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This book on `Power Plant Engineering` has been written to meet exhaustively the requirements of various syllabus in this subject for courses for B.E., B. Tech, B. Sc. (Engg.) of various Indian Universities. It is equally suitable for U. P. S. C. (Engg. Services) and section B. A., M.I.E. (India) Examinations. The book contains 13 chapters in all and `ObjectiveType Question Bank` at the end.Salient FeaturesThe presentation of the subject matter is very systematic and the language of text is in a lucid, direct and easy to understand manner.Each chapter of the book is saturated with much needed text supported by neat and self-explanatory diagrams to make the subject matter self-speaking to a great extent.A large number of solved examples, properly graded, have been added in various chapters to enable the students to attempt different types of questions in the examinations without any difficulty.At the end of each chapter Highlights, Theoretical Questions and Unsolved Examples have been added to make the book a complete unit in all respects.
Table Of Contents :
1. Introduction2. Power Plant Cycles3. Steam Power Plant4. Diesel Engine Power Plants5. Gas Turbine Power Plants6. Hydro-Electric Power Plant7. Nuclear Power Plant8. Combined Operation of Different Power Plants9. Economics of Power Generation10. Non-Conventional Power Generation and Direct Energy Conversion11. Plant Instrumentation12. Major Electrical Equipment in Power Plants13. Pollution and Its ControlObjective Type Question BankADDITIONAL/COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS QUESTIONS(WITH SOLUTIONS-COMMENTS)INDEXAPPENDIXSteam Tables
About Author :
Er. R. K. Rajput, born on 15th September, 1944 (coincident with Engineer`s Day) is a multi-disciplinary engineer. He obtained his Master`s degree in Mechanical Engineering (with Hons. - Gold Medal) from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala. He is also a graduate engineer in Electrical Engineering. Apart from this he holds memberships of various professional bodies like Member Institution of Engineers (MIE); Member Indian Society of Technical Education (MISTE) and Member Solar Energy Society of India (MSESI). He is also a Chartered Engineer (India). He has served for several years as Principal of `Punjab College of Information Technology`, Patiala and `Thapar Polytechnic, Patiala`.He has more than 35 years of experience in teaching different subjects of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering disciplines. He has published/presented a large number of technical papers. He is author of several books on the important subjects of Mechanical as well as Electrical Engineering disciplines.He has earned, by dint of hard work and devotion to duty, the following awards/honours:* Best Teacher (Academic) Award * Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Gold Medal for an outstanding research paper (Institute of Engineers) * Distinguished Author Award * Man of Achievement Award. ISBN
9788131802557
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