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This document provides an overview of the Power Station Practice course offered at Graphic Era University. The course covers 5 units related to various types of power plants including thermal, hydroelectric, nuclear, gas turbine, and diesel plants. It also covers topics like substations, economic operation of power systems, and power plant economics and tariffs. The objective is to provide students understanding of electric power generation concepts. The course will be evaluated through a midterm exam, end term exam, and assignments/tests worth a total of 100 marks.

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Course Handout Tee 701

This document provides an overview of the Power Station Practice course offered at Graphic Era University. The course covers 5 units related to various types of power plants including thermal, hydroelectric, nuclear, gas turbine, and diesel plants. It also covers topics like substations, economic operation of power systems, and power plant economics and tariffs. The objective is to provide students understanding of electric power generation concepts. The course will be evaluated through a midterm exam, end term exam, and assignments/tests worth a total of 100 marks.

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GRAPHIC ERA UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING


SEVENTH SEMESTER 2017-2018
Date: 05-07-2017
Course No. : TEE-504
Course Title: Power Station Practice
Instructor-in-Charge: Mr. Ashutosh Bhatt

Course Description:
Electricity is modern society’s most convenient and useful form of energy. The subject matter is divided into
5 chapters covering duly-recognized areas of theory and study.

Unit 1:
Introduction: Electric energy demand and growth in India, electric energy sources.
Thermal Power Plant:
Site selection, general layout and operation of plant, detailed description and use of different parts.
Hydro Electric Plants: Classifications, location and site selection, detailed description of various
components, general layout and operation of Plants, brief description of impulse, reaction, Kaplan and
Francis turbines, advantages & disadvantages, hydro-potential in India

Unit 2:
Nuclear Power Plant:
Location, site selection, general layout and operation of plant. Brief description of different types of reactors
Moderator material, fissile materials, control of nuclear reactors, disposal of nuclear waste material, shielding.
Gas Turbine Plant:
Operational principle of gas turbine plant & its efficiency, fuels, Open and closed-cycle plants, regeneration,
inter-cooling and reheating, role and applications.

Unit 3:
Diesel Plants: Diesel plant layout, components & their functions, its performance, role and applications
Sub-stations Layout: Types of substations, bus-bar arrangements, typical layout of substation.

Unit 4:
Economic Operation of Power Systems:
Characteristics of steam and hydro-plants, Constraints in operation, Economic load scheduling of thermal
plants Neglecting and considering transmission Losses, Penalty factor, loss coefficients, Incremental
transmission loss. Hydrothermal Scheduling

Unit 5:
Power Plant Economics and Tariffs:
Load curve, load duration curve, different factors related to plants and consumers, Cost of electrical energy,
depreciation, generation cost, effect of Load factor on unit cost. Fixed and operating cost of different plants,
role of load diversity in power system economy. Objectives and forms of Tariff; Causes and effects of low
power factor, advantages of power factor improvement, different methods for Power factor improvements.

Scope and Objective of the Course:


The objective is to instill confidence and understanding of those concepts of generation of electric power, the
coverage however is quite comprehensive and spans a wide range of topics commonly encountered in power
generation. In this regard, student after the completion of the course should be able to know about different
source of Conventional and Non-Conventional energy resource, tariffs used in India, indoor and outdoor
substation equipment.

Textbook:
1. M. V. Deshpande, “Elements of Electric Power Station Design”, Wheeler Publishing Co.
2. B. R. Gupta, “Generation of Electrical Energy”, Eurasa Publishing House.
3. B. G. A. Skrotzki & W. A. Vopat, “Power Station Engineering and Economy”, Tata McGraw Hill
Reference Books:
1. S. L. Uppal, “Electrical Power”, Khanna Publishers.
2. M. L. Soni, P. V. Gupta and U. S. Bhatnagar, “A Course in Electrical Power”, Dhanpat Rai & Sons.

Lecture No. Learning Objective Topics to be Reference


covered Chap./Sec.
(Book)
1-5 Importance of electrical energy, Energy Scenario CH -2(TB-2)
comparison with forms of energy,
global energy scenario.
6-10 Introduction to Solar energy, geo- Renewable Sources CH -2(TB-2)
thermal energy, tidal energy, wind
energy, bio-gas energy and M.H.D.
Power generation
11-15 Thermal Power Plant, Location and Thermal Power CH -4 (TB-1)
Site selection, general layout and Plant
working of plant, brief description
of boilers, economizers, super
heaters, draft equipments, fuel and
ash handling plant,
16-19 Gas Turbine Power Plant, Lay out, Gas Turbine CH -5(TB-1)
Working and components of gas
turbine power plant, combined gas
and steam turbine plant.
20-25 Hydro Electric Plant, Location and Hydro Plant CH -7& 8 (TB-1)
site selection, general layout and
operation of plant, Impulse,
Reaction, Francis and Kaplan
turbines, governing of turbines.
26-28 Diesel Power Plant, Layout and Diesel & Nuclear CH -3(TB-1)
components of plant auxiliary plant
equipments, Nuclear Power Plant,
Location and site selection, general
layout and operation of plant, brief
description of reactors, moderators
and reflectors.
28-32 Load curve, load duration curve, Power Plant CH-4(TB-3)
different factors related to plants Economics and
and consumers, Cost of electrical Tariffs
energy, depreciation, generation
cost, effect of Load factor on unit
cost. Fixed and operating cost of
different plants, role of load
diversity in power system economy.
Objectives and forms of Tariff;
Causes and effects of low power
factor, advantages of power factor
improvement, different methods for
Power factor improvements.
33-36 Types of substations, bus-bar Substation CH -10 (TB-1)
arrangements, typical layout of
substations, substation equipments.
37-42 Characteristics of steam and hydro- Load curve and CH -1(TB-1)
plants, Constraints in operation, tarrif
Economic load scheduling of
thermal plants Neglecting and
considering transmission Losses,
Penalty factor, loss coefficients,
Incremental transmission loss.
Hydrothermal Scheduling.
Evaluation Scheme:

EC. No Component Duration Marks Weightage Date Nature


(%) &
Time
Mid Term 1.5 Hrs 25 25 Closed book

End Term 3 Hrs 50 50 Closed book

Assignment, 25 25
Quiz, Test

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