Course Introductory Handouts

Course Introductory Handouts

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar

Course Title Power Plant II

Course Number ME-406
Semester Fall 2023
Instructor (Theory) Dr. Muhammad Alam Zaib Khan
Class Room ME-301
Instructor Email alamzaibkhan@uetpeshawar.edu.pk / alamzaibkhan@gmail.com
Credit Hours 3
Contact Hours 3
Compulsory/Elective Compulsory

Schedule
Theory As per timetable Location: Lecture room
Laboratory N/A
Office Hours Friday (9-11 am)
PREVIOUS RELEVENT COURSES
- NONE
COURSE ASSESSMENT & GRADING BREAKUP
Theory Part Laboratory Part
Quizzes: 20 %
Midterm Examination: 20 % N/A
Final Examination: 50 %
Class Participation, Assignments 10%
An attendance of 75% is mandatory to sit in
the final examination.
Two assignments during the course duration
Regular Oral Question/Answer sessions

EXAMINATION DETAIL
Midterm Duration: 120 Minutes
Exam Specifications: Closed books/Closed notes
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Final Duration: 120 Minutes

Examination Exam Specifications: Closed books/Closed notes
Final exam will include 20-30 % course from pre-midterm lectures.
TEXT BOOK/S
1. Power Plant Technologies; M. M. El-Wakil
2. Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics; M. J. Moran, H. N. Shapiro
REFERENCE BOOK/S AND OTHER SOURCES
1. Basic Engineering Thermodynamics; R. Joel
2. Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach; by Yunus A. Cengel , Michael A. Boles
COURSE DESCRIPTION
- The Rankine Cycle, Superheat, Reheat, Regeneration, Feedwater heaters, Efficiency and
Heat Rate, Cogeneration
- The Gas Power Cycle: The Ideal and Non-Ideal Brayton Cycle, Modification of the
Brayton Cycle (Regeneration, with reheat and intercooling)
- Combined Cycle with Heat Recovery,
- Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear Fusion and Fission, Radioactivity,
- Alternative Energies (Solar, Wind) Fuel Cell, Energy Storage,
- Energy Management and Energy Audit, Environmental Aspects of Power Generation

COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the course to explain and analyze the Rankine Cycle with Superheat and
Reheat. The analysis of Regeneration cycle with Feedwater heaters. The concept of
Efficiency and Heat Rate, Cogeneration, The Gas Power Cycle: The Ideal and Non-Ideal
Brayton Cycle, Modification of the Brayton Cycle (Regeneration, with reheat and
intercooling). The course also explains and analyze the Combined Cycle with Heat
Recovery. Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear Fusion and Fission and Radioactivity are
discussed. Finally, Alternative Energies (Solar, Wind) Fuel Cell, Energy Storage, Energy
Management and Energy Audit, Environmental Aspects of Power Generation are
discussed.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)
CLO Statement Mapping Mapping with
with Bloom’s
PLO Taxonomy

Explain and analyze Rankine Cycle and Brayton

Cycle, with Modifications (Superheat, Reheat,
CLO-1 Regeneration, Feedwater heaters, Efficiency and PLO-2 C4
Heat Rate, Cogeneration for Rankine) &
(Regeneration, with reheat and intercooling for
Brayton)
Explain and analyze Combined Cycle with Heat
CLO-2 PLO-2 C4
Recovery
Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear Fusion and Fission,
Radioactivity, Alternative Energies (Solar, Wind)
CLO-3 Fuel Cell, Energy Storage, Energy Management and PLO-7 C2
Energy Audit, Environmental Aspects of Power
Generation

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Programme Learning Outcomes

What the graduates are expected to know and able to perform or attain by the time of graduation
(skills, knowledge and behaviour/attitude)

PLO 1. Engineering Knowledge

PLO 2. Problem Analysis
PLO 3. Design/Development of Solutions
PLO 4. Investigation
PLO 5. Modern Tool Usage
PLO 6. The Engineer and Society
PLO 7. Environment and Sustainability
PLO 8. Ethics
PLO 9. Individual and Teamwork
PLO 10. Communication
PLO 11. Project Management
PLO 12. Lifelong Learning

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Tentative Weekly Plan (Theory)

TENTATIVE WEEKLY PLAN (THEORY)

Week Topics Mapping with CLO
Week 1 C1
A Thermodynamics Review
Week 2 The Rankin Cycle, Superheat, Reheat C1
Related Problems
Week 3 Regeneration, Feedwater heaters C1
Related Problems
Week 4 Efficiency and Heat Rate, Cogeneration C1
Related Problems
Week 5 The Brayton Cycle (Ideal and Non-Ideal) C1
Related Problems
Week 6 Modification of the Brayton Cycle C1
(Regeneration, with reheat and intercooling)
Week 7 Explain and analyze the Ideal and Non-Ideal Brayton Cycle, C1
Modification of the Brayton Cycle (Regeneration, with reheat and
intercooling)
Week 8 Explain and analyze the Ideal and Non-Ideal Brayton Cycle, C1
Modification of the Brayton Cycle (Regeneration, with reheat and
intercooling)
MID TERM EXAM
Week 9 Combined Cycle, Combined Cycle with Heat Recovery C2
Related Problems
Week 10 Combined Cycle with Multi-Pressure Steam C2
Related Problems
Week 11 Nuclear Power Plant, The Atomic Structure, Chemical and C3
Nuclear Equations
Nuclear Fusion and Fission
Week 12 Radioactivity, Decay and Half Lives, The Chain Reaction C3
Component of Nuclear Power Plant
Week 13 C3
Alternative Energies (Solar, Wind)
Week 14 C3
Fuel Cell, Energy Storage
Week 15 C3
Energy Management and Energy Audit
Week 16 C3
Environmental Aspects of Power Generation

FINAL TERM EXAM

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