Different types of fuels used for steam generation, Equipment for burning coal in lump form, strokers, different types, Oil burners, Advantages and Disadvantages of using pulverised fuel, Equipment for preparation and burning of pulverised coal, unit system and bin system. Pulverised fuel furnaces, cyclone furnace.
Coal and Ash handling, Generation of steam using forced circulation, high and supercritical pressures, A brief account of LaMount, Benson, Velox, Schmidt, Loeffer and Ramson steam generators.
Natural, forced, induced and balanced draft, Calculations involving height of chimney to produce a given draft. Accessories For The Steam Generator such as super-heaters, desuperheater, control of super heaters, Economisers, Air Pre-heaters Study of different types of cooling towers and ponds.
Method of starting diesel engines, Cooling and lubrication system for the diesel engine. Filters, centrifuges, Oil heaters, Intake and exhaust system, Layout of a diesel power plant.Advantages and disadvantages of the gas turbine plant, Open and closed cycle turbine plants with the accessories.
Storage and pondage, flow duration and mass curves, hydrographs, Low, medium and high head plants, pumped storage plants, Penstock, water hammer, surge tanks, gates and valves, power house, general layout. A brief description of some of the important Hydel Installations in India.
Principles of release of nuclear energy Fusion and fission reactions. Nuclear fuels used in the reactors. Multiplication and thermal utilization factors. Elements of the Nuclear reactor, Moderator, control rod, fuel rods, coolants. Brief description of reactors of the following types - Pressurized water reactor, Boiling water reactor, Sodium graphite reactor, Homogeneous graphite reactor and gas cooled reactor, Radiation hazards, Radio active waste disposal.
Choice of site for power station, load estimation, load duration curve, load factor, capacity factor, use factor, diversity factor, demand factor, Effect of variable load on power plant, selection of the number and size of units.
Cost of energy production, selection of plant and generating equipment, performance and operating characteristics of power plants, tariffs for electrical energy.