Diesel Engine Power Plant – layout – components of a diesel power plant – starting methods – advantages and disadvantages
Module II
Gas Turbine Power Plant – classification – elements of a gas turbine power plant
Module III
Steam Power Plant - General layout – fuel handling systems – steam generators - steam prime movers - dust and ash handling systems – draft and chimney – condensate-feed water system – cooling water systems - Environmental aspects of thermal power systems
Module IV
Nuclear Power Plant - Fundamentals of nuclear fission – thermal-fission reactors and power plants – fast-breeder reactors and power plants – nuclear power safety and waste disposal.
Module V
Combined Cycle Gas and Steam Turbine Power Plant - combined cycle plant for cogeneration
Module VI
Power Plant Economics – estimation of load – load curve – load factor – diversity factor – capacity factor – use factor – methods of meeting the load - base load and peak load power plants - Effect of plant type on costs – cost of energy –depreciation and replacement – economics of plant selection – site selection - heat flow diagrams of power plants