Power Plant Engineering

UNIT – I 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 equipment, types of coals, coal handling, choice of handling equipment, coal storage, ash handling systems. Combustion: properties of coal – overfeed and underfeed fuel beds, traveling 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, cooling towers and heat rejection. corrosion and feed water treatment. Introduction :   The whole world is in the grip of energy crisis and the pollution manifesting itself in the spiraling cost of energy and not comforted due to increase in pollution as well as the depletion of conventional energy resources and increasing curve of pollution elements.  To meet these challenges one way is to check growing energy demand b