R. M.

K COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

RSM Nagar, Puduvoyal, Kavaraipettai 601 206
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ME 2403 POWER PLANT ENGINEERING
(VII Semester / IV Year)
COURSE OBJECTIVES & COURSE OUTCOMES

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To acquaint students with both steam generation and electricity production and to present
some of the engineering calculations encountered in practice.

Objectives that students will meet at the end of the course:

Describe sources of energy and types of power plants.
Analyze different types of steam cycles and estimate efficiencies in a steam power plant.
Describe basic working principles of gas turbine and diesel engine power plants.
Define the performance characteristics and components of such power plants.
List the principal components and types of nuclear reactors.
Evaluate cycle efficiency and performance of a gas cooled reactor power plant.
Classify different types of coupled vapor cycles and list the advantages of combined
cycles power plant.
List different types of fuels used in power plants and estimate their heating values.
List types, principles of operations, components and applications of steam turbines, steam
generators, condensers, feed water and circulating water systems.
Estimate different efficiencies associated with such systems.
Define terms and factors associated with power plant economics.
Calculate present worth depreciation and cost of different types of power plants.
Estimate the cost of producing power per kW.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

After completion of this course, the students should be able to:

Discuss the energy resources and energy conversion methods available for the production
of electric power in India.
Determine the efficiency and output of a modern Rankine cycle steam power plant from
given data, including superheat, reheat, regeneration, and irreversibilities
Calculate the heat rate, fan power consumption, flame temperature and combustion air
requirements of conventional steam generators (boilers).
Select the heat transfer tubes needed for condensers and feed water heaters
Explain the blade shapes, and calculate work output of typical turbine stages.
Calculate the performance of gas turbines with reheat and regeneration, and discuss the
performance of combined cycle power plants.
Explain the major types of hydro-power and wind-power turbines and estimate power
generation potential.
Explain the basic principles of thermal-fission and fast-breeder nuclear power plants,
such as pressurized-water, boiling-water, and heavy-water reactors.
Discuss power generation from renewable/alternate fuels and heat sources: biofuels,
synthetic fuels, geothermal, ocean thermal, solar thermal power plants.
Discuss the principles and potential of direct-electric power conversion systems, such as
fuel-cell and solar photovoltaic units.
Discuss the control methods of major pollutants emitted from fossil-fuel power plants.
Discuss the environmental impact of electric power production on air quality, climate
change, water, and land.
Perform the preliminary design of the major components or systems of a conventional or
alternate power plant.