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UNIT I COAL BASED THERMAL POWER PLANTS

1.1 Rankine cycle - improvisations

1.2 Layout of modern coal power plant

1.3 Super critical boilers

1.4 FBC boilers

1.5 Turbines

1.6 Condensers

1.7 Steam & Heat rate

1.8 Subsystems of thermal power plants

1.9 Fuel and ash handling

1.10 Draught system

1.11 Feed water treatment

1.12 Binary Cycles and Cogeneration systems

UNIT II DIESEL, GAS TURBINE AND COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS

2.1 Otto, Diesel, Dual & Brayton Cycle - Analysis & Optimisation

2.2 Components of diesel and gas turbine power plants

2.3 Combined cycle power plants

2.4 Integrated gasifier based combined cycle systems

UNIT III NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

3.1 Basics of Nuclear Engineering

3.2 Layout and subsystems of Nuclear Power Plants

3.3 Working of Nuclear Reactors

3.4 Boiling Water Reactor (BWR)

3.5 Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)

3.6 CANada Deuterium- Uranium reactor (CANDU)

3.7 Breeder

3.8 Gas Cooled and Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors

3.9 Safety measures for Nuclear Power plants

UNIT IV POWER FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY

4.1 Hydro Electric Power Plants

4.2 Classification

4.3 Typical Layout and associated components including Turbines

4.4 Principle, Construction and working of Wind power systems - Tidal power systems - Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) - Solar Thermal - Geo Thermal - Biogas power systems - Fuel Cell power systems

UNIT V ENERGY, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF POWER PLANTS

5.1 Power tariff types

5.2 Load distribution parameters

5.3 Load curve

5.4 Comparison of site selection criteria - Relative Merits & Demerits - Capital & Operating Cost of different power plants

5.5 Pollution control technologies including Waste Disposal Options for Coal and Nuclear Power Plants