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UNIT I:
Prediction of Load: Definition of connected load, maximum load, maximum demand,
demand factor, load factor, diversity factor, plant capacity factor, plant utilization factor,
load duration curve, mass curve.
Choice of Power station and units: Types of power station, choice of type of generation,
choice of size of generator units and number of units.
UNIT II
Steam Power station: Main parts and working of a steam station, characteristics off
steam turbines, characteristics of turbo alternators, steam station auxiliaries, steam station
layout, super pressure steam stations.
UNIT III
Hydro power stations: Hydrology, hydrographs, flow duration curve, mass curve, types
of dam, principle of working of a hydro electric plant, tidal power plant, power to be
developed, types of turbine and their characteristics, characteristics of generators, power
station structure and layout.
UNIT IV
(A) Nuclear power stations: main parts of nuclear power station principle of nuclear
energy, main parts of reactor, types of power reactor, location of nuclear power plant,
layout of power station, reactor control, nuclear waste disposal.
(B) MHD generation: history of MHD generation, principle of MHD generation, MHD
cycles and working fluids, open cycle MHD system, closed cycle MHD system,
advantage of MHD generation.
UNIT V
(A) New Energy Sources: Solar radiation, Solar energy collectors, Conversion of solar
energy into electric energy, Solar hydrogen energy cycle, Wind mills, Tidal power
generation schemes, Tidal barrage, Environmental aspects of new and old electric energy
generation.
(B) Economic operation of power systms: Criteria for distribution of load between units
of a plant and between plants, transmission loss as a function of plant generation, loss
formula coefficients, brief aspects of load dispatching.
Text Books:
1.Generation of Electrical Energy by B.R. Gupta, S.Chand Pbs.
2.Car, T.H., Electric Power Station, Chappman & Hall
Reference Books:
1. Elements of Electric Power Station Design by M.V. Deshpande
2. A Course in Electrical Power by Soni Gupta Bhatnagar, Dhanpat Rai
3. A Course in Electrical Power by J.B.Gupta, Kataria Pbs.
Prediction of Load: Definition of connected load, maximum load, maximum demand,
demand factor, load factor, diversity factor, plant capacity factor, plant utilization factor,
load duration curve, mass curve.
Choice of Power station and units: Types of power station, choice of type of generation,
choice of size of generator units and number of units.
UNIT II
Steam Power station: Main parts and working of a steam station, characteristics off
steam turbines, characteristics of turbo alternators, steam station auxiliaries, steam station
layout, super pressure steam stations.
UNIT III
Hydro power stations: Hydrology, hydrographs, flow duration curve, mass curve, types
of dam, principle of working of a hydro electric plant, tidal power plant, power to be
developed, types of turbine and their characteristics, characteristics of generators, power
station structure and layout.
UNIT IV
(A) Nuclear power stations: main parts of nuclear power station principle of nuclear
energy, main parts of reactor, types of power reactor, location of nuclear power plant,
layout of power station, reactor control, nuclear waste disposal.
(B) MHD generation: history of MHD generation, principle of MHD generation, MHD
cycles and working fluids, open cycle MHD system, closed cycle MHD system,
advantage of MHD generation.
UNIT V
(A) New Energy Sources: Solar radiation, Solar energy collectors, Conversion of solar
energy into electric energy, Solar hydrogen energy cycle, Wind mills, Tidal power
generation schemes, Tidal barrage, Environmental aspects of new and old electric energy
generation.
(B) Economic operation of power systms: Criteria for distribution of load between units
of a plant and between plants, transmission loss as a function of plant generation, loss
formula coefficients, brief aspects of load dispatching.
Text Books:
1.Generation of Electrical Energy by B.R. Gupta, S.Chand Pbs.
2.Car, T.H., Electric Power Station, Chappman & Hall
Reference Books:
1. Elements of Electric Power Station Design by M.V. Deshpande
2. A Course in Electrical Power by Soni Gupta Bhatnagar, Dhanpat Rai
3. A Course in Electrical Power by J.B.Gupta, Kataria Pbs.
