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Fall 2016
Department:
Faculty of Engineering
(FOE)
Instructor Details
Muhammad Amer Saeed
Faculty Offices,
Course Instructor:
Office/Room No:
Course Details
Core/ Elective:
Elective
Credit Hours:
3
Contact Hours:
Prerequisites:
Power Distribution and Utilization
1.
Main Topics Covered in the Course:
a)
b)
Thermodynamic Processes
c)
2. Course Objectives:
The students learn different modes of energy conversion to generate electrical energy. The aim of this
course is to establish conceptual foundation of generation of electrical energy from different resources.
The course will enable the students to know, construction and working of different Conventional and
non-conventional power plants. The students will be able to analyze their concepts to strengthen their
technical and analytical skills by analysis of variety of mathematically- light conceptual-oriented
diversified question sets.
Theory
(100 marks)
Quizzes
(10%)
Assignments
(10%)
Mid Term
(30%)
Final
(50%)
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3.
4.
Course Books:
Text Book:
a)
b)
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5.
2nd
3rd
4th
Contents
Introduction to Energy, their units & conversion ,
Conventional & Non-Conventional Energy
Resources & Fuel Classification:
What is Energy?
Heat, Mechanical and Electrical Energy.
Units and their conversion,
Practice problem
Conventional and Non-Conventional Energy
Resources
Classification of Fuel (Anthracite, Bituminous
Lignite or Brown coal, Liquid Fuels and Gaseous
Fuels.
Thermodynamic Processes and Rankine Cycles
(TS, PV diagram)
What is Thermodynamics?
Processes
involve
(Isentropic
Expension,
Isentropic Compression, Isobaric Heat Rejection
and Isobaric Heat Addition)
What is Rankine Cycle?
Explanation TS diagram & PV diagram
Thermal Efficiency ( mathematical Expression)
Practice Problems
Steam Power Plant Construction, Working and
Efficiency Steam Power Plant Sections
o (coal and ash handling arrangement,
o Steam generating plant (Boiler, SuperHeater and Economizer)
o Steam turbine
o Alternator
o Feed water
o cooling arrangement
Types of Turbine
o Impulse Turbine
o Reaction Turbine
Pump, Turbine Work done calculation wi.r.t heat
Efficiency Calculation
Practical Problems to Find out Usage of Coal,
Heat Energy and Plant Efficiency,
Practical Problems to Find out Usage of Coal, Heat
Energy and Plant Efficiency
Efficiency of Turbine
Transformation of Heat Energy into mechanical
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Activities
Intro. Of Power
Generation
Slides
Lecture Notes
Steam Power
Plant slides
Assignment-1
Quiz 1
Lecture Notes +
Steam Power
Plant Slides
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
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Assignment # 2
Sides:
Gas Turbine
Power plant
Sides:
Gas Turbine
Power plant
Quiz 2
Sides:
Micro Hydro
Power plant
Sides:
Micro Hydro
Power plant
Lecture Notes
Assignment
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
Fuel Cell
Application and Power Extraction
Combination to form energy Source
Formulas to relate power of fuel cell
Practice Problems
Solar Cell
Working Phenomena
Construction Material and behavior
Irradiance factor
Solar Panel formation
Methods to extract Maximum Power
Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT)
Solar Cell
Efficiency of Solar cell
Solar Power Plant
o Construction
o Efficiency etc
Revision of Problems Associated with all course
Course Revision
Practice problem Discussion
Final Exam
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Lecture Notes
Assignment
Quiz 3
Renewable
Energy
Resources
Chapter:
Wind Turbine
Generator
Quiz 4
Renewable
Energy
Resources
Chapter:
Wind Turbine
Generator
Chapter:
Fuel Cell
Chapter:
Fuel Cell
Chapter:
Solar Cell
Chapter:
Solar Cell
Quiz 5
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