Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Fundamental of Power Plant -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Concept of Power Plant -- 1.3 Classification of Power Plants -- 1.4 Energy -- 1.5 Types of Energy -- 1.6 Power -- 1.7 Power Development in India -- 1.8 Resources for Power Generation -- 1.9 Present Power Position in India -- 1.10 Future Planning for Power Generation -- 1.11 Power Corporations in India -- 1.11.1 National Thermal Power Corporation -- 1.11.2 National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation -- 1.11.3 Rural Electrification Corporation -- 1.11.4 Damodar Valley Corporation -- 1.11.5 North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited -- 1.11.6 Bhakra Beas Management Board and Beas Construction Board -- 1.11.7 Power Engineers Training Society (Pets) -- 1.11.8 Central Power Research Institute (Cpri), Bangalore -- 1.11.9 Nathpa, Jhaicri Power Corporation Limited -- 1.12 Review of Thermodynamics Cycles Related to Power Plants -- 1.13 Classification of Power Plant Cycle -- 1.13.1 Carnot Cycle -- 1.13.2 Rankine Cycle -- 1.13.3 Reheat Cycle -- 1.13.4 Regenerative Cycle (Feed Water Heating) -- 1.13.5 Binary Vapour Cycle -- 1.13.6 Reheat-Regenerative Cycle -- 1.13.7 Formula Summary -- 1.14 Fuels and Combustion -- 1.15 Steam Generators -- 1.16 Steam Prime Movers -- 1.17 Steam Condensers -- 1.17.1 Surface Condensers -- 1.17.2 Jet Condensers -- 1.17.3 Types of Jet Condensers -- 1.18 Water (Hydraulic) Turbines -- 1.18.1 Impulse and Reaction Turbines -- 1.19 Science Vs. Technology -- 1.19.1 Scientific Research -- 1.19.2 Science and Technology Infrastructure -- 1.20 Facts Vs. Values -- 1.21 Atomic Energy -- 1.22 Highlights of the Nuclear Power Programme -- 1.23 Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited -- 1.24 Ocean Engineering Applications -- Chapter 2. Non-Conventional Energy Resourcesand Utilisation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Energy Science.

2.3 Various Energy Science -- 2.4 Energy Technology -- 2.5 Energy Technology and Energy Sciences -- 2.6. Law of Conservation of Energy -- 2.7 Facts and Figures about Energy -- 2.8 Indian and Global Energy Sources -- 2.8.1 The Sun -- 2.8.2 Petroleum -- 2.8.3 Natural Gas -- 2.8.4 Coal -- 2.8.5 Nuclear Energy -- 2.8.6 Lpg (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) -- 2.8.7 Alcohol -- 2.8.8 Gasohol -- 2.8.9 Hydro Power -- 2.9 Energy Exploited -- 2.10 Energy Demand -- 2.11 Energy Planning -- 2.12 Introduction to Various Sources of Energy -- 2.12.1 Conventional Sources of Energy -- 2.12.2 Non-Conventional Sources of Energy -- 2.13 Introduction to Various Non Conventional(Renewable) Sources of Energy -- 2.14 Bio-Gas -- 2.14.1 Aerobic and Anaerobic Bio-Conversion Process -- 2.14.2 Raw Materials -- 2.14.3 Properties of Bio Gas -- 2.14.4 Bio Gas Plant Technology -- 2.15 Wind Energy -- 2.15.1 Wind Machine Fundamentals -- 2.15.2 Aerofoil Design -- 2.15.3 Wind Power Systems -- 2.15.4 Economic Issues -- 2.15.5 Selection of Wind Mill -- 2.15.6 Recent Developments -- 2.16 Solar Energy -- 2.16.1 Solar Radiations -- 2.16.2 Solar Thermal Power Plant -- 2.16.3 Solar Energy Storage -- 2.16.4 Recent Developments in Solar Power Plants -- 2.17 Electrochemical Effects and Fuel Cells -- 2.17.1 Reversible Cells -- 2.17.2 Ideal Fuel Cells -- 2.17.3 Other Types of Fuel Cells -- 2.17.4 Efficiency of Cells -- 2.18 Thermionic Systems and Thermionic Emission -- 2.18.1 Thermoionic Conversion -- 2.18.2 Ideal and Actual Efficiency -- 2.19 Thermoelectric Systems -- 2.19.1 Principle of Working -- 2.19.2 Performance -- 2.20 Geo Thermal Energy -- 2.20.1 Hot Springs -- 2.20.2 Steam Ejection -- 2.20.3 Site Selection -- 2.20.4 Geothermal Power Plants -- 2.20.5 Advanced Concepts -- 2.21 Ocean Energy -- 2.21.1 Power Plants Based on Ocean Energy -- 2.22 Other Technology -- 2.22.1 Liquid Fuel.

2.22.2 Fuel Cell Technology -- 2.22.3 Hydrogen Energy -- 2.22.4 Hydrogen Energy Technology -- 2.22.5 Battery Operated Vehicles -- 2.22.6 Bio Fuel Technology -- 2.22.7 Hydroelectric Power -- 2.22.8 Innovative Heat Exchanger to Save Energy -- Chapter 3. Power Plant Economics and VariableLoad Problem -- 3.1 Terms and Factors -- 3.2 Factor Effecting Power Plant Design -- 3.3 Effect of Power Plant Type on Costs -- 3.3.1 Initial Cost -- 3.3.2 Rate of Interest -- 3.3.3 Depreciation -- 3.3.4 Operational Costs -- 3.3.5 Cost of Fuels -- 3.3.6 Labour Cost -- 3.3.7 Cost of Maintenance and Repairs -- 3.3.8 Cost of Stores -- 3.3.9 Supervision -- 3.3.10 TAXES -- 3.4 Effect of Plant Type on Rates(Tariffs or Energy Element) -- 3.4.1 Requirements of a Tariff -- 3.4.2 Types of Tariffs -- 3.5 Effect of Plant Type on Fixed Elements -- 3.6 Effect of Plant Type on Customer Elements -- 3.7 Investor's Profit -- 3.8 Economics in Plant Selection -- 3.9 Economic of Power Generation -- 3.10 Industrial Production and Power Generation Compared -- 3.11 Load Curves -- 3.12 Ideal and Realized Load Curves -- 3.14 Effect of Variable Load on Power Plant Design -- Chapter 4. Steam Power Plant -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Essentials of Steam Power Plant Equipment -- 4.2.1. Power Station Design -- 4.2.2. Characteristics of Steam Power Plant -- 4.3 Coal Handling -- 4.3.1 Dewatering of Coal -- 4.4 Fuel Burning Furnaces -- 4.4.1 Types of Furnaces -- 4.5 Method of Fuel Firing -- 4.5.1 Hand Firing -- 4.5.2 Mechanical Firing (Stokers) -- 4.6 Automatic Boiler Control -- 4.7 Pulverized Coal -- 4.7.1 Ball Mill -- 4.7.2 Ball and Race Mill -- 4.7.3 Shaft Mill -- 4.8 Pulverised Coal Firing -- 4.9 Pulverised Coal Burners -- 4.9.1 Cyclone Fired Boilers -- 4.10 Water Walls -- 4.11 Ash Disposal -- 4.11.1 Ash Handling Equipment -- 4.12 Smoke and Dust Removal -- 4.13 Types of Dust Collectors.

4.13.1 Fly Ash Scrubber -- 4.13.2 Fluidised Bed Combustion (Fbc) -- 4.13.3 Types of Fbc Systems -- Chapter 5. Steam Generator -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Types of Boilers -- 5.3 Cochran Boiler -- 5.4 Lancashire Boiler -- 5.5 Locomotive Boiler -- 5.6 Babcock Wilcox Boiler -- 5.7 Industrial Boilers -- 5.8 Merits and Demerits of Water Tube Boilers over fire Tube Boilers Merits -- 5.9 Requirements of a Good Boiler -- 5.10 High Pressure Boilers -- 5.10.1 La Mont Boiler -- 5.10.2 Benson Boiler -- 5.10.3. Loeffler Boiler -- 5.10.4. Schmidt-Hartmann Boiler -- 5.10.5. Velox-Boiler -- Chapter 6. Steam Turbine -- 6.1. Principle of Operation of Steam Turbine -- 6.2. Classification of Steam Turbine -- 6.3. The Simple Impulse Turbine -- 6.4. Compounding of Impulse Turbine -- 6.5. Pressure Compounded Impulse Turbine -- 6.6. Simple Velocity-Compounded Impulse Turbine -- 6.7 Pressure and Velocity Compounded Impulse Turbine -- 6.8. Impulse-Reaction Turbine -- 6.9 Advantages of Steam Turbine over Steam Engine -- 6.10. Steam Turbine Capacity -- 6.11 Capability -- 6.12 Steam Turbine Governing -- 6.13 Steam Turbine Performance -- 6.14 Steam Turbine Testing -- 6.15 Choice of Steam Turbine -- 6.16 Steam Turbine Generators -- 6.17 Steam Turbine Specifications -- Chapter 7. Fuels and Combustion -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Coal -- 7.3 Coal Analysis -- 7.3.1 Proximate Analysis -- 7.3.2 Ultimate Analysis -- 7.3.3 Heating Value -- 7.4 Coal Firing -- 7.5 Mechanical Stokers -- 7.6 Pulverized-Coal Firing -- 7.7 Cyclone Furnaces -- Chapter 8. Diesel Power Plant -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Operating Principle -- 8.3 Basic Types of IC Engines -- 8.3.1 Two-Stroke, Spark Ignition Gas Engines/Petrol Engines -- 8.3.2 Diesel Engines/Heavy Oil Engines -- 8.3.3 Duel Fuel Engines -- 8.3.4 High Compression Gas Engines -- 8.4 Advantage of Diesel Power Plant -- 8.5 Disadvantage of Diesel Power Plant.

8.6 Application of Diesel Power Plant -- 8.7 General Layout of Diesel Power Plant -- 8.8 Performance of Diesel Engine -- 8.8.1 Indicated Mean Effective Pressure (Imep) -- 8.8.2 Indicated Horse Power (Ihp) -- 8.8.3 Brake Horse Power (B.H.P.) -- 8.8.4 Frictional Horse Power (F.H.P.) -- 8.8.5 Indicated Thermal Efficiency -- 8.8.6 Brake Thermal Efficiency (Overall Efficiency) -- 8.8.7 Mechanical Efficiency -- 8.9 Fuel System of Diesel Power Plant -- 8.10 Lubrication System of Diesel Power Plant -- 8.10.1 Liquid Lubricants or Wet Sump Lubrication System -- 8.10.2 Solid Lubricants or Dry Sump Lubrication System -- 8.10.3 Mist Lubrication System -- 8.11 Air Intakes and Admission System of Diesel Power Plant -- 8.12 Supercharging System of Diesel Power Plant -- 8.12.1 TYPES OF SUPERCHARGER -- 8.12.2 ADVANTAGE OF SUPERCHARGING -- 8.13 Exhaust System of Diesel Power Plant -- 8.14 Cooling System of Diesel Power Plant -- 8.14.1 OPEN COOLING SYSTEM -- 8.14.2 NATURAL CIRCULATION SYSTEM -- 8.14.3 FORCED CIRCULATION COOLING SYSTEM -- 8.15 Diesel Plant Operation -- 8.16 Efficiency of Diesel Power Plant -- 8.17 Heat Balance Sheet -- Chapter 9. Gas Turbine Power Plant -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Classification of Gas Turbine Power Plant -- 9.2.1 Open Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant -- 9.2.2 Closed Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant -- 9.3 Elements of Gas Turbine Power Plant -- 9.3.1. Compressors -- 9.3.2. Intercoolers and Heat Exchangers -- 9.3.3 Combustion Chambers -- 9.3.4. Gas Turbines -- 9.4 Regeneration and Reheating -- 9.4.1 Regeneration -- 9.4.2 Reheating -- 9.5 Cogeneration -- 9.5.1 Cogeneration - Why -- 9.5.2 Cogeneration Technologies -- 9.6 Auxiliary Systems -- 9.6.1 Starting Systems -- 9.6.2 Ignition Systems -- 9.6.3 Lubrication System -- 9.6.4 Fuel System and Controls -- 9.7 Control of Gas Turbines -- 9.7.1 Prime Control -- 9.7.2 Protective Controls.

9.8 Gas Turbine Efficiency.