5EE4 GENERATION OF ELECTRICAL POWER

Unit-1

Conventional Energy Generation Methods

:

(i) Thermal Power plants:

Basic schemes and

working principle.

(ii) Gas Power Plants:

open cycle and closed cycle gas turbine plants,

combined gas & steam plants – basic schemes.

(iii)

Hydro Power Plants:

Classification of

hydroelectric plants. Basic schemes of hydroelectric and pumped storage plants.

(iv)

Nuclear

Power Plants:

Nuclear fission and Nuclear fusion. Fissile and fertile materials. Basic plant

schemes with boiling water reactor, heavy water reactor and fast breeder reactor.  Efficiencies

of various power plants.

Unit-2

New Energy Sources

: Impact of thermal, gas, hydro and nuclear power stations on

environment. Green House Effect (Global Warming). Renewable and non-renewable energy

sources. Conservation of natural resources and sustainable energy systems. Indian energy

Unit-3

(i) Loads and Load curves:

Types of load, chronological load curve, load duration curve,

energy load curve and mass curve. Maximum demand, demand factor, load factor, diversity

factor, capacity factor and utilization.

(ii)

Power factor improvement

:  Causes and effects of

low power factor and advantages of power factor improvement. Power factor improvement

using shunt capacitors and synchronous condensers.

Unit-4

Power Plant Economics: (i)

Capital cost of plants, annual fixed and operating costs of plants,

generation cost and depreciation. Effect of load factor on unit energy cost. Role of load

diversity in power system economics.

(ii)

Calculation of most economic power factor when (a)

kW demand is constant and (b) kVA demand is constant.

(iii)

Energy cost reduction:

off peak

energy utilization, co-generation, and energy conservation.

Unit-5

(i) Tariffs:

Objectives of tariffs. General tariff form. Flat demand rate, straight meter rate,

block meter rate. Two part tariff, power factor dependent tariffs, three-part tariff. Spot (time

differentiated) pricing.

(ii)

Selection of Power Plants:

Comparative study of thermal, hydro,

nuclear and gas power plants. Base load and peak load plants. Size and types of generating