ME8792 – POWER PLANT ENGINEERING

(2017 REGULATION)

CLASS: III SEM EEE

UNIT I COAL BASED THERMAL POWER PLANTS

(I) SYLLABUS

UNIT I COAL BASED THERMAL POWER PLANTS 9

Rankine cycle - improvisations, Layout of modern coal power plant, Super Critical
Boilers, FBC Boilers, Turbines, Condensers, Steam & Heat rate, Subsystems of thermal
power plants – Fuel and ash handling, Draught system, Feed water treatment. Binary
Cycles and Cogeneration systems.

(II) 10 YEARS ANNA UNIVERSITY QUESTION PAPERS SPLIT UP &

GROUPING

TOPIC I - RANKINE CYCLE – IMPROVISATIONS - STEAM &

HEAT RATE

PART - A

Sl. No Questions Month - Year No of times

asked
1. Explain basic thermodynamics cycles Nov / Dec 14 1
What are the processes in a ranking
2. Nov / Dec 10 1
cycle.
3. What are binary cycles? Give examples May / June 18 1
4. Define steam rate and heat rate? Nov/ Dec 16 1

PART – B

NIL
TOPIC II - LAYOUT OF MODERN COAL POWER PLANT - SUB SYSTEMS OF
THERMAL POWER PLANTS

PART - A

Sl. No Questions Month - Year No of times

asked
What is the function of deaerator in a
1. May / June 12 1
thermal power plant?
Why thermal plants are not suitable for
2. May / June 12,14 2
supplying fluctuating loads?
List the four important circuits of the
3. Nov/ Dec 13,14 2
steam power plant.
Comment on the thermal efficiency of a
4. Nov / Dec 12 1
steam power plant.
Define the overall efficiency of a steam
5. Nov/ Dec10 1
power plant.
Why majority of coal based thermal
6. Nov / Dec 17 1
power plants are located near seashore
What is the function of a cooling tower
7. May/ June 13 1
in a power plant?
What are the four main circuits of a
8. Nov / Dec 13 1
thermal Power Plant?

PART – B

May/June
Draw the general layout of thermal
13, 14
1. power plant and explain the working of 4
Nov / Dec
different circuits.
10, 15, 16
Write about pulverized coal firing?
2. May/June 12 1

TOPIC III - SUPER CRITICAL BOILERS - FBC BOILERS

PART - A
Sl. No Questions Month - Year No of times
asked
State important advantages of high-
1. Nov/ Dec 12 1
pressure boilers?
What are the accessories used in a
2. May/ June 13 1
boiler?
Write the use of water level indicator in
3. Nov/ Dec 13 1
boiler?
4. What is supercritical boiler? Nov/ Dec 15
2
May / June 18
5. What are once through boilers? May / June 16 1
State how the steam boilers are
6. Nov / Dec 14 1
classified.
Define boiler mountings and
7 May/ June 11 1
accessories.
What is the necessity of feed pump in
8 Nov / Dec 11 1
thermal power plant?
Mention the two types of feed water
9 Nov/ Dec 10 1
heaters in a steam power plant.
What is the function of deaerator in a
10 May / June 12 1
thermal power plant?
Write the use of water level indicator in
11 Nov/ Dec 13 1
boiler.
12 What are types of fluidized bed boilers? Nov / Dec 13 1
13 Define FBC Nov / Dec 10 1
What is the function of super heaters in
14. Apr / May 15 1
a thermal plant?
Why are super heaters used in steam
15. Nov / Dec 12 1
power plants?

PART – B

Explain in detail about Fluidized Bed

Combustion (FBC) and their types May/ June
1. 3
12,14,16
What is acid rain? Explain how Sulphur
2. May / June 10 1
is removed in a FBC
What is super critical boiler? Mention
3. May / June 10 1
its merits and demerits
Explain the working and advantages of a May / June 18
4. 3
fluidized bed combustion system (8) Nov / Dec 11,18
With a neat diagram explain the
5. Nov/ Dec 17 1
function of FBC boilers (6)
With a neat diagram explain the
6. Nov/ Dec 17 1
function of super critical boiler (7)
 TOPIC IV - TURBINES - CONDENSERS

PART - A

Sl. No Questions Month - Year No of times

asked
Explain in detail about various types of May/ June
1. 4
condenser used in thermal power plant. 13,15,16,17
What is meant by compounding of
2. Nov / Dec 10 1
steam turbines?
3. What are the different methods of
May/ June 13 1
governing steam turbines?
4. Enumerate the energy losses in steam May / June 9,11,12
3
turbines.
5. What is the purpose of condenser? Nov / Dec 10 1
Explain any two types of surface
6. May / June 14 1
condensers.

PART – B

Write short notes on the requirements of

1. May / June 2009 1
surface condensers

TOPIC V - FUEL AND ASH HANDLING

PART -A

Sl. No Questions Month - Year No of times

asked
What are advantages of pulverised fuel
1. Nov/ Dec 12 1
coal?
Nov/ Dec 12
2. What are the principles of stokers? 2
Apr/ May 17
Describe the steps to be followed in
3. May / June 14 1
inplant coal handling of coal
4. Nov / Dec 14,15
What is a pulveriser and why it is used? 3
May/ June 14
Mention the various modern ash
5. May / June 10 1
handling systems
6. What is stoker? Classify it. May / June 11 1
7 Mention the uses of fly ash May/ June 10 1
Mention the advantages of pulverized
8 Nov / Dec 11 1
fuel firing system.
 PART – B

May/June 12,14
Explain the various processes involved Nov/ Dec 12,14
1. in coal and ash handling with neat Nov/ Dec 15 6
sketches May/June 17

Explain in detail the coal handling May / June 11

2. system with a suitable block diagram. 2
(5) May / June 18
Describe the different types of over feed
stokers and discuss its merits and
3. May / June 09 1
demerits of each
over others.
What are the ash handling system?
Draw a line diagram of hydraulic ash
4. Nov / Dec 09 1
handling system and explain its
working. (10)
Why is coal pulverized? Explain any
5. one type of pulverized systems used May / June 12 1
now-a-days.
With the help of a neat sketch describe
the working of any one type of ash May / June 12
6. handling system.(8) 2
May / June 18

Name the various equipments used for

transferring the coal. Explain the
7. Nov / Dec 11 1
working
principle of any one equipment. (6)
Explain the various methods involved in
8. Nov/ Dec 18 1
ash handling with neat sketches.

TOPIC VI - DRAUGHT SYSTEM - FEED WATER TREATMENT

PART-A
Sl. No Questions Month - Year No of times
asked
May/ June 13, 16
1. What are the purpose of Draught? 4
Nov/ Dec 16, 18
What do you understand by the term
2. Nov/ Dec 16 1
boiler draught?
3. What is the necessity of feed pump in
Nov/ Dec 11 1
thermal power plant?

PART – B
 Briefly discuss about Draught and the May/ June
1. types of Draught.(10) 12, 14,17 5
Nov/ Dec 12,14
Differentiate between forced draught May / June 09
2. and induced draught cooling tower (8) 2
Nov / Dec 12
Describe the operation of balanced
3. Nov / Dec 10 1
draught system (6)
Explain with the help of neat sketches
4. the working of forced draught and Nov/ Dec 09 1
induced draught system

TOPIC VII - BINARY CYCLES AND COGENERATION SYSTEMS

PART – A

Sl. No Questions Month - Year No of times

asked
1. What is the principle of cogeneration? Nov / Dec 18 1
Reason out why cogeneration is quite
2. viable in sugar industries compared to Nov/ Dec 17 1
that in other industries.

PART – B

1. Discuss in detail about Binary cycle. May/June 16 1

(III) SYLLABUS PRIORITY

UNIT – I PRIORITY LIST

No of Part
No of Part B
A Questions
Priority Questions asked
Topic asked in
No in University
University
Questions
Questions

11 15
Fuel and ash handling

Super Critical Boilers, FBC 16 10

Boilers
Layout of modern coal power
plant - Subsystems of thermal 10 6
power plants

11 1
Turbines, Condensers

Draught system, Feed water 6 9

treatment

Binary Cycles - Cogeneration 2 1

systems

Rankine cycle – improvisation-

4 --
Steam & Heat rate
(IV) DETAILED SYLLABUS OF THE SESSION

SESSION NO TOPIC NAME SUB TOPIC NO OF HOURS

REQD
 Introduction about
Ranking Cycle
Ranking Cycle -  Basic thermodynamic
SESSION I 1
Improvisations - cycles
Steam and Heat  Efficiency calculation
Rate  Real ranking cycle
 Steam and heat rate

 Layout of Coal power plant

 Equipment of thermal
power plant
SESSION II
Layout of Modern  Coal and ash circuit 2
Coal Power Plant-  water and steam circuit
Sub systems of  Air and flue gas circuit
Thermal Power  Cooling water circuit
Plants
 Merits and demerits of
Coal power plant.

 Super critical boiler

working
SESSION III Super Critical  Classification
Boilers - FBC 1
Boilers  Fluidized Bed Combustion
boiler working
 Classification
 Advantages of FBC
boilers.
 Introduction
 Turbine blading
SESSION IV Turbines –
 Impulse turbine
Condenser 1
 Reaction turbine
 Need of condenser
 Types of condenser.

 Coal handling process

 Layout of coal handling
SESSION V Fuel and Ash unit 2
Handling System  Layout of ash handling
system
 Classification
  Purpose of draught
 Classification of Draught
SESSION VI Draught System – system
Feed water  Merits and demerits
Treatment  Application 1
 Classification of Impurities
in water
 Methods of Feed water
treatment

 Introduction
 Characteristics of working
fluid
SESSION VII
Binary Cycles and  Mercury steam vapour 1
Cogeneration cycle
Systems  T-S Diagram
 Comparison of
conventional and
Cogeneration plant
 Need for cogeneration
 Types of cogeneration plant

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