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Power Plant Lecture Notes - All Chapters

Ch-1: Thermodynamic Review

Ch-1: Thermodynamic Review: System, Surroundings, Boundary, Closed System, Open System, Isolated System, Working Fluid, The state of the working fluid, Process, Cycle, The 1st Law of Thermo…

Ch-2: Steam Power Plant Cycles

Ch-2: Steam Power Plant Cycles: Simple vapor cycle and its components: Boiler, Turbine, Condenser, Pump, Carnot Cycle for Steam, Disadvantages of Carnot Cycle application, Rankine Cycle a…

Ch-3: Steam Generator

Ch-3: Steam Generator: Boiler, Classification of Steam Generators: FIRE-TUBE Boilers, WATER-TUBE Boilers, Water Circulation, Types of Water Circulation: Natural Circulation, Forced Circulat…

Ch-4: Steam Turbine

Ch-4: Steam Turbine: Classification of Steam Turbines: Impulse turbines, Reaction turbines, The impulse principle, The reaction principle, The impulse turbine, Compounding of impulse turbin…

Ch-5: Steam Condenser & The Circulating-Water System

Ch-5: Steam Condenser & The Circulating-Water System: Definition and Classification of Steam Condensers: Open type, Example (1), Closed type, Number of Passes & Divisions: Single-Pa…

Ch-6: Gas Turbines & Combined Cycles

Ch-6: Gas Turbines & Combined Cycles: The Ideal Brayton Cycle, Example (1), The Actual Simple Gas Turbine Cycle, Example (2), Splitting the Turbine, Example (3), Modification to the bas…

Ch-7: Hydro-Water Power Plant

Ch-7: Hydro-Water Power Plant: Definition of Hydraulic Turbines, Overall Efficiency, Specific Speed, Classification of Hydraulic Turbines: Kaplin Turbines, Francis Turbines, Pelton Turbines…

Ch-8: Solar-Thermal Power Plant

Ch-8: Solar-Thermal Power Plant: Solar Energy, Disadvantages of Solar energy, Solar Radiation: Direct Solar radiation, Diffuse Radiation, Solar- Thermal conversion, Types of receivers: Cent…