Nag's Power Plant Engineering

Chapter 1. Coal-Based Power Plants: An Overview Chapter 2. Introduction: Economics of Power Generation Chapter
3. Thermodynamics of Steam Power Cycles Chapter 
4. Fuels and Combustion Chapter 
5. Fuel Firing and Combustion Technology Chapter 
6. Steam Generators Chapter 
7. Steam Turbines Chapter 
8. Condenser and Heat Rejection in Steam Power Plants Chapter 
9: Gas Cycle and Combined Cycle Power Generation Chapter 
10. Cogeneration, Trygeneration, Polygeneration Chapter 
11. Nuclear Power Plants Chapter 
2: Hydroelectric Power Plant Chapter 
13. Energy Storage Chapter 
14. Renewable and Non-conventional Power Generation

OVERVIEW


Power Plant Engineering is a textbook designed for the undergraduate mechanical engineering students. The book is intended to provide a holistic coverage of the fundamentals, design principles and applications of power plants. It explains the concepts using a right blend of theory, illustrations, examples and exercises.


KEY FEATURES


• Complete coverage of the AICTE model curriculum for Power Plant Engineering 
• New chapters on Need of Energy Conversion Technologies: An Overview, Cogeneration-Trigeneration-Polygeneration, and Non-conventional and Renewable Power Generation
• New or expanded sections on topics such as Coal Handling, Nuclear Power Plants, Radioactive waste and their disposal, Steam Generators, etc. 
• Numerous new solved examples and chapter-end exercises, graded based on difficulty levels 
• Questions based on GATE and other competitive examinations · Rich online learning resources

• Nag’s Power Plant Engineering, 5e