Power Plant : Thermal, Gas, Wind, Hydro & Solar

Powerplant engineering guidebook App: Thermal, Gas, Wind, Hydro, Coal & Solar

This app is dedicated for the powerplant engineering and can be used as a guide book of the following

Thermal power plant

Gas power plant

Wind power plant

Hydro power plant

Nuclear power plant

Coal power plant

Following topics have been covered

Contents

Hydro

Hydrology

• First requirement –

• Hydrology deals with occurrence and distribution of water over and under earth’s surface.

• Watershed, catchment area or drainage area:

Objectives of Hydrology

Various terms related to Hydrology

• Hydrograph:

• Flow duration curve:

• Mass curve

• Storage:

• Pondage:

• Primary Power:

• Secondary Power:

• Dump Power:

• Maximum flow estimation:

Site Selection for Hydropower Plants

Various types of dams

Gravity Dams:

Earth Dams:

Rockfill Dams:

Arch Dams:

Buttress Dams:

Classification of Hydropower Plants

According to water flow regulation:

According to Load:

According to head:

Components of a Hydro Power Plant

Key components: Conduit

Conduits

Key components: Surge Tank

Water Hammer

Negative Pressure

Key Components: Draft Tubes, Scroll Casing and Tailrace.

The function of the draft tube is to

Scroll Casing:

Tailrace:

Integrals of a Hydraulic Plant

Power House

Switchyard

Hydraulic Turbines

Types of Hydraulic Turbines

Difference between Impulse and Reaction Turbines

Impulse Turbine

Reaction Turbine

Comparison of Kaplan, Francis and Pelton

Kaplan

Francis

Peltron

Specific Speed (Ns)

Runaway Speed

Turbine Setting

Governing of Hydraulic Turbines

Hydro Power Plant Auxiliaries

Hydro Power Plant Layout

Questions based on Hydro Power Plants

Laws of Thermodynamics

Zeroth Law:

First Law:

Second Law:

Third Law:

Principle of Operation of Thermal Power Plants

The four processes in the Rankine cycle

Selection Criteria of site for thermal power plant

Major Components of a Thermal Power Plant

Coal handling Plant

Unloading process

Feeding Process

Screening Process

Crushing Process

Stacking & Reclaiming Process

Bunkering Process

Coal pulverization

Pulverization

Types of pulverisers

The purpose of a pulverizer in a coal fired boiler

Types of Mill

Ball tube mill

Vertical spindle mill:

High speed impact mill:

Draught System

Natural Draught

Mechanical Draught

Boiler

Fire Tube Boiler

Water Tube boilers

Superheater and Reheaters

Superheater

Reheater

Feed Water Heaters

Air Preheaters

Steam Turbines

Impulse Turbine

Reaction Turbine

Compounding of steam turbines:

Governing of steam turbines:

Condensers

Jet condenser (contact type)

Surface condenser (non-contact type)

Deaerators

Cooling Towers and Spray Ponds

Ash Handling Plant

The ash may be-----

Fly Ash

Bottom ash

The operation of ash handling plants

Disposal of Ash

Ash Handling System

Belt conveyor system

Pneumatic system

Hydraulic system

Steam jet system

Electrostatic Precipitators

Steps of the process

What is Nuclear reaction

Energy from Nuclear Reactions

Nuclear Fission vs Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Fission

Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Power Reactors: Magnox

Advanced Gas cooled Reactors

Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)

Boiling Water Reactors (BWR)

Comparison of PWR and BWR

PWR : Advantages

BWR : Advantages

PWR : Disadvantages

BWR : Disadvantages

Fast Breeder Reactors

Factors for Site Selection of NPPs

Advantages of NPPs

Disadvantages of NPPs

What is a Windmill?

Why windmill?

How Does a Windmill Work?

How Wind Creates Energy

Types of Wind Turbines

Horizontal-Axis Turbines:

Vertical-Axis Turbines:

Sizes of Wind Turbines

The Inside of a Wind Turbine

Materials and recent developments

New designs

Materials for blades

Gas Turbine Power plant

Compressor:

Intercooler:

Regenerator

Combustion chambers:

Gas turbine

Working of Gas Turbine Power plant

Advantages of Gas turbine power plant

Disadvantages of gas turbine power plant

Applications of gas turbine power plant

Classification of Gas Turbine

Chernobyl Power Plant

Movies

Kingsnorth Power Station

Fukushima nuclear disaster

Fukushima Daini

Nuclear power plants

Solar power plants, types, working, advantage and design