Unit I : Coal Based Thermal Power Plants Rankine Cycle - Improvisatins, layout of modern coal power plant, super critical boilers, FBC Boilers, turbines, condensers steam and heat rate, subsystems of thermal power plants - fuel and ash handling, draught system, Feed water treatment. Binary cycles and cogeneration systems. (Chapter - 1) Unit II : Diesel, Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Power Plants Otto diesel, dual and Brayton cycle - Anlysis and optimisation. Components of diesel and Gas turbine power plants. Combined cycle power plants. integerated gasifier based combined cycle systems. (Chapter - 2) Unit III : Nuclear Power Plants Basics of Nuclear Engineering, layout and subsystems of nuclear power plants, working of nuclear reactors : Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), Pressurized Water Reactor(PWR), CANADA deuterium Uranium reactor (CANDU), Breeder, Gas Cooled and liquid metal cooled reactors. safety measures for nuclear power plants. (Chapter - 3) Unit IV : Power from Renewable Energy Hydro Electric Power Plants - Classification, typical layout and associated components including turbines, Principle Construction and working of wind, Tidal, Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV), solar Thermal, Geo Thermal, Biogas and Fuel cell power systems. (Chapter - 4) Unit V : Energy, Ecomonic and Environmental Issues of Power Plants Power tariff types, Load disstribution parameters, load curve Comparison of site selection criteria, relative merits and demerits, Capacial and Operating Cost of different power plants. Pollution control technologies including Waste disposal options for coal and Nuclear Power Plants. (Chapter - 5)
