DETAILED SYLLABUS:

UNIT-1: INTRODUCTION TO THE SOURCES OF ENERGY – resources and

development of power in India.
STEAM POWER PLANT: Plant layout, working of different circuits, fuel and
handling equipments, types of coals, coal handling, choice of handling equipment,
coal storage, ash handling systems.
COMBUSTION: properties of coal – overfeed and underfeed fuel beds, travelling
grate stokers, spreader stokers, retort stokers, pulverized fuel burning system and
its components, combustion needs and draught system, cyclone furnace, design
and construction, dust collectors, Dust collection and its disposal –Mechanical
type –Electrostatic Precipitator, cooling towers and heat rejection, corrosion and
feed water treatment, dearation.
UNIT-II: INTERNAL COMBUSTION AND GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS:
DIESEL POWER PLANT: Plant layout with auxiliaries – fuel supply system, air
starting equipment, super charging. Advantages and Disadvantages of
Diesel plants over Thermal plants.
GAS TURBINE PLANT: Introduction – classification - Principles of working of
closed and open cycle gas turbines construction – layout with auxiliaries,
Combined cycle power plants and comparison.
UNIT-III: HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLANT: Water power – hydrological cycle /
flow measurement– drainage area characteristics – hydrographs – storage and
pondage – classification of dams and spill ways.
HYDRO PROJECTS AND PLANT: Classification – plant operation and pumped
storage plants.
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: Nuclear fuel – breeding and fertile materials – nuclear
reactor– Components of Reactor– reactor operation,
TYPES OF REACTORS: Pressurized water reactor, boiling water reactor, sodium-
graphite reactor, fast breeder reactor, radiation hazards and shielding –
radioactive waste disposal.
UNIT-IV: COMBINED OPERATIONS OF DIFFERENT POWER PLANTS:
Introduction, advantages of combined working, load division between power
stations, storage type hydro-electric plant in combination with steam plant, run-
of-river plant in combination with steam plant, pump storage plant in
combination with steam or nuclear power plant, co-ordination of hydro- electric
and gas turbine stations.
POWER PLANT INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL: Importance of
measurement and instrumentation in power plant, measurement of water purity,
gas analysis, O2 and CO2 measurements, measurement of smoke and dust,
measurement of moisture in carbon dioxide circuit, nuclear measurements.
UNIT-V: POWER PLANT ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSIDERATIONS:
Capital cost, investment of fixed charges, operating costs, general arrangement of
power distribution, load curves, load duration curve, definitions of connected load,
maximum demand, demand factor, average load, load factor, diversity factor –
related exercises, Performance and Operating Characteristics of Power Plant,
Effluents from power plants and Impact on environment – pollutants and pollution
standards – methods of pollution control.
 MODEL PAPER
III B. TECH II SEMESTER REGULAR EXAMINATION MODEL PAPER
POWER PLANT ENGINEERING
(ME)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks:
70
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Note: Answer ONE question from each unit (5 × 14 = 70 Marks)
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UNIT-I CO BL
1. a) Explain the working of underfeed stroker firing system [7M] 1 KL2
with their relative merits and demerits.
b) Why feed water treatment is considered essential in a [7M] 1 KL2
thermal power plant? Explain it.
(OR)
2. a) Explain the working of a Electrostatic Precipitator with [7M] 1 KL2
a neat sketch.
b) What are the elements of coal handling system in a [7M] 1 KL2
thermal power plant? Explain.
UNIT-II
3. a) Why the supercharging is necessary in diesel plant? [7M] 2 KL2
Discuss the methods used for supercharging the diesel
engine. What are the advantages of supercharging.
b) Explain the working of a simple Gas Turbine power [7M] 2 KL2
plant. Compare the open cycle and Closed cycle Gas
Turbine power plant.

(OR)
4. a) Explain briefly compressed air starting system in [7M] 2 KL2
Diesel power plant.
b) Explain the working principle of combined cycle power [7M] 2 KL2
plant with a neat sketch and also draw its T-s plot.
UNIT-III
5. a) What is a spillway? Explain with neat sketches, the [7M] 3 KL2
different types of spillways used in practice.

b) The runoff data of two rivers for twelve months is [7M] 3 KL3
tabulated as given below: The head available for river
A is 80m and river B is 82m. Using the below data
determine which river is more suitable for storage type
hydroelectric plant. Assume the overall efficiency of
generation is the same for both sites.

Month Runoff (mm3 per

month)
River A River B
 January 45 55
February 35 50
March 30 65
April 25 90
May 20 110
June 160 100
July 185 90
August 180 90
September 110 80
October 80 60
November 55 65
December 50 60
(OR)
6. a) What is the function of hydraulic turbine and how are [7M] 3 KL2
they classified?
b) With a neat sketch, explain the working of boiling [7M] 3 KL2
water reactor.
UNIT-IV
7. a) Explain the working of a run-of-river plant in [7M] 4 KL2
combination with steam power plant with a neat
sketch

b) How do you define the water purity used for power [7M] 4 KL2
plant? Draw an electrical circuit used to measure the
dissolved impurities in water and explain its working.
(OR)
8. a) Explain the working of a pump storage plant in [7M] 4 KL2
combination with steam or nuclear power plant.

b) Explain the working of a measurement of O2 and CO2 [7M] 4 KL2

with a neat sketch

UNIT-V
9. a) Prove that the load factor of a power system is [7M] 5 KL3
improved by an increase in diversity of load.

b) A thermal power plant of 210 MW capacity has the [7M] 5 KL3

maximum load of 180 MW. Its annual load factor is
0.70. The coal consumption is 1kg per KWh of energy
generated and the cost of coal is Rs.450.00 per tonne.
Calculate i) the annual revenue earned if energy is
sold at Rs 1.5 per KWh, ii) the capacity factor of the
plant, and iii) the utilization factor.

(OR)
10. a) The annual peak load on a 40MW power station is [7M] 5 KL3
30MW. The power station supplies load having a
maximum demand of 15MW, 9MW,7MW and 5MW.
The annual load factor is 0.5. Calculate (i) Average
load (ii) Energy supplied per year (iii) Diversity factor
(iv) Demand factor.
b) What are the sources of air pollution and methods to [7M] 5 KL2
control it? Explain any one method.

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