Conventional and Non- Conventional

sources of energy
1 Conventional and Non- Conventional sources of energy
2 Present energy scenario world wide and Indian perspective.
3 Economics of the power plant
4 Load curve, load duration curve, various factors and
5 Problem
6 Problem
effects of fluctuating load on operation and methods of meeting fluctuating
7 load.
Selection of generating equipment, load sharing cost of electrical energy,
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9 basic tariff methods
10 (numericals)
11 Thermal power plant
12 Law of Thermodynamics. Analysis of steam cycle-Carnot,
13 Rankine, Reheat cycle and Regenerative cycle.
14 Layout of power plant
15 Lay out of pulverized coal burners,
16 fluidized bed combustion
17 Coal Handling System
18 ash handling system
19 Forced draught and induced draught fans, boiler feed pumps,
super heater regenerators, condensers, boilers, deaerators and cooling
20 towers.
21 Rainfall, run off and its measurement hydrograph,
22 flow duration curve, Problems
23 Problems
reservoir storage capacity, classification of plants-run off river plant, storage
24 river plant,
25 pumped storage,plant, layout of hydroelectric power plant,
26 turbine-pelton,,Kaplan, Francis(Francis)
Introduction of nuclear engineering, fission, fusion, nuclear material
27
28 , thermal fission reactor and power plant - PWR BWR ,
29 PWR
30 BWR
liquid metal fast breeder, reactors, reactor control, introduction to plasma
31 technology.
32 Diesel and gas turbine power plant

33 General layout, Advantages and disadvantages,

34 performance of gas turbine power plant,
35 combined heat power generation.
Solar concentrators and tracking ; Dish and Parabolic trough concentrating
36 generating systems
37 Central tower solar thermal power plants
38 Solar Ponds.
39 Basic principle of power generation in a PV cell ; Band gap and
40 efficiency of PV cells solar cell characteristics,
Manufacturing methods of mono- and poly-crystalline cells; Amorphous
41 silicon thin film cells.
42 Basic component of WEC, Types of wind turbine-HAWT,
43 VAWT, Performance parameters of wind turbine,
44 Power in wind, Wind farms for bulk power supply to grid.
45 Wind electric generators, wind characteristics and site selection
Introduction to fuel cell, principle of operation of fuel cell, Types of fuel cell
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47 Introduction to other sources
48 Basics of power generation by using Biomass, geothermal and
49 tidal energy sources, MHD

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Introduction:Typical AC supply system, comparison between DC and AC

supply system
1 , choice of working voltage for transmission and distribution
Resistance, skin effect and proximity effect
Definition of inductance, inductance of single phase two wire line

, conductor types, bundled conductors.

Problems
Inductance of composite conductor,
single circuit three phase line, double circuit three phase line
Problem
Capacitance
Potential difference between two conductors of a group of
parallel conductors, capacitance of a two wire line, three phase
line with equilateral spacing, three phase line with
unsymmetrical spacing earth effect on transmission line
capacitance, bundled conductors, method of GMD
Performance of transmission line
Representation of power system components Single phase solution of
balanced three phase networks.
One line diagram, impedance and reactance diagram. Per unit (p.u.)
system, per unit impedance diagram, representation of loads

Transmission line model

Short line model. Regulation and efficiency phasor diagram
Medium Line Model Reg and Effi , Phasor Diagram
Problems
Long Line Model
Efficiency and Reg. Feranti Effect,SIL, TPL
Power Flow and Problems
Overhead Transmission Line
Mechanical design of transmission line
Components of overhead lines, types of towers- A type, B type, C type, D
type and double circuit tower, cross arms, conductor
Conductor configuration, spacing and clearance span lengths, sag and
tension
Problem
Overhead line Insulators

Types of insulators. String efficiency, methods of equalizing potential

Problem
Underground Cable
General construction, types of cable- PVC insulated, XLPE,Paper
impregnated, mineral insulated,
insulation resistance of single core cable, capacitance of single core cable
, grading of cable, selection of cable,
Comparison between overhead line transmission with underground cabling
system
Grounding and safety techniques
Measurement of earth resistance. Soil resistivity, tolerable limits of body
currents, tolerable step and touch voltage
, actual step and touch voltage, measurement of tower footing resistance,
Problems
counterpoise methods of neutral grounding, grounding practices

L1
L1
L2

COL 1

L1
L3

1 Analyze performance requirements of Transmission Line and find R

2 Analyze requirement and select appropriate configuration of Transm
3 understand PU system and ability to prepare reactance/impedance

4 Understand Insulator Types and their Applications. And Understand

5 How Substation ground grid is designed
6 Ability Derive equations for finding R, L, C of Transmission Line and fin
7 Ability to select cable
L3

L3

COL 6

COL 2

L1
L3
L1

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L4
L3
COL 1

L1
L3

COL 1, COL 4

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COL 1, COL 4

L1

L1

COL 5

L1
L2
L1

COL 5

nsmission Line and find R, L , C required

e configuration of Transmission Line and do mechanical design of Transmission Line
re reactance/impedance diagram

ications. And Understand and improve performance of insulators

Transmission Line and find RLC for a line