AGNEL INSTITUTE OF

TECHNOLOGY AND
DESIGN

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MECH. ENGG.
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Schedule of Instruction

M.E. 8.2 Power Plant Engineering

Final Year Mechanical Engineering, Sem VIII
M. Prabhakaran / B. Mahalingesh, Asst. Prof. /Mech.
Jan-11-2016 to May-06-2016

Scheme of Instruction
Examination
Duration of Semester End Examination : 3 Hrs.

Teaching
Total no. of lectures per week : 03 hours

Maximum Marks for Semester End Examination : 100

Tutorial per week : 01 hour per Batch

Maximum Marks For Internal Assessment : 25

Internal Test 1 :
Internal Test 2 :

Total No. of Working Weeks: 18

Schedule of Instruction
MOD.

DESCRIPTION

SCHEDULED
MODULE 1

1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.4

Factors affecting Selection of site,

Principal types of the power plants ,
Combustion of fuel
Schematic Diagrams and relative merits of
Steam power plant ,Gas Diesel power
plant
Schematic Diagrams and relative merits of
Hydro Power Plants, Present status of
Power generation in India.

11/01/16
12/01/16
14/01/16
15/01/16

1.2.1

Load curves, load duration curves

18/01/16

1.2.2

Connected load, maximum load , peak

load,

19/01/16

1.2.3

Base load, and peak load power plants

21/01/16

1.2.4
1.2.5

Load factor, plant capacity factor, plant

use factor, demand factor, diversity factor.
Performance at variable load of power
plants

22/01/16
25/01/16

1.2.6

heat rate and incremental heat rate curves

28//01/16

1.2.7

load sharing among generators and prime

movers,

29/01/16

ACHIEVED

REMARKS

1.2.8

load shading between power stations

01/02/16

1.2.9

Cost analysis

02/02/16

1.2.10

Selection of type of generation

04/02/16

1.2.11

Economics in plant selection

04/02/16

1.2.12

Economic load shearing.

04/02/16
MODULE 2

2.1.1.
2.1.2
2.1.3

Rankine cycle, Rankine Cycle with

Reheating
Rankine cycle, Rankine Cycle with
Regeneration, Binary Vapour Cycle
Steam Power Plants with Process
Heating , , cogeneration

05/02/16
08/02/16
09/02/16

2.1.4

Numericals

09/02/16

2.2.1

Introduction to thermal power plant

11/02/16

2.2.2

Detailed layout of thermal power plant

11/02/16

2.2.3

Fuel for thermal power plants

12/02/16

2.2.4

Selection of thermal power plants

12/02/16

2.2.5

Thermal power plants handling

15/02/16

2.2.6

Storage preparation

16/02/16

2.2.7

Feeding

18/02/16

2.2.8

Burning of fuels

19/02/16

2.2.9

Ash handling

26/02/16

2.2.10

Dust collection

26/02/16

2.2.11

Draught system

02/03/16

2.2.12

Principle of Fluidized bed combustion

03/03/16

MODULE 3
3.1.1
3.1.2
3.1.3
3.1.4
3.1.5

Nuclear Power Plants: Introduction

7/3/16

Classification, Site Selection and Working

of Various Components
Pressurized Water Reactor and Boiling
Water Reactor
Gas Cooled Reactor and Heavy Water
Reactor

10/3/16

Nuclear Power Plants in India

15/3/16

8/3/16

14/3/16

3.1.6

Nuclear Waste Disposal

17/3/16

3.2.1

Gas Turbine Power Plants: General

Aspects

21/3/16

3.2.2

Gas Turbine Fuels

22/3/16

3.2.3

Modified Gas Turbine Cycles

28/3/16

3.2.4

Combined Cycle Power Plant

29/3/16

3.2.5

Numericals

4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.1.4

31/3/16 &
7/4/16

MODULE 4
Introduction, Wind Power Plants, Wind
11/4/16
Electricity Economics
Tidal Power Plants, Solar Power Plants
Geothermal Power plants, Biogas Power
Plants
Thermo electric Conversion Systems,
Thermoionic conversion systems

12/4/16
18/4/16
19/4/16

4.1.5

Photovoltaic Power System, MHD

21/4/16

4.1.6

Fuel Cells, Nuclear Batteries

25/4/16

4.2.1
4.2.2

Introduction, Pollution from Thermal

Power Plants, Gaseous Emissions and its
Control
Particulate Emission, Solid Waste
Disposal

26/4/16
28/4/16

4.2.3

Pollution from Nuclear Power Plants

2/5/16

4.2.4

Pollution from Hydro Electric Power

Plants

3/5/16

4.2.5

Solar Power Generating Stations

5/5/16

Text Books
1. Nag P.K.: Power Plant Engineering, TMH
2. Domkiundwar V.S.: Power Plant Engineering. Dhanpat Rai & Sons
3. Rao G.D.: Non Conventional Energy Sources. Dhanpat Rai & Sons.
Reference Books
1. Sukhatme S.P. Solar Energy, TMH
2. Leon Freris, David Infield, Renewable Energy in Power Systems. John Wiley
3. Power station Engineering and Economy by Bernhardt G.A. skrotzki and william A.Vopat Tata Mc
Graw Hill Publishing Campany Ltd., New Delhi
4.Power Plant Engg. : M.M. El-Wakil McGraw Hill 1985.