SARVAJANIK UNIVERSITY
Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology
Bachelor of Technology
Mechanical Engineering Department
Semester VI
Course Name: Power Plant Engineering Course Code: BTME13603
Type of course: Professional Core Course
Prerequisite: Fluid Mechanics and Basic Mechanical Engineering
Course outline: The goal of this course is to provide students with a fundamental
understanding of the construction and operation of various types of thermal
power plants, including steam turbines, gas turbines, nuclear power plants,
and others. This course will describe the role of mechanical engineers in
the operation and maintenance of various power plants, in addition to
providing a general overview of power plants.
Teaching and Examination Scheme:
TEACHING SCHEME Theory Marks Practical Marks Total
L T P C TEE CA1 CA2 TEP CA3
100
3 0 0 3 60 25 15 00 00
CA1: Continuous Assessment (assignments/projects/open book tests/closed book tests CA2:
Sincerity in attending classes/class tests/ timely submissions of assignments/self-learning
attitude/solving advanced problems TEE: Term End Examination TEP: Term End Practical Exam
(Performance and viva on practical skills learned in course) CA3: Regular submission of Lab
work/Quality of work submitted/Active participation in lab sessions/viva on practical skills learned
in course
Course Contents:
Sr. Teaching Module
Topics
No. Hrs. Weightage
Coal Based Thermal Power Plant:
Layout of modern coal based power plant. Components of coal
based power plant. Site selection criteria. Rankine cycle and its
improvisations. Supercritical, High Pressure Boilers, FBC
1. Boilers. Steam Nozzles, Steam Turbines, Steam Condensers, 12 26%
Cooling Towers. Steam & Heat rate. Combined Cycle Power
Plant: Binary Cycles and Cogeneration systems. Subsystems of
thermal power plants – Draught system, Fuel and ash handling,
Feed water treatment. Environmental and safety aspects of steam
turbine power plant operation
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Sr. Teaching Module
Topics
No. Hrs. Weightage
Gas Turbine Power Plant:
Layout of gas turbine power plant. Components of gas turbine
power plant. Classification: Open and closed cycle. Gas turbine
fuels. Actual Brayton cycle. Optimum pressure ratio for
2. 7 16%
maximum thermal efficiency. Work ratio, Air rate and effect of
operating variables on the thermal efficiency. Importance and
method of cooling for gas turbine blades. Combined steam and
gas turbine plant. Environmental and safety aspects of Gas turbine
power plant operation
Nuclear Power Plant:
Basics of Nuclear Engineering, Layout and subsystems of
Nuclear Power Plants, Working of Nuclear Reactors : Boiling
Water Reactor (BWR), Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR),
3. Canada Deuterium- Uranium reactor (CANDU), Breeder, Gas 7 16%
Cooled and Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors. Brief about the
Nuclear program in India, Safety measures for Nuclear Power
plants. Environmental and safety aspects of nuclear power plant
operation
Hydro Power Plant:
Need of Renewable energy. Hydro Electric Power Plants –
Classification, Typical Layout and all the associated components
of Hydro power plant. Concept of Pump as Turbine and Pump
4. 7 16%
storage power plant. Environmental, safety aspects and
challenges of hydro power plant operation. About small hydro
energy and overview about Ministry of New and renewable
energy (MNRE) and various hydro projects in India.
Wind Power Plant:
Concept of wing energy and Wind farm or Wind park. Elements
of Wind power plant. Available energy and site selection. Types
5. of wind turbines with its advantages and disadvantages. 7 16%
Environmental, safety aspects and challenges of wind energy.
Overview about the Wind energy program and various projects in
India.
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Sr. Teaching Module
Topics
No. Hrs. Weightage
Power Generation from other Renewable Resources:
Principle, Construction and working of - Tidal, Ocean thermal
energy conversion (OTEC), Solar Photovoltaic (SPV), Solar
6. 5 10%
Thermal, Geo-thermal, Bio energy, waste to energy and Fuel Cell
power systems. Environmental, safety aspects and challenges of
these renewable resources.
Percentage Distribution of Marks as per Bloom’s Taxonomy (Theory/Practical):
% Distribution of Marks
R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level
20 20 20 20 10 10
Legends: R: Remembrance, U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze, E: Evaluate C: Create
Note: This specification table shall be treated as a general guideline for students and teachers. The
actual distribution of marks in the question paper may vary slightly from above table.
Reference Books:
Sr. Title of book Publication Publication
Author(s) Publisher
no. /article year edition
Domkundwar,
Power Plant Dhanpat Rai &
1. Arora 2017 4th
Engineering Co. (P) Limited
Domkundwar
Power Plant McGraw-Hill
2. P.K. Nag 2007 3rd
Engineering Education
Laxmi
3. Thermal Engineering R. K. Rajput 2000 1st
Publication
McGraw-Hill
4. Gas Turbines V. Ganeshan 2015 1st
Education
Power Station
Bernhardt Skrotzki McGraw Hill
5. Engineering and 2001 1st
& William Vopat Education
Economy
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Course Outcomes (CO’s):
CO CO Statement Marks %
No. After learning this subject, students will be able to weightage
CO-1 Examine the various power plants and its application 20
Explain the layout, construction and working principles of power plants and
CO-2 20
its components.
CO-3 Analyze all the essential components of power plants. 20
Explain the significance of power plants and justify the need for efficient
CO-4 20
systems.
Discuss environmental, safety aspects and challenges of various power plant
CO-5 20
operation
Mapping of CO’s with Program Outcomes (PO’s) and Program Specific Outcomes (PSO’s):
PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PSO PSO PSO
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3
CO-1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1
CO-2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 1
CO-3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 2
CO-4 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 1 3 3 1
CO-5 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
Ratio 9 8 10 8 7 11 9 5 10 10 7 6 12 11 5
nale*
Rationale - Mapping of CO’s with PO’s and CO’s with PSO’s:
CO-PO’s: As per CO's and PO's mapping, this course will provide students a thorough grasp of
engineering related to different power plants and its key elements. This course will assist students in
operating and maintaining a variety of power plants, either alone or in groups, enabling them to
increase the efficiency of key components that will benefit both society and the environment.
CO-PSO’s: According to the above CO's and PSO's mapping, students will be able examine and
explain different power plants and all the essential components. As students can perform their own
study on key power plant components, they will be able to build and analyse systems more
effectively, in future. Also they will be able to explore various opportunities in the field of power
generation
Assignments to be given as per the requirement of the course.
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SARVAJANIK UNIVERSITY
Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology
Bachelor of Technology