Power Plant Engineering

Pre-requisite: ME 461

Introduction to Power Plants: energy sources, availability, resources; fundamental combustion processes of solid. Liquid and gaseous fuels. Steam power plants: steam generators, burner designs, auxiliary power station equipment. Diesel and gas turbine plants; Hydroelectric power plants: dams and plant auxiliaries; Nuclear power plants: fuels and nuclear fission, reactor types, nuclear waste; Geothermal power plants; design and operation of equipment; Alternative energy forms: solar, wind, tides, geothermal, hydrogen and biomass; performance and selection of prime movers for small power generating plants; Fundamentals of electrical generators performance and energy distribution systems.