MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

FRM-001/00/QSP-004
Dec. 01, 2001
TENTATIVE TEACHING PLAN (COURSE OUTLINES)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Name of Teacher: Prof. Dr. Khanji Harijan+ Engr. Ans Ahmed
Subject: Thermal Power Plant Batch: 18ME (Sec. A+B) Semester: 7th Year: Fourth
Credit hours: 03 Course Code: ME 442 Pre-requisite: Thermodynamics-I, II, SHE
Semester start date: 08.11.2021 Semester suspension date: --------
Sr. Lectures CLO
Lecture Topic LEVEL
# required #
1. Introduction: Energy types and classification, energy sources 02 1 C4
2. Energy conversion systems, energy consumption, energy, economy and
02 1 C4
environment.
3. Steam Power Plant: Fossil fuels; composition and ranking; analysis,
03 1 C4
properties
4. Basic power cycle components and analyses 02 1 C4
5. Superheating and reheating of steam, regeneration 01 2 C5
6. Feed water heaters, optimum degree of regeneration 02 2 C5
7. Supercritical pressure cycle, typical layout of steam power plant,
02 2 C5
combustion equipment’s and firing methods for different fuels
8. Clean-coal technologies 01 1 C4
9. Fluidized bed combustion, and coal gasification, environmental impact
02 2 C5
consideration, CO2 sequestration
10. Cogeneration: Basic concepts of cogeneration, benefits, balance of energy
02 1 C4
demand, types of prime movers, micro-cogeneration units
11. Gas Turbine Power Plant: Basic power cycle components and analyses,
02 1 C4
regeneration and modifications
12. Site selection criterion, combustion equipment and firing methods,
02 2, 3 C5, C6
environmental impact consideration.
13. Combined Cycle Power Plant: Basic concepts and benefits 02 1 C4
14. Binary vapor cycles, combined gas-steam power plant 01 1 C4
15. Integrated gasification combined cycle power plant, environmental
02 2,3 C5, C6
aspects.
16. Diesel Engine Power Plant: Types of diesel engine power plants, general
02 1 C4
layout
17. Site selection criterion, and performance characteristics, environmental
02 2,3 C5, C6
impact consideration
18. Nuclear Power Plant: Nuclear fuels: fundamentals and nuclear reaction
02 1 C4
types
19. Components of nuclear power plant, parts of a nuclear reactor, types 02 2 C5
20. Site selection criterion, safety operation of power plant 02 2,3 C5, C6
21. Environmental pollution and its control 02 3 C6
22. Power Plant Economics and Management: Effects of variable load, terms
03 3 C6
and definitions, load curves, energy conservation and management
23. Applications of Pinch technology, energy storage, economics of
02 3 C6
thermal power plants.
Total 45

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