Complex Engineering Problem

Subject: ME-413, Power Plants Marks: 20

CLOs: 3, 4, PLOs: 6,7
According to the Washington Accord complex engineering problems are problems that:

A. Cannot be resolved without in-depth engineering knowledge.

B. Involve wide-ranging or conflicting technical, engineering and other issues.
C. Have no obvious solution and require abstract thinking and originality in analysis to formulate suitable models.
D. Involve infrequently encountered issues.
E. Outside problems encompassed by standards and codes of practice for professional engineering.
F. Involve diverse groups of stakeholders with widely varying needs.
G. High level problems including many component parts or sub-problems.
Brief:
Pakistan’s first Supercritical coal power plant comprising 2 x 660 MW plant is a part of CPEC and is established to
help alleviate Pakistan’s energy shortfall. An estimated 4.48 Million tons of coal is required annually for the plant,
based on a calculation of 22 hours of power generation per day. The rate of standard coal consumption for power
generation (Gross) is 291.65g/kWh with an annual power generating capacity of 8976 GWh. The gross annual fuel
to electricity efficiency of the plant is 42.11% and the operating temperature of supercritical steam generator is 580
o
C. Air quality monitoring system, flue gas desulphurization, and electric precipitator have been installed to reduce
the ash and Sulphur emissions from the plants.
Pakistan is a coal rich country with coal reserves of 185 Billion Tons. For smooth operation of a plant, a reliable
supply of coal from the fields is considered to be very important but for this case, the coal used for the power
generations is being imported from Indonesia and South Africa, and is transported by rail from the Port of
Karachi and Port Qasim to plant’s site viz. Qadirabad, Sahiwal. Considering the sustainability of its supply, it is not
advisable that we keep on using the imported coal. We must use our own local cheap resource. Some quarters say
that the coal from Pakistan's own Thar coalfield is found to contain excessive amounts of sulfur and lime and is not
deemed to be of high enough quality for the project.
The data about this power plant can be obtained from:
NEPRA, CPPA , NTDC, Punjab Energy Or any local agency.

The deliverables are :

1. Study and compare standards of global (US, EU and Japan) with Pakistan national and provincial emissions
(water, flu gas, soil and other relevant) level of coal fired power plant (10 references)
2. Evaluate (Technical) to make it possible to use the local coal in place of Oil in power plants with 100% local
coal quantity.
3. Compare the LCOE of local and imported coal with solar PV and Wind energy (10 references).
4. Evaluate the social and economic benefits of using local coal in Oil fired power plants.
5. Analyze the environmental impact and sustainability of local coal in comparison to Oil.
6. Suggest the future clean and sustainable technology inline with Pakistan INDC and COP25 (10 references).
7. Recommend the future power plant technology/technologies for Baluchistan to generate 10,000 MW electricity
keeping in view power plant selection criteria and economics for local population (10 References).

Note:
➢ Use the standard unit in all calculation.
➢ The submission deadline for assignment will be April 25, 2021 Sunday mid-night (23:59) on Turnitin.
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