Energy Engineering Contents
ENERGY ENGINEERING
Subject Code : 10ME53 IA Marks : 25
No. of Lecture Hrs./ Week : 04 Exam Hours : 03
Total No. of Lecture Hrs. : 52 Exam Marks : 100
PART - A
UNIT - 1 STEAM POWER PLANT:
Different Types of Fuels used for steam generation, Equipment
for burning coal in lump form, strokers, different types, Oil burners, Advantages and
Disadvantages of using pulverized fuel, Equipment for preparation and burning of pulverized
coal, unit system and bin system. Pulverized fuel furnaces, cyclone furnace, Coal and ash
handling, Generation of steam using forced circulation, high and supercritical pressures.
07 Hours
UNIT - 2
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF BENSON, VELOX SCHMIDT STEAM GENERATORS. Chimneys: Natural, forced, induced and balanced draft, Calculations and numericals
involving height of chimney to produce a given draft. Cooling towers and Ponds. Accessories
for the Steam generators such as Superheaters, Desuperheater, control of superheaters,
Economizers, Air pre-heaters and re-heaters.
07 Hours
UNIT - 3
DIESEL ENGINE POWER PLANT:
Applications of Diesel Engines in Power field.
Method of starting Diesel engines. Auxiliaries like cooling and lubrication system, filters,
centrifuges, Oil heaters, intake and exhaust system, Layout of diesel power plant.
06 Hours
UNIT - 4
HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANTS:
Hydrographs, flow duration and mass curves, unit
hydrograph and numericals. Storage and pondage, pumped storage plants, low, medium and
high head plants, Penstock, water hammer, surge tanks, gates and valves. General layout of
hydel power plants.
06 Hours
PART - B
UNIT - 5
Nuclear Power Plant:
Principles of release of nuclear energy; Fusion and fission reactions.
Nuclear fuels used in the reactors. Multiplication and thermal utilization factors. Elements of
the nuclear reactor; moderator, control rod, fuel rods, coolants. Brief description of reactors of
the following types-Pressurized water reactor, Boiling water reactor, Sodium graphite reactor,
Fast Breeder reactor, Homogeneous graphite reactor and gas cooled reactor, Radiation
hazards, Shieldings, Radio active waste disposal.
06 Hours
UNIT - 6
SOLAR ENERGY:
Solar Extra terrestrial radiation and radiation at the earth surface,
radiation-measuring instruments, working principles of solar flat plate collectors, solar pond
and photovoltaic conversion (Numerical Examples).
WIND ENERGY: Properties of wind, availability of wind energy in India, wind velocity and
power from wind; major problems associated with wind power, wind machines; Types of
wind machines and their characteristics, horizontal and vertical axis wind mills, coefficient of
performance of a wind mill rotor (Numerical Examples).
08 Hours
UNIT - 7
TIDAL POWER:
Tides and waves as energy suppliers and their mechanics; fundamental
characteristics of tidal power, harnessing tidal energy, limitations.
OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION: Principle of working, Rankine cycle,
problems associated with OTEC.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION: Principle of working, types of geothermal
station with schematic diagram, problems associated with geothermal conversion, scope of
geothermal energy.
06 Hours
UNIT - 8
ENERGY FROM BIO MASS: Photosynthesis, photosynthetic oxygen production, energy
plantation.
BIO CHEMICAL ROUTE: Biogas production from organic wastes by anaerobic
fermentation, classification of bio gas plants, factors affecting bio gas generation.
THERMO CHEMICAL ROUTE: Thermo chemical conversion on bio mass, types of
gasifiers.
06 Hours
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Power Plant Engineering, P. K. Nag Tata McGraw Hill 2nd edn 2001.
2. Power Plant Engineering, Domakundawar, Dhanpath Rai sons. 2003
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Power Plant Engineering, R. K. Rajput, Laxmi publication, New Delhi.
2. Principles of Energy conversion, A. W. Culp Jr., McGraw Hill. 1996
3. Non conventional Energy sources, G D Rai Khanna Publishers.
4. Non conventional resources, B H Khan TMH - 2007
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