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Power Plant Engineering

Prof. Ravi Kumar · IIT Roorkee

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About

This Course provides a simple understanding of the power plant engineering. The course contains the details of steam and gas thermal power plants, hydro power plants, nuclear power plants, along with solar, wind and geothermal energy power systems in addition to the direct energy conversion. The economics of power generation and the environmental aspect of power generation are also being addressed in this course.

Intended audience: UG students of Mechanical Engineering

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Energy Scenario and Basic Concepts YouTube
  2. Steam Power Plant Cycle YouTube
  3. Fossil Fuel Steam Generator-I YouTube
  4. Fossil Fuel Steam Generator-II YouTube
  5. Mountings and Accessories-I YouTube

Week 2

  1. Mountings & Accessories-II YouTube
  2. Boiler Performance YouTube
  3. Coal Properties YouTube
  4. Coal Handling YouTube
  5. Problem Solving-I YouTube

Week 3

  1. Burning of Fuel YouTube
  2. Ash Handling YouTube
  3. Feed Water Treatment YouTube
  4. Steam Turbines YouTube
  5. Impulse Steam Turbines YouTube

Week 4

  1. Impulse-Reaction Steam Turbines YouTube
  2. Energy Losses in Steam Turbines YouTube
  3. Steam Condensers YouTube
  4. Gas Turbines YouTube
  5. Problem Solving-II YouTube

Week 5

  1. Hydroelectric power plant YouTube
  2. Hydro plants and forces on plates YouTube
  3. Hydro Turbines-I YouTube
  4. Hydro Turbines-II YouTube
  5. Problem solving-III YouTube

Week 6

  1. Principles of nuclear energy YouTube
  2. Nuclear power plants-I YouTube
  3. Nuclear power plants-II YouTube
  4. Combined operations YouTube
  5. Solar radiations YouTube

Week 7

  1. Solar thermal power YouTube
  2. Wind energy YouTube
  3. Wave and geothermal energy YouTube
  4. Photo-voltaic conversion YouTube
  5. Problem solving-IV YouTube

Week 8

  1. Direct energy conversion YouTube
  2. Instrumentation in power plant YouTube
  3. Economic of power generation YouTube
  4. Environmental aspects of power generation YouTube
  5. Problem solving-V YouTube

Syllabus and materials

At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.

Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Roorkee
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Teacher
Prof. Ravi Kumar
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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