Tag Archives: Power Generation

Wind Power Plants Fundamentals, Design, Construction, and Operation by R. Gasch. This book offers a comprehensive guide to the fundamentals, design, construction, and operation of wind turbines. Wind power plants teach the physical foundations of usage of Wind Power. It includes areas like Construction of Wind Power Plants, Design, Development …

The purpose of this handbook is to provide an introduction to nuclear power reactors, the nuclear fuel cycle, and associated analysis tools, to a broad audience including engineers, engineering and science students, their teachers and mentors, science and technology journalists, and interested members of the general public. Nuclear engineering encompasses …

The objective of this article is to provide power plant personals with a basic understanding of the major components of the combined cycle power plant and the role of each component to achieve optimum plant efficiency. There are many different types of power plants including thermal and hydraulic power plants. …

Practical Boiler Operation Engineering Power plants by Amiya Ranjan Mallick. The book covers the entire cross-functional aspects of a thermal power plant. Some basic concepts of engineering related to power plants are discussed in Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4. Water chemistry which is very important for a boiler is …

Power plant Construction Management A Survival Guide. Although the book title and its supporting examples are specifically power plant oriented, the fundamental theories and practices discussed within are applicable to any construction endeavor, from power plant construction to road building, from refinery construction to chemical process plant expansions, and for …

Standard Handbook of Power plant Engineering by Kao Chen, Robert Swanekamp, and Thomas. The Book covers in considerable detail the systems and equipment comprising the modern industrial and utility powerplants. The handbook is designed to appeal to engineers in electric utilities, process and manufacturing industries, commercial and institutional buildings, plus …

Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook 4th edition by Meherwan P. Boyce. This book deals with case histories of gas turbines from deterioration of the performance of gas turbines to failures encountered in all the major components of the gas turbine. The chapter on Maintenance Techniques has been completely rewritten and updated. …

Advanced power plant materials design and technology by Dermot Roddy. This book is aimed at power industry practitioners and academic researchers and contains material from a blend of the two. The aim throughout is to provide a well-referenced appraisal of the state of the art with guidance on where to …

Operator’s Guide to General Purpose Steam Turbines by  David W. Lawhon and Robert X. Perez. An Overview of Operating Principles, Construction, Best Practices, and Troubleshooting. The major goal of this book is to provide readers with detailed operating procedure aimed at reducing these risks to minimal levels. Start-ups are complicated by the …

The Electric Power Substations Engineering by John D. MacDonald. The objective of Electric Power Substations Engineering is to provide an extensive overview of substations, as well as a reference and guide for their study. The chapters are written for the electric power engineering professional for detailed design information as well as for …

Thermal Power Plant Design and Operation by Dipak Sarkar. This book on THERMAL POWER PLANT Design and Operation deals with various aspects of a thermal power plant starting from fundamentals leading in-depth to technical treatment. The book is aimed at providing a new dimension to the subject and the thrust of …

Gas Turbine Handbook Principles and Practice 3rd edition by Tony Giampaolo, MSME, PE. Boom provide practical information about small and large gas turbine for power plants. Gas Turbine Operating Cycle controls and systems are briefly describe in this book. Contents of the Gas Turbine Handbook Principles and Practice 3rd edition Chapter 1—THE …