A Textbook of Power Plant Engineering

DescriptionThis book on ‘Power Plant Engineering has been written to meet exhaustively the requirements of various syllabus in this subject for courses for B.E., B.Tech., B.Sc. (Engg.). The book contains 13 chapters in all and ‘ObjectiveType Question Bank’ at the end.Key FeaturesThe presentation of the subject matter is very systematic and the language of text is in a lucid, direct and easy to understand manner.Each chapter of the book is saturated with much needed text supported by neat and self-explanatory diagrams to make the subject matter self-speaking to a great extent.A large number of solved examples, properly graded, have been added in various chapters to enable the students to attempt different types of questions in the examination without any difficulty.At the end of each chapter Highlights, Theoretical Questions and Unsolved Examples have been added to make the book a complete unit in all respects.Table of ContentsIntroductionPower Plant CyclesSteam Power PlantDiesel Engine Power PlantsGas Turbine Power PlantsHydro-Electric Power PlantNuclear Power PlantCombined Operation of Different Power PlantsEconomics of Power GenerationNon-Conventional Power Generation and Direct Energy ConversionPlant InstrumentationMajor Electrical Equipment in Power PlantsPollution and Its ControlObjective Type Question BankADDITIONAL/COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS QUESTIONS (WITH SOLUTIONS-COMMENTS)INDEXAPPENDIXSteam Tables