Introduction: Introduction to generation of electrical power, Sources of energy, comparative merits, types of power plants. Review of growth of power & development of different types of power plants in India, future possibilities.

1. Steam power PLants:

   1. Lay out and site selection for steam power plants

   2. Steam Generation: High pressure and super critical boilers; circulation of water in high pressure boilers; natural and forced circulation; Advantages and disadvantages; water walls; directly & indirectly heated boilers; Lamont, Benson, Loeffler, velox boilers. Draught System; Losses in air gas loop system and its measurement; natural forced, induced and balanced draught

   3. Fuel Storage and handling: Coal handling for thermal power plants; coal feeding and burning methods; pulverised fuel firing & FBC. Ash handling and Dust Collection; Ash handling systems; Dust collection; Disposal of ash and dust

   4. Cooling Towers: necessity of cooling condenser water; Water cooling methods; types of cooling towers, hyperbolic, atmospheric, induced draft & forced draft cooling towers; indirect and Direct dry type cooling systems water distribution in cooling towers

2. Diesel and Gas Turbine Power Plants: General layout; elements of diesel power plants; field of use; systems of diesel power plant; comparision with steam power plants (advantages and disadvantages). General layout of gas turbine plants; plant components; different arrangements for plant components; governing system, combined gas and steam power plants; Advantage of combined cycle, Advantage and disadvantage over diesel and steam plants. Introduction to integrated coal gasification combined cycle power plants

3. Nuclear Power Plants: Elecmentary concept of physics of generation of nuclear energy, Nuclear materials and waste disposal; nuclear fuels, fuel cycles, coolants, moderating and reflecting materials; cladding materials, shielding materials; Disposal of nuclear waste; General components of nuclear reactor, different types of nuclear reactors, Their construction and working; Location of nuclear power plants; Comparision of nuclear plants with thermal plants. Enrichment; safety and control. Fast breeder reacors and power plants

4. Hydro-elecrtic power PLant: Classification and applications of Hydro-electric plant; Measurement of stream flow; capacity calculation of hydro-power, The hydro plant and its auxiliaries; automatic and remove control of hydro-systems.

5. Power Plant Economics: Load curves; different terms and definitions; cost of electrical energy; Selection of type of generation; Performance and operating characteristics of power plants; load division combined operation of power plants; load division between stations. Different systems of tariff.

6. Renewable Energy Resources; Introduction to solar energy and its utilization, solar thermal conversion and pholovolatic conversion, solar cells, thermo-electric and thermionic devices, fuel cells, MHD geothermal, tidal & wind power plants.

List of recommended Books:

1. Power Plant Technology, M.M.El-Wakil, McGraw Hill Book Company

2. A Course in power Plant Engineering, Arora and Domkunwar Dhanpat Rai and Co.(P) Ltd.

3. Power Plant Engineering, Black and Veatch, CBS publication.