Isbn: 9789381141229 - power plant engineering (1 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: New. 2nd Edition. Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 Thermal power stations 3 Steam turbines and ash handling 4 Hydroelectric plant 5 Nuclear power plant 6 Diesel power plant 7 Gas turbine plant 8 Combined working of power plant 9 Major electrical equipment in power stations 10 Protective devices for power plants 11 Economic loading of power stations 12 Power plant economics 13 Recent development wind geothermal and tidal 14 Solar and MHD power generation IndexElectrical energy is one of the most important inputs for industrial and all round development of any country Per capita consumption of electrical energy is a dependable indicator of the developmental level for any country The onus for producing electrical energy falls on power plants to meet the everyday increasing demandPower Plant Engineering is the outcome of the author?s teaching the same subject to engineering students for the last 19 years It discusses all types of power plant in entirety detailing each one?s merits and demerits their engineering and technical aspects like the equipment required working of the plant scientific principles involved their physical location environmental hazards involved and so on Due emphasis has also been given to the management of waste generated by power plants eg fly ashApart from technical and engineering aspects it also discusses the economics part of power plants recent developments in the methods of power generation and prospects for solar and magneto-hydrodynamics power generation Numerical problems multiple-choice questions and a review exercise is also appended at the end of each chapterThis book is useful for the students and teachers of electrical and mechanical engineering 372 pp.…