VINAYAKA MISSIONS UNIVERSITY

V.M.K.V.ENGINEERING COLLEGE, SALEM

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
B.E (PT) SEMESTER V

POWER PLANT ENGINEERING

(USE OF APPROVED STEAM TABLES IS PERMITTED)

UNIT- I
PART A
1.
2.
3.
4.

What are the Types of Dams?

What are the types of power plants?
Name any two Hydel power plants in TamilNadu.
What do you understand following the terms?
(i) Head race
(ii) Tail race
5. What do you understand by Water Hammer?
6. How do you classify Hydro power plants?
7. What is the purpose of surge tank in Hydro electric power plant?
8. State any two major advantages of Hydro power plant?
9. What are the factors to be considered for the site selection of hydro electric power plant?
10. List out any two advantages of hydro electric power plant?
11. List out any two disadvantages of hydro electric power plant?
12. Different types of surge tank?
13. How will you measure the quality of water based on run-off river plant without pondage?
14. What is use of Trash rack?
15. Where should be surge tank located?
16. What is the spill ways?
17. What are the material uses of Penstocks?
18. What are the advantages of exposed penstocks?
19. What is the information generally required for run-off statistics?
20. List out any four Hydropower plants in India

PART B
1. Draw and explain working Principle of Hydro electric power plant?
2. What are the different factors to be considered while selecting the site for hydro-electric power
plant?
3. How the hydro-electric power plants are classified?
4. What do you understand by run-off river power plant? How its performance is increased by
introducing
a pondage in the plant?
5. What are the applications of hydroelectric power plants?
6. Briefly explain design and construction of difference components in Hydro electric power
plant?
7. Classify and explain hydro electric power plant according to
(i) Availability of load.
(ii) Nature of load.
(iii) Quality of water.
8. Discuss the environmental effects of hydro power plant Site selection.
9. What are the advantage and disadvantage of hydro electric power plant?
10. What is the necessity of hydrological investigation, topographical investigation and
geological investigation in hydro electric power plant?

UNIT- II
PART A
1. Name the four major circuits in steam power plant
2. What are the transfer equipments of coal handling plant?
3. How the coal handling system is classified?
4. What are the two types of air pre heater?
5. What are the two types of super heater?
6. Write the advantages of super heated steam?
7. Define pulverized coal?
8. Name the different types of burners?
9. Write down the advantages of bin or central system.
10. What are the advantages of cyclone burner?
11. What are the advantages of cyclone fixed boilers?
12. What are the factors to be considered for the selection of coal?
13. What is meant by electrostatic precipitators?
14. What are the methods to improve thermal efficiency of single stage gas turbine?
15. What are the advantages of closed cycle gas turbine?
16. Distinguish between Thermal and hydro power plant.
17. What are the essential principles of steam power plant design?
18. List out any two parameters affecting thermodynamics efficiency of combined cycle.
19. What is the use of combined cycle power plants?
20. What is the necessity of coal preparation
PART B
1. Explain the principle involved in preparation of coal and the various methods of
Preparation.
2. Explain the different types of coal handling process.
3. What are the different types of pulverizing mills? Explain with neat sketch
4. Explain the various draught systems with neat sketch.
5. Explain with neat sketch of PFBC systems.
6. What is meant by super heater? Briefly explain convective super heater?
7. Briefly explain pulverized coal firing?
8. Briefly explain the analysis of pollution from thermal power plant?
9. Briefly explain control of pollutants?
10. Draw and explain the steam and gas turbine combined power cycles.

UNIT- III
PART A
1. What is chain reaction?
2. What is nuclear fission?
3. Name any two kinds of nuclear fuels
4. Name any two application of solar energy.
5. What are the functions of control rods?
6. What are the advantages of fast breeder reactor?
7. What is ionization?
8. What is reactor vessel?
9. What are the parts of a nuclear reactor?
10. What is meant by moderator?
11. What is meant by reflector?
12. What is meant by conservation ratio?
13. What are the classifications of reactors?
14. Define breeding?
15. What are the coolants used in fast breeder reactor?
16. Name the four major circuits in steam power plant.
17. What is the principle of OTEC?
18. What are the types of Hydel power plants?
19. What are the applications of geothermal energy?
20. Give some geothermal energy sources in India?
PART B
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Describe nuclear chain reaction with neat sketch

Explain nuclear power plant with a neat sketch.
Describe nuclear reactor with neat sketch?
Explain pressurised water reactor with neat sketch.
Explain the concept of the wind mill with neat sketch and also discuss various factors to
be considered for wind characteristics.
6. Explain various nuclear power stations in India.
7. Briefly explain boiling water reactor with neat sketch.
8. Explain fast breeder reactor with neat sketch.
9. Discuss the principle of tidal power plant with neat sketch.
10. Explain importance of heavy water.

UNIT IV
PART A
1. What is Load factor?
2. What is meant by cost analysis?
3. Define demand factor.
4. Define fixed cost
5. What is meant by connected load?
6. Define input and out put curves
7. What is meant by load curve?
8. What is meant by energy rates?
9. What do you understand by tariff?
10. How the tariffs are electrical energy is arrived?
11. What are the types of loads?
12. What are the requirements of tariff?
13. What is the significance of load curve in power generator?
14. What is load duration curve?
15. Define plant capacity factor
16. Define plant use factor
17. What are the requirements of the base load power plant?
18. What are the factors to be considered for power plant capacity?
19. What is meant by annual depreciation cost?
20. What is meant by depreciation of a power station?

PART B
1. Explain the effects of variable load on power plant operation and design.
2. The list on a power plant with respect to 24 hours listed below
Time in
06
68
8 12
12 14
14 18
18 22
Hrs
Load in
40
50
60
50
70
80
MW
(A)

22 24
40

Draw a load curve and find out the load factor of the power station.

3. Power station supplies the following load to the customers

Times in Hrs
0 -6
6 12
12 14
Load in MW
45
120
90

14 18
140

18 24
70

(a)
Draw a load curve and load duration curve
(b)
Calculate the load factor
(c)
Calculate the plant capacity factor and utilization factor of the plant surveying this
load it is rated capacity 170 MW.
4. The peak load on the thermal plant is 75MW.The loads having maximum demands of 35MW,
20MW, 15MW and 18MW are connected to the power plant. The capacity of the power plant is
90MW and the annual load factor is 0.53.Calculate (a) The average load on the power plant (b)
The energy supplied per year (c) The demand factor (d) The diversity factor.
5. A power plant has the following annual factors: lead factor = 0.70 ,Capacity factor = 0.55 ,Use
factor = 0.60.If the maximum demand of the power plant is 40MW,Calculate (i) Annual energy
production
(ii) Reserve capacity over and above the peak load and ,(iii) Hours during which the plant is not
in service per year.
6. Briefly explain economic load sharing?
7. Briefly explain (i) orsat apparatus (ii) oxygen meter.
9. The following data pertain to a power plant:
Installed capacity = 200MW
Capital cost = Rs.350 x 107
Annual cost of fuel, taxes and salaries = Rs.55 x 107
Rate of interest = 5% of the capital
Rate of depreciation = 6% of the capital
Annual load factor = 0.65
Capacity factor = 0.56
Energy used in running the plant auxiliaries = 4% of total units generated.
Determine (a). The cost of power generation (b). The reserve capacity.
10.
What are the elements which contribute to the cost of electricity? And how can
the cost power generation be reduced?

UNIT- V
PART A
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What are the advantages of MHD system?

What do you understand by MHD?
What is use of fuel cell?
What do batteries and fuel cells consists of?
What is seebeck effect?
Define peltier co-efficient
Define thermo electric power
Define faradays law of Electromagnetic induction.
What are the materials used for thermoelectric elements.
What do you under stand by peltier heat?
What is meant by figure of merit?
Define surface work function
What is direct energy conservation system?
Define thermopile
List out any two direct energy conservation system?
What are the two types of hydrogen fuel cells?
What are the main types of fuel cells?
Name main components of fuel cells
What are the materials used for MHD Generator
List out any two disadvantages of MHD power plant.

PART B
1. What is fuel cell? How is it different from a battery? Give the essential functions of fuel
cells
2. Explain hydrogen Oxygen fuel cell? Why is it attractive?
3. Explain with need sketch of MHD power generation
4. Explain the principle of thermionic power generation
5. Explain with a neat sketch of a closed cycle MHD steam plant.
6. Explain with a neat sketch of an open cycle MHD steam plant.
7. How can a thermoelectric generator be incorporated in the fuel elements of nuclear
reactors?
8. Briefly discuss the merits of thermoelectric power generator
9. How does a thermionic generator fit as a topping unit in a (a) nuclear (b) riser tube of a
boiler.
10. Explain how the waste heat of gas turbines and diesel engines can be utilized for
thermoelectric power generation