Department of Mechanical Engineering COURSE OUTLINE

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

PART A: General Information

1. Course Number ME 419
Course Title Power Plant Engineering
Credit (Contact) Hours 3
2. Level and Term (Section) Level 4, Term 2
Academic Term January 2024 (Started at September 2024)
3. Type of Course Core Course
Offered to Mechanical Engineering
4. Pre-requisite Course(s) None
5. Course Website Designated MS Teams for ME 419
6. Lecture Schedule Sat (A: 8-9 am, 219), (B: 9-10 am, 220); (C: 10-11 am, 221)
Sun (A: 10-11 am, 219), (B: 11-12 am, 220); (C: 12-1 pm, 221)
Sun (A: 9-10 am, 219), (C: 11-12 am, 220); (B: 12-1 pm, 221)

7. Important Dates For important dates and examination schedules and latest updates,
please follow the course website

8. Course Teacher(s)
Name (Initials): Office: Email: Consultation Hour(s)
Dr. Md. Ehsan ME 217 [email protected] Sunday 13:00-14:00
Dr. A K M Monjur ME 201 [email protected] Saturday 13:00-14:00
Morshed

PART B: Course Details

9. Course Content (As approved by the Academic Council)
Overview of power system: generation, transmission and distribution; Power generation options; Global
power generation scenario; Survey of power plants in Bangladesh. Variable load problem; Economic analysis
of power plants. Diesel and gas engine power plants: Components and performance; Gas turbine power plants:
components, materials, performance, and cooling; Thermal power plants: fuel, combustion equipment, steam
generator, gas and water loops, steam turbines, cycle analysis; Combined cycle power plants: cogeneration.
Hydro-electric power plants: site selection, components of the plant, governing of water turbine. Nuclear
power plant: components, types of reactors, layout of nuclear power plant, safety and waste disposal.
Generator cooling; Governing and control of power plants; Environmental impact of power generation; Clean
coal technologies.

10. Course Objectives

 To recognize electric power systems: generation, transmission, and distribution
 To illustrate global and national electric power generation scenarios
 To explain variable power load and power plant economy
 To identify major components and design layout of various power plants: DPP (Diesel Power Plant, GPP
(Gas Power Plant), SPP (Steam Power Plant), NPP (Nuclear Power Plant), HPP (Hydel Power Plant)
 To analyse the performance of various power plants: DPP, GPP, SPP, NPP, HPP
 To assess environmental impact of power generation.
11. Knowledge required
Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Measurements and Instrumentation, Materials
Engineering.
12. Course Outcomes
CO CO Statement Corresponding Domains and Delivery Assessment
No. PO(s)* Taxonomy Method(s) and Tool(s)
level(s)** Activity(-ies)
1 Recognise electric power generation PO (1) C1 Lectures Class Test
scenario, power generations systems, Tutorials Assignments
variable load problems and power plant HomeWorks Final Exam
economy
2 Explain thermodynamic principles of PO (1) C2 Lectures Class Test
conventional power generation systems, Tutorials Assignments
major mechanical components and design HomeWorks Final Exam
layouts
3 Apply thermodynamic knowledge to solve PO (2) C3 Lectures Class Test
relevant operations problems of power Tutorials Assignments
generation systems HomeWorks Final Exam
4 Analyse performance enhancement PO (3) C4 Lectures Class Test
techniques of power generating systems Tutorials Assignments
based on underlying thermodynamic HomeWorks Final Exam
principles
5 Assess the environmental impact of power PO (7) C6 Lectures Class Test
generation based on standard protocol Tutorials Assignments
HomeWorks Final Exam
*PO (1): Engineering knowledge; PO (2): Problem analysis; PO (3): Design/development of solutions; PO (4): Investigation;
PO (5) Modern tool use; PO (6): The engineer and society; PO (7): Environment and sustainability; PO (8): Ethics; PO (9):
Individual work and teamwork; PO (10): Communication; PO (11): Project management and finance; PO (12): life-long
learning
**C-Cognitive: C1: Knowledge; C2: Comprehension; C3: Application; C4: Analysis; C5: Synthesis; C6: Evaluation
A-Affective: A1: Receiving; A2: Responding; A3: Valuing; A4: Organizing; A5: Characterizing
P-Psychomotor: P1: Perception; P2: Set; P3: Guided Response; P4: Mechanism; P5: Complex Overt Response; P6:
Adaptation; P7: Organization

13. Lecture Plan

Lectures Topics Reference COs
1-3 Overview of power system: generation, transmission and Ref. [i], [ii] CO1
distribution; Power generation options; Global power
generation scenario
4-6 Variable load problems TB-1 CO1
7-9 Survey of power plants in Bangladesh. Economic analysis Ref. [ii] CO1
of Power Plants
10-12 Gas turbine power plants: components, materials, TB-1,2 CO2, CO3, CO4
performance
13-15 Gas turbine power plants: performance and cooling TB-1,2 CO2, CO3, CO4
16-18 Diesel and gas engine power plants: Components and TB-1,2 CO2, CO3, CO4
performance
19-21 Hydro-electric power plants: site selection, components CO2, CO3
of the plant, governing of water turbine.
22-24 Thermal power plants: plant layout, fuel, combustion TB-1,2 CO1, CO2
equipment, steam generator
25-27 Thermal power plants: gas and water loops TB-1,2 CO2, CO3
28-30 Nuclear power plant: components, types of reactors, TB-1,2 CO1, CO2
layout of nuclear power plant
31-33 Thermal power plants: steam turbines, cycle analysis TB-1,2 CO3, CO4
 Lectures Topics Reference COs
34-36 Thermal power plants: Combined cycle power plants: TB-1,2 CO2, CO3, CO4
cogeneration.
37-39 Generator Cooling, Governing and control of power TB-1,2 CO1, CO2
plants
40-42 Nuclear fuel cycle, safety and waste disposal, TB-1,2 CO2, CO5
Environmental impacts of power generation

14. Assessment Strategy

 Class Participation: Class participation and attendance will be recorded in every class.
 Continuous Assessment: Continuous assessment any of the activities such as quizzes, assignment,
presentation, etc. The scheme of the continuous assessment for the course will be declared on the first
day of classes.
 Final Examination: A comprehensive term final examination will be held at the end of the Term
following the guideline of academic Council.

15. Distribution of Marks

Class Participation 10%
Continuous Assessment 20%
Final Examination 70%
Total 100%

16. Textbook
1. MM El-Wakil. Power Plant Technology, @1985 McGraw-Hill Inc.
2. PK Nag. Power Plant Engineering. @2001, 2008, Tata McGraw-Hill Co. Ltd

17. References
(i) Hadi Sadat. Power system Analysis. @2002, Tata McGraw-Hill Education Private Ltd.
(ii) Web source: http://www.bd-pdb.org; http://www.iea.org;
https://mpemr.gov.bd/assets/media/pdffiles/FR_PSMP_revised.pdf

Important University Policies:

 Rules and regulations for the undergraduate programmes:
https://www.buet.ac.bd/info/Academicinformation/RulesUndergradprogram

Important Departmental/Course Policies

 Program Outcomes: Link to program outcomes
 Learning Domains: Link to learning domains document

Prepared by:
Md. Ehsan A K M Monjur Morshed
Signature: Signature:
Date of preparation: August 2024
Date of approval by BUGS: