Book description
Thermal Power Plant: Design and Operation deals with various aspects of a thermal power plant, providing a new dimension to the subject, with focus on operating practices and troubleshooting, as well as technology and design. Its author has a 40-long association with thermal power plants in design as well as field engineering, sharing his experience with professional engineers under various training capacities, such as training programs for graduate engineers and operating personnel.
Thermal Power Plant presents practical content on coal-, gas-, oil-, peat- and biomass-fueled thermal power plants, with chapters in steam power plant systems, start up and shut down, and interlock and protection. Its practical approach is ideal for engineering professionals.
- Focuses exclusively on thermal power, addressing some new frontiers specific to thermal plants
- Presents both technology and design aspects of thermal power plants, with special treatment on plant operating practices and troubleshooting
- Features a practical approach ideal for professionals, but can also be used to complement undergraduate and graduate studies
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- List of Acronyms/Abbreviations
- Chapter 1. Steam Power Plant Cycles
- Chapter 2. Steam Generators
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Chapter 3. Fuels and Combustion
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Sources of Chemical Energy
- 3.3 Availability of Fuels
- 3.4 Characteristics of Coal
- 3.5 Other Solid Fuels
- 3.6 Petroleum and Natural Gas
- 3.7 Principles of Combustion
- 3.8 Combustion Calculations
- 3.9 Design Aspect of Burner
- 3.10 Flame Stability
- 3.11 Design Aspects of Furnace
- 3.12 Problems
- Bibliography
- Chapter 4. Pulverized Coal-Fired Boilers
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Chapter 5. Fluidized-Bed Combustion Boilers
- 5.1 Brief History
- 5.2 The Technology
- 5.3 Categories of FBC
- 5.4 Design Variables
- 5.5 Bubbling Fluidized-bed Combustion (BFBC) Boilers
- 5.6 Circulating Fluidized-bed Combustion (CFBC) Boilers
- 5.7 Pressurized Fluidized-bed Combustion (PFBC) Boilers
- 5.8 Start-Up and Loading of PFBC Boilers
- 5.9 Problems
- Bibliography
- Chapter 6. Steam Turbines
- Chapter 7. Gas Turbine and Heat Recovery Steam Generator
- Chapter 8. Diesel Power Plant
- Chapter 9. Steam Power Plant Systems
- Chapter 10. Automatic Control
- Chapter 11. Interlock and Protection
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Chapter 12. Start-Up and Shut-Down
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Start-Up of Steam Generator
- 12.3 Normal Shut-Down of Steam Generator
- 12.4 Emergency Shut-Down of Steam Generator
- 12.5 Start-Up of Steam Turbine
- 12.6 Normal Shut-Down of Steam Turbine
- 12.7 Emergency Shut-Down of Steam Turbine
- 12.8 APS
- 12.9 Start-Up of Gas Turbine
- 12.10 Normal Shut-Down of Gas Turbine
- 12.11 Emergency Shut-Down of Gas Turbine
- 12.12 Start-Up of Diesel Engine
- 12.13 Normal Shut-Down of Diesel Engine
- 12.14 Emergency Shut-Down of Diesel Engine
- Bibliography
- Chapter 13. Abnormal Operating Conditions
- Chapter 14. Air Pollution Control
- Chapter 15. Codes and Standards for Power Plant Design and Operation
- Appendix A. Power from Renewable Energy
- Appendix B. Power from Nuclear Energy
- Appendix C
- Index
Product information
- Title: Thermal Power Plant
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2015
- Publisher(s): Elsevier
- ISBN: 9780128017555
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