Assignment No 2

POWER PLANT ENGINEERING SEMESTER 8TH

Q No. A
A power plant 210 MW installed capacity has following particulars:
Capital Cost = 20,000/kW installed.
Interest and depreciation = 10%
Annual Load factor = 60%
Annual Capacity factor = 52%
Annual Running charges = RS. 200x106
Energy Consumed by power plant auxiliaries = 5%
Calculate (a) Cost of power generation per kWh. (b) The reserve capacity ?

(a) Explain Internally Irreversible Rankin cycle? What will be its actual pump work Wp?
drive formula?
Q No. B

(b) What do you know about given formula express in detail and
Explain effect of wf if increased in given system, what will be efficiency?

(1) Explain function of fransic and Kaplan turbine in detail.

(2) Explain all Types of coal with their composition detail?
(a) Explain Radioactive decay and half life with their decay types?
(b) Each fission ofU-235 yields 190 MeV of useful energy. Assuming that 85% of neutrons
Q No. C
absorbed by U-235 cause fission, the rest being absorbed by non-fission capture to
produce an isotope U-236, estimate the fuel consumption of U-235 per day to produce
3000 MW of thermal power.

Q No. D (a) Describe characteristics of diesel engine and its cooling methods?
(b) What is the effect of ignition delay period in C.I Engine combustion? Give some detail
on it?
(1). Describe the working principle of Pelton wheel.
(2). A pelton wheel driven by two similar jets transmits 400KW to the shaft when running at
400rpm. The head from reservoir level to the nozzle is 200m and the efficiency of power
Q No. E transmission through the pipelines and nozzles is 90%. The Jets are tangential to a 1.50m
diameter circle. The relative velocity decreases by 10 per cent as the water traverses the
buckets which are so shaped that they would, if stationary, deflect the jet by 165 o. Neglecting
windage losses, estimate (a) the efficiency of the runner and (b) the diameter of each Jet.
(1) Describe nuclear fission in detail with diagram.
Q No. F (2) What do you know about nutron cross section.

Q No. G (1) What are the different type of reactors commonly used in nuclear power station?
Describe the working of Pressurized water reactor

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 (2) An atomic power reactor can deliver 300 MW. If due to fission of each atom of 92U235,
the energy released is 200 MeV, calculate the mass of uranium fissioned per hour.
(1) Describe, giving neat sketches, the construction and working of a Lancashire boiler.
(2) The relation between water evaporated (W kg), coal consumption (C kg) and kWh
Q No. H generated per 8-hour shift for a steam generating station is as follows :
W = 13500 + 75 kWh ....(i)
C = 5000 + 29 kWh ....(ii)
(i) To what limiting value does the water evaporating per kg of coal consumed
approach as the station output
increases?
(ii) How much coal per hour would be required to keep the station running on no load?
Q No. I
(iii)If 100 MW steam station uses coal of calorific value 6400 kcal/kg.
Thermal efficiency of the station is 30% and electrical efficiency is
92%. Calculate the coal consumption per hour when the station is
delivering its full rated output.
(1) A proposed station has the following daily load cycle:

Time in 0- 6 6- 10-12 12-16 16- 20 20-

hours: 10 24
Q No. J
Load in 40 50 60 50 70 40
MW
Draw the load curve and find (i) maximum demand (ii) units generated per day (iii) average
load and (iv) Load factor.

(1) Explain the effect of regeneration in a gas turbine Plant.

(2) It is proposed to supply a load with a maximum demand of 500 MW and load factor
of 70%. Choice is to be made from a nuclear power plant, a hydraulic power plant and
a steam power Plant. Calculate the overall cost per KWh in case of each scheme as
given below:
S. Cost Steam Power Hydroelectri Nuclear Power
No Plant c Plant
Power Plant
1. Capital Cost per MW Installed Rs 3 crore Rs 4 crore Rs 5 crore
Q No. K
2. Interest 6% 5% 5%

3. Depreciation 6% 4% 5%

4. Operating cost (including fuel) per 30 paise 5 paise 15 paise

kWh

5. Transmission and distribution cost 2 paise 3paise 2 paise

per kWh

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 (1) Briefly describe the types of power plant according to availability of Head.

Q No. L (2) It has been estimated that a minimum run off of approximately 94 m 3 /sec will be
available at a hydraulic project with a head of 39 m. Determine (i) firm capacity (ii) yearly
gross output. Assume the efficiency of the plant to be 80%.
(1) Give detail on IC Engines in detail. Also tell their functions.
Q No. M (2) Explain working of T.D.C and B.D.C in detail?

Q No. N

Q No. O

(1) Explain Combine Power cycle Power plant in detail.

Q No. P
(2) Define Heat recovery system capture Exhaust?

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