Thermal and Nuclear Power Plants
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The official GTU curriculum for Thermal and Nuclear Power Plants (subject code ME01083031) as prescribed for M(E · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 38 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME01083031)Unit 1 Introduction
- Types of Power plant
- thermal & nuclear power plants in India
- comparison of thermal & nuclear power plants
- Layout of thermal & nuclear power plants
- recent developments in power generation Program Name: Engineering Level: PG Branch: Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Engineering) Course / Subject Code :ME01083031 Course / Subject Name : Thermal and Nuclear Power Plants
Unit 2 Steam power plant
- Major elements and working of steam power plant
- thermodynamic analysis of simple Rankine cycle
- performance enhancement methods
- regeneration (up to 3-stages)
- thermal analysis of steam condenser & cooling tower
- recent development and advancement in steam power plant engineering
- maintenance as well as safety measure of components of steam power plant
Unit 3 Gas turbine power plant
- Elements of gas turbine power plant
- thermal analysis of simple gas turbine power plant
- performance enhancement methods
- reheat & regeneration
- combined cycle power plant
- waste heat recovery systems
- maintenance as well as safety measure of components of gas turbine power plant
- the concept of fluidized bed combustion and recent developments
Unit 4 Nuclear power plant
- Nuclear reaction
- Nuclear Reactor
- Types of reactors
- Site Selection
- Method of enriching uranium
- Nuclear Power Plant Safety
- Bi-Product of nuclear power generation
- Nuclear power plant in India
- three stage program
- Future of nuclear power
Unit 5 Power plant instrumentations
- Pressure measuring instruments
- Temperature measurement and Flow Measurement
- pollution types
- methods of control
- factors affecting the economics
- loading factors
- utilization factor
- performance and operating characteristics of power plant
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