EI007 POWER PLANT INSTRUMENTATION
EIGHTH SEMESTER - ANNA UNIVERSITY
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1. OVERVIEW OF POWER GENERATION 9
Brief survey of methods of power generation – hydro, thermal, nuclear, solar and wind power – importance of instrumentation in power generation – thermal power plants – building blocks – details of boiler processes UP&I diagram of boiler – cogeneration.
2. MEASUREMENTS IN POWER PLANTS 9
Electrical measurements – current, voltage, power, frequency, power – factor etc. – non electrical parameters – flow of feed water, fuel, air and steam with correction factor for temperature – steam pressure and steam temperature – drum level measurement – radiation detector – smoke density measurement – dust monitor.
3. ANALYZERS IN POWER PLANTS 9
Flue gas oxygen analyzer – analysis of impurities in feed water and steam – dissolved oxygen analyzer – chromatography – PH meter – fuel analyzer – pollution monitoring instruments.
4. CONTROL LOOPS IN BOILER 9
Combustion control – air/fuel ratio control – furnace draft control – drum level control – main stem and reheat steam temperature control – super heater control – air temperature – deaerator control – distributed control system in power plants – interlocks in boiler operation.
5. TURBINE – MONITORING AND CONTROL 9
Speed, vibration, shell temperature monitoring and control – steam pressure control – lubricant oil temperature control – cooling system
L = 45 Total = 45
TEXT BOOKS
REFERENCES
Elonka,S.M.and Kohal A.L.Standard Boiler Operations, McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1994.
R.K.Jain, Mechanical and induuuustrial Measurements, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.
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