Power Plant Engineering . An Introduction

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Power Plant Engineering ….

An Introduction

Dr. Deepak Kumar Mandal


Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM)
Dhanbad 826 004, India.

Email: [email protected]
Distribution, book, and chapters
• Distribution of marks:
» 4 quizzes (13 x 4 = 52%) …. Syllabus: up to the previous class.
» (Dates: 10 Sept 2021, 28 Sept 2021, 30 Oct 2021, and 20 Nov 2021)
» 1 end sem (48%)

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Distribution, book, and chapters
• Distribution of marks:
» 4 quizzes (13 x 4 = 52%) …. Syllabus: up to the previous class.
» (Dates: 10 Sept 2021, 28 Sept 2021, 30 Oct 2021, and 20 Nov 2021)
» 1 end sem (48%)

• Book:
» Power Plant Engineering – Nag, P.K., Mc Graw Hill Publications.
» Introduction to fluid mechanics – White F.M., Mc Graw Hill Pub.

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Distribution, book, and chapters
• Distribution of marks:
» 4 quizzes (13 x 4 = 52%) …. Syllabus: up to the previous class.
» (Dates: 10 Sept 2021, 28 Sept 2021, 30 Oct 2021, and 20 Nov 2021)
» 1 end sem (48%)

• Book:
» Power Plant Engineering – Nag, P.K., Mc Graw Hill Publications.
» Introduction to fluid mechanics – White F.M., Mc Graw Hill Pub.

• Chapters:
» Steam Power Plants (Basics of compressible flow for flow through nozzles)
» Gas Turbine and diesel engine power Plant
» Nuclear Power Plants
» Combined Cycle Power Generation
» Hydraulic Power Plants
» Solar Energy Power Plants
» Introduction to non-conventional power plants
» Economics of Power Plants 4
What is power? …quantitative property that can be
transferred to an object to perform work or to heat a body.

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What is power? …quantitative property that can be
transferred to an object to perform work or to heat a body.

What is power plant engineering?


Deals with the study of energy, its sources and utilization.

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What is power? …quantitative property that can be
transferred to an object to perform work or to heat a body.

What is power plant engineering?


Deals with the study of energy, its sources and utilization.

What is the idea behind?


– First Law of Thermodynamics

The energy cannot be created nor destroyed;

however, can be converted from one form to another.

Generators are used to convert. 7


Classification

• Thermal power • Solar power

• Nuclear power • Non conventional

• Gas turbine power power


• Geothermal
• Combined cycle power
• MHD
• Hydroelectric power • Wind

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Thermal power plant

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Thermal power plant
..Works on Rankine cycle

Advantages & problems?

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Nuclear power plant
..Works on Rankine cycle

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Gas turbine power plant

Internal / external combustion engine?


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Gas turbine power plant

Works on Brayton cycle

Advantages / Disadvantages?

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Gas turbine power plant

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Combined cycle power plant
…Higher efficiency

…Many possible combinations:


Rankine – Rankine cycle
Rankine – Brayton cycle
Brayton – Rankine cycle

Brayton – Rankine cycle 15


Combined cycle power plant

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Combined cycle power plant

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Hydroelectric / hydel power plant

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Solar power plant

* Collector plate type

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Solar power plant

* Heliostat type

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Non conventional
…..Geothermal power plant

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Non conventional
…..MHD power plant

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Non conventional
…..Wind energy

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Thank you.

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