Relevant Websites ( RW )
Sr No

(Web address) (only if relevant to the course)

Salient Features

RW-1

http://www.learnerstv.com/video/Free-video-Lecture-5807-engineering.html

Videos lectures of power plant working

RW-2

www.nptelvideos.in/2012/11/energy-resources-and-technology.html

Video lectures by IIT Professors

LTP week distribution: (LTP Weeks)

Weeks before MTE

Weeks After MTE

Spill Over (Lecture)

Detailed Plan For Lectures

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week
Lecture
Number Number

Broad Topic(Sub Topic)

Week 1

Introduction to Power Plant

cycles and fuels(Analysis of
steam cycles)

T-1

OR-1

Zero lecture will be

Students will be able Animations and
Examples of
discussed in this lecture. to understand the
videos of different various power
principle on which a power plants.
plants
thermal power plant
works.

Introduction to Power Plant

cycles and fuels
(Optimization of Reheat
pressure)

T-1

OR-1

What is power plant?

What are its
components? What are
the cycles on which
power plant works?

Introduction to Power Plant

cycles and fuels(Analysis of
steam cycles)

T-1

OR-1

Zero lecture will be

Students will be able Animations and
Examples of
discussed in this lecture. to understand the
videos of different various power
principle on which a power plants.
plants
thermal power plant
works.

Introduction to Power Plant

cycles and fuels
(Optimization of Reheat
pressure)

T-1

OR-1

What is power plant?

What are its
components? What are
the cycles on which
power plant works?

Students will be able Animations and

Examples of
to understand as Why videos of different various power
do they study
power plants.
plants
POWER PLANT
ENGINEERING?

Introduction to Power Plant

cycles and fuels(Degree of
Regeneration)

T-1
R-1

RW-1

Analysis of couples
cycles

Students must
understand about
coupled cycles and
fuel properties

Animations of
Coupled cycles

Coupled cycles

Introduction to Power Plant

cycles and fuels(coupled
cycles)

R-1

RW-1

Analysis of couples
cycles

Students must
understand about
coupled cycles and
fuel properties

Animations of
Coupled cycles

Coupled cycles

Introduction to Power Plant

cycles and fuels(Fuel and
their properties)

R-1

RW-1

Analysis of couples
cycles

Students must
understand about
coupled cycles and
fuel properties

Animations of
Coupled cycles

Coupled cycles

Introduction to Power Plant

cycles and fuels
(Stoichiometric and actual
air required)

T-1
R-1

RW-2

Study of flue gas

analysis

Students must
understand about
Stoichiometric and
actual air required

NA

NA

Introduction to Power Plant

cycles and fuels(Flue gas
analysis)

T-1

RW-2

Study of flue gas

analysis

Students must
understand about
Stoichiometric and
actual air required

NA

NA

Lecture 1

Lecture 2

Week 2

Lecture 3

Lecture 4

Chapters/Sections of Other Readings,

Text/reference
Relevant Websites,
books
Audio Visual Aids,
software and Virtual
Labs

Lecture Description

Learning Outcomes Pedagogical Tool Live Examples

Demonstration/
Case Study /
Images /
animation / ppt
etc. Planned

Students will be able Animations and

Examples of
to understand as Why videos of different various power
do they study
power plants.
plants
POWER PLANT
ENGINEERING?

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 3

Lecture 5

Lecture 6

Week 4

Lecture 7

Lecture 8

Boilers(Different types of
boilers)

T-1
R-1

OR-2

Introduction to Boilers
or Steam generators

Students should
understand about
various types of
boilers and
mountings

Videos showing
various Boilers

Examples of
Boilers from
Industries

Boilers(Boiler mountings)

T-1
R-1

OR-2

Introduction to Boilers
or Steam generators

Students should
understand about
various types of
boilers and
mountings

Videos showing
various Boilers

Examples of
Boilers from
Industries

Boilers(Feed water
treatment)

T-1
R-1

OR-2

Study of Boiler loading Students should get

and manner of operation to know about
Energy Balance
calculations

NA

NA

Boilers(Boiler loading and

manner of operation)

T-1
R-1

OR-2

Study of Boiler loading Students should get

and manner of operation to know about
Energy Balance
calculations

NA

NA

Boilers(Boiler energy
balance)

T-1
R-1

OR-2

Study of Boiler loading Students should get

and manner of operation to know about
Energy Balance
calculations

NA

NA

Boilers(Draft system)

T-1
R-1

OR-2

Study of Different types Students must

of furnaces for burning understand about
coal
Draft systems

Videos of various
Draft systems

Examples of
Draft systems

Boilers(Different types of
furnaces for burning coal)

T-1
R-1

OR-2

Study of Different types Students must

of furnaces for burning understand about
coal
Draft systems

Videos of various
Draft systems

Examples of
Draft systems

Boilers(Fuel oil and gas.)

T-1
R-1

OR-2

Study of Different types Students must

of furnaces for burning understand about
coal
Draft systems

Videos of various
Draft systems

Examples of
Draft systems

Boilers(Circulation theory)

T-1
R-1

OR-2
RW-2

Study of Economizers
and super-heaters

Students should get

to know about
Circulation theory

Videos showing
the working of
various Air preheater, drum and
its internals

Examples of
their working
from industrial
point of view

Boilers(Down-comers and
risers)

T-1
R-1

OR-2
RW-2

Study of Economizers
and super-heaters

Students should get

to know about
Circulation theory

Videos showing
the working of
various Air preheater, drum and
its internals

Examples of
their working
from industrial
point of view

Boilers(Economizers and
super-heaters)

T-1
R-1

OR-2
RW-2

Study of Economizers
and super-heaters

Students should get

to know about
Circulation theory

Videos showing
the working of
various Air preheater, drum and
its internals

Examples of
their working
from industrial
point of view

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 4

Lecture 8

Week 5

Lecture 9

Week 6

Boilers(Air pre-heater, drum

and its internals.)

OR-2
RW-2

Study of Economizers
and super-heaters

Students should get

to know about
Circulation theory

Videos showing
the working of
various Air preheater, drum and
its internals

Examples of
their working
from industrial
point of view

Test 1

Lecture 10 Steam Turbines(Convergent

and convergent-divergent
nozzles - theory and design.)

T-1
R-1

RW-1
RW-2

Introduction to Steam
Turbines

Students should get

to know about
working of steam
turbines

Animations and
Working of
videos showing the steam turbines
working of Steam in Power plant
Turbines

Steam Turbines(Impulse and

reaction turbines)

T-1
R-1

RW-1
RW-2

Introduction to Steam
Turbines

Students should get

to know about
working of steam
turbines

Animations and
Working of
videos showing the steam turbines
working of Steam in Power plant
Turbines

T-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of Compounding Students must

of turbines
understand about
optimum velocity
ratio

Animations and
videos showing
compounding of
turbines

NA

T-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of Compounding Students must

of turbines
understand about
optimum velocity
ratio

Animations and
videos showing
compounding of
turbines

NA

T-1
R-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of Parallel
exhaust

Students should get Animations and

to know about Reheat videos
factor and condition
line

NA

T-1
R-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of Parallel
exhaust

Students should get Animations and

to know about Reheat videos
factor and condition
line

NA

T-1
R-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of various losses

in steam turbines

Students must
understand about
steam turbine
governing

Videos showing
the working of
governing of steam
turbines

Examples of
governing from
industrial point
of view

T-1
R-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of various losses

in steam turbines

Students must
understand about
steam turbine
governing

Videos showing
the working of
governing of steam
turbines

Examples of
governing from
industrial point
of view

Lecture 11 Steam Turbines

(Compounding of turbines)

Steam Turbines(Optimum
Velocity Ratio)

Lecture 12 Steam Turbines(Reheat

factor and condition line)

Steam Turbines(Parallel
exhaust)

Week 7

T-1
R-1

Lecture 13 Steam Turbines(losses in

steam turbines)

Steam Turbines(Steam
turbine governing)

SPILL OVER
Week 7

Lecture 14

Spill Over

MID-TERM
An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 8

Week 9

Lecture 15 Introduction to Power-plant

components(Theory and
Design of condensers)

T-1
R-1

OR-3
RW-1

Study of various types

of Condensers

Students must
understand about
various types of
condensers

Animations and
videos showing
working of
condensers

Condensers used
in Refrigerating
units

Introduction to Power-plant
components(Need of a
condenser)

T-1
R-1

OR-3
RW-1

Study of various types

of Condensers

Students must
understand about
various types of
condensers

Animations and
videos showing
working of
condensers

Condensers used
in Refrigerating
units

Introduction to Power-plant
components(Direct contact
and surface condensers)

T-1
R-1

OR-3
RW-1

Study of various types

of Condensers

Students must
understand about
various types of
condensers

Animations and
videos showing
working of
condensers

Condensers used
in Refrigerating
units

Lecture 16 Introduction to Power-plant

components(Air ejectors)

T-1

OR-3
RW-1

Study of Cooling towers Students must

Videos showing
understand about Air the working of
ejectors and cooling Cooling towers
towers

Cooling towers

Introduction to Power-plant
components(Liquid jet and
steam jet ejectors)

T-1

OR-3
RW-1

Study of Cooling towers Students must

Videos showing
understand about Air the working of
ejectors and cooling Cooling towers
towers

Cooling towers

Introduction to Power-plant
components(Cooling towers)

T-1
R-1

OR-3
RW-1

Study of Cooling towers Students must

Videos showing
understand about Air the working of
ejectors and cooling Cooling towers
towers

Lecture 17 Introduction to Power-plant

components(Mechanical
draft and Natural draft
cooling tower)

T-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of Mechanical
draft and Natural draft
cooling tower

Students must know

how to do
calculations of
cooling towers

Videos of working Cooling towers

of cooling towers

Introduction to Power-plant
components(Cooling tower
calculations)

T-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of Mechanical
draft and Natural draft
cooling tower

Students must know

how to do
calculations of
cooling towers

Videos of working Cooling towers

of cooling towers

Lecture 18 Power Plants Economics

(Plant energy studies:
concepts and resources,
procedures and
implementation.)

T-1
R-1

OR-1
RW-2

Study of Energy
Accounting

Students must
NA
understand about
concepts and
resources, procedures
and implementation

NA

Power Plants Economics

(Energy Accounting)

T-1
R-1

OR-1
RW-2

Study of Energy
Accounting

Students must
NA
understand about
concepts and
resources, procedures
and implementation

NA

Week 10 Lecture 19

Test 2

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 10 Lecture 20 Power Plants Economics

(Various thermal systems
and energy management)

T-1
R-1

OR-1
RW-1

Study of Various
thermal systems and
energy management

Students must get to

know about thermal
systems

Videos of various
thermal systems

NA

Power Plants Economics

(Electrical load
management.)

T-1
R-1

OR-1
RW-1

Study of Various
thermal systems and
energy management

Students must get to

know about thermal
systems

Videos of various
thermal systems

NA

Week 11 Lecture 21 Power Plants Economics

(Economic analysis)

T-1
R-1

OR-1
RW-1

Study of economic
analysis

Students should get

to know about the
economic analysis

Brain storming

Class room
discussion

Lecture 22 Power Plants Economics

(Economic analysis)

T-1
R-1

OR-1
RW-1

Study of economic
analysis

Students should get

to know about the
economic analysis

Brain storming

Class room
discussion

Week 12 Lecture 23

Test 3

Lecture 24 Power Plant Environmental

Considerations(Waste heat
recovery)

T-1
R-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of waste heat

recovery

Students must
understand about
waste heat recovery

Class room
discussion

NA

Week 13 Lecture 25 Power Plant Environmental

Considerations(Waste heat
recovery)

T-1
R-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of waste heat

recovery

Students must
understand about
waste heat recovery

Class room
discussion

NA

Lecture 26 Power Plant Environmental

Considerations(Multi
objective energy
management- conservation,
pollution control and
evaluation of alternative
energy sources.)

T-1
R-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of various types

pollution hazards

Student must
understand about
various pollution
hazards and their
prevention

Videos showing
various types of
pollution

Class room
discussion

Power Plant Environmental

Considerations(Cost of
energy management and
payback.)

T-1
R-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of various types

pollution hazards

Student must
understand about
various pollution
hazards and their
prevention

Videos showing
various types of
pollution

Class room
discussion

Week 14 Lecture 27 Power Plant Environmental

Considerations(Multi
objective energy
management- conservation,
pollution control and
evaluation of alternative
energy sources.)

T-1
R-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of various types

pollution hazards

Student must
understand about
various pollution
hazards and their
prevention

Videos showing
various types of
pollution

Class room
discussion

Power Plant Environmental

Considerations(Cost of
energy management and
payback.)

T-1
R-1

RW-1
RW-2

Study of various types

pollution hazards

Student must
understand about
various pollution
hazards and their
prevention

Videos showing
various types of
pollution

Class room
discussion

SPILL OVER
Week 14 Lecture 28

Spill Over

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 15 Lecture 29

Spill Over

Lecture 30

Spill Over

Scheme for CA:

CA Category of this Course Code is:A0203 (2 best out of 3)
Component

Weightage

Test

50

Test

50

Test

50

Details of Academic Task(s)

Academic Task

Objective

Detail of Academic Task

Nature of Academic
Task
(group/individuals)

Academic Task Marks

Mode

Allottment /
submission
Week

Test 1

To get an idea
what students
have learnt from
Boilers

Problems on Steam Power plant and Boiler

Individual

Offline

30 4 / 5

Test 2

To get an idea
what students
have learnt from
Steam turbines
and power plant
components

Numerical on Steam turbine and Velocity diagram

Individual

Offline

30 9 / 10

Test 3

To get an idea
what students
have learnt from
Steam turbines
and power plant
components

Problems on components of power plant

Individual

Offline

30 11 / 12

List of suggested topics for term paper[at least 15] (Student to spend about 15 hrs on any one specified term paper)
Sr. No.

Topic
1 Steam Power Plant Cycles, Fuel and Combustion, Boiler Components, Turbine, Turbine Compounding, Turbine Energy analysis, Turbine velocity diagram,
Components of power plant, Condenser working, Types of Condenser, Cooling Tower working, Air Ejector working, Economics of power plant, Load distribution
graph, Pollution and its control, Waste heat recovery

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Plan for Tutorial: (Please do not use these time slots for syllabus coverage)
Tutorial No.

Lecture Topic

Type of pedagogical tool(s) planned

(case analysis,problem solving test,role play,business game etc)

Tutorial1

Numerical on Rankine cycle

Problem Solving

Tutorial2

Numerical over Reheat cycle

Problem Solving

Tutorial3

Numericals over Boilers

Problem Solving

Tutorial4

Numericals over Steam turbines

Problem Solving

Tutorial5

Numericals over Steam turbines

Problem Solving

Tutorial6

Numericals over Steam turbines

Problem Solving

Tutorial7

Numericals over Steam turbines

Problem Solving

Tutorial8

Numericals over Power plant economics

Problem Solving

Tutorial9

Numericals over Power plant economics

Problem Solving

Tutorial10

Case study on waste heat recovery

Case Analysis,Problem Solving

Tutorial11

Numerical on power plant components

Problem Solving

Tutorial12

Numericals over Power plant economics

Problem Solving

Tutorial13

Numericals over Power plant considerations

Problem Solving

Tutorial14

Numericals over Power plant considerations

Problem Solving

After Mid-Term

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.