604:POWERSTATI

ONPRACTI
CE
UNI T- I
Introduct i
on: El ect r
icener gydemandandgr owt hi nI ndi a, elect ricener gysour ces.
Ther mal PowerPl ant :
Sitesel ect ion, gener al l
ay outandoper at ionofpl ant ,det aileddescr ipt i
onanduseofdi ff
er entpar ts.
Hy dr oEl ect ricPl ant s:
Classi fi
cat i
ons,l ocat ionandsi tesel ect ion,det aileddescr iptionofv ariouscomponent s,gener all ayout
andoper at ionofPl ant s, br iefdescr ipt ionofi mpul se, react ion, Kapl anandFr ancist urbines, advant ages&
disadv ant ages, hy dr o- pot ent i
al inI ndi a
UNI T- II
Nucl earPowerPl ant :
Locat ion, si tesel ect ion, gener al lay outandoper ati
onofpl ant .Br iefdescr i
pt i
onofdi f
ferentt ypesof
react or sModer at ormat er ial,fissi l
emat erials, cont rol ofnucl earr eact or s,di sposal ofnucl earwast e
mat erial, shi eldi ng.GasTur binePl ant :
Oper ationalpr inci pl e ofgas t ur bine pl ant& i ts ef fi
ci ency ,f uels,open and cl osed- cycle pl ants,
regener at ion, int er -
cool ingandr eheat ing, roleandappl i
cat i
ons.
Diesel Pl ant s:
Diesel pl antl ay out ,component s&t hei rf unct ions, itsper for mance, rol eandappl icat i
ons
UNI T- III
Sub- st ationsLay out :
Ty pesofsubst at i
ons, bus- barar rangement s, typical lay outofsubst ation.
PowerPl antEconomi csandTar i
ffs:
Loadcur ve,l oaddur ationcur ve,di f ferentf act orsr el atedt opl antsandconsumer s,Costofel ectrical
ener gy ,depr eci at i
on,gener ationcost ,ef fectofLoadf act oronuni tcost .Fi xedandoper ati
ngcostof
differ entpl ant s,r ol eofl oaddi v ersi tyi npowersy stem economy .Obj ect ivesandf ormsofTar iff;Causes
andef fect sofl owpowerf act or ,adv ant agesofpowerf act ori mpr ov ement ,di fferentmet hodsf orpower
fact ori mpr ov ement s.
UNI T- IV
Economi cOper at ionofPowerSy st ems:
Char act erist icsofst eam andhy dro- pl ant s,
Const rai ntsi noper at i
on, Economi cl oadschedul i
ngoft her mal plant sNegl ect ingandconsi dering
transmi ssi onLosses, Penal tyf act or , losscoef fi
cient s, Incr ement altransmi ssionl oss.Hy drother mal
Schedul ing
UNI T- V
NonConv ent ional Ener gySour ces:
PowerCr i
si s, fut ur eener gydemand, rol eofPr i
v at
esect or si nener gymanagement ,
MHDgener ation: Wor kingpr i
nci ple, openandcl osedcy cles, MHDsy stems, adv ant ages, par amet er s
gov er ningpowerout put .
Sol arpowerpl ant :Conv ersi onofsol arheatt oel ect ri
city ,Sol arener gycol l
ect or s,Phot ovol t
aiccel l,power
gener ation, fut ur epr ospect sofsol arener gyuse.
Wi ndEner gy : Wi ndmi ll
s, powerout putwi thcombi nedoper ationofwi ndt urbi negener ationandi sol ated
gener atingsy stem, t echni cal choi ces&economi csi ze.
Geot her mal Ener gy :Ear t hener gy ,heatext ract ion, v aport ur binecy cle, diffi
cul ties&di sadv antages,
Tidal ener gy :Ti dal phenomenon, tidal bar r
age, tidal powerSchemes.
OceanTher mal Ener gy :Int roduct ion, ener gyconv er si
on, pr obl ems.
TextBooks:
B. R.Gupt a, “Gener ationofEl ect rical Ener gy ”
, S.ChandPubl icat i
on.
Soni , Gupt a&Bhat nagar ,“At extbookonPowerSy stem Engg. ”,DhanpatRai &Co.
P. S.R.Mur thy , “Oper at ionandcont rol ofPowerSy stem”BSPubl i
cat i
ons, Hy der abad.
Ref er enceBooks:
W.D.St ev enson, “Element sofPowerSy st em Anal ysis” ,McGr awHi l
l
.
S.L.Uppal , “El ect rical Power ”,KhannaPubl isher s.