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The objective of this article is to provide power plant personnel 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. Thermal power plants burn some sort of fuel such as …

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 discussed in Chapter 5. From Chapters 6 to 13, details …

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 commercial and municipal projects. The underlying premise is that the …

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 consulting firms in power technology (those responsible for converting raw …

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. Books provides Advances in materials and coatings have spurred the …

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 find further detail and some pointers to likely areas of …

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 fact that operators must deal with numerous scenarios, like Overspeed trip …

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 the book is focused on technology and design aspects with …

Power Plant Engineering by A.K. Raja. The book is for the benefit of students of engineering and researchers due to their contribution in power generation covering the syllabus of conventional power plants i.e., Thermal Power Plant Engineering, at the international level in general as text cum reference book. The Contents of Power Plant Engineering pdf Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Power …

Power Plant Engineering by Black & Veatch. The book will find use as a university textbook, as a technical reference, and as a comprehensive handbook and guide to the numerous technologies that are necessary components of the electric power industry. The electric power generation and distribution industry has evolved during almost exactly one century into its present form. Power Plant Engineering by …

Handbook for Cogeneration and Combined Cycle Power Plants by Meherwan Boyce. Book discusses the design, fabrication, installation, operation, and maintenance of combined cycle power plants. The book has been written to provide an overall view for the experienced engineer working in a specialized aspect of the subject and for the fresh engineering graduate or undergraduate student who is being exposed to the field of …

Fossil fuel-fired power generation Case Studies of Recently Constructed Coal and Gas Fired Power Plants. The case studies show that the technologies for reliable operation at high efficiency and very low conventional pollutant emissions from coal-fired power generation are available now at a commercially acceptable cost. The report also illustrates how operational practice and innovative designs to suit local conditions …