NPTEL - Power Plant Engineering
offered by IIT Roorkee

5.0 /5

(1 Review)

Public/Government Institute
Estd. 1847

Power Plant Engineering
at
IIT Roorkee
Overview

Learn everything you need to know about Power Plant Engineering and give a boost to your professional career

Duration	8 weeks
Mode of learning	Online
Credential	Certificate

Power Plant Engineering
at
IIT Roorkee
Highlights

Earn a E- certificate of completion from IIT Roorkee

Power Plant Engineering
at
IIT Roorkee
Course details

Skills you will learn

Renewable Energy

Who should do this course?

For UG students of Mechanical Engineering

More about this course

This Course provides a simple understanding of the power plant engineering
The course contains the details of steam and gas thermal power plants, hydro power plants, nuclear power plants, along with solar, wind and geothermal energy power systems in addition to the direct energy conversion
The economics of power generation and the environmental aspect of power generation are also being addressed in this course

Power Plant Engineering
at
IIT Roorkee
Curriculum

Week 1

The energy scenario

Steam power plants

Fuel handling

Ash handling

Chimney draught

Week 2

Fossil fuel steam generators

High pressure boilers

Performance of boilers

Fuels and combustion

Steam turbines

Week 3

Impulse turbines

Reaction turbines

Feed water treatment

Steam condensers

Problem solving

Week 4

Condensate feed water system

Circulating water system

Gas turbine cycles

Combined cycles

Hydro-electric

Power plants

Week 5

Classification of hydro-plants

Hydraulic turbines

Hydro plant controls

Problem solving

Week 6

Principles of nuclear energy

Thermal fission reactors and Power Plants

Fast breeder reactors

Solar energy

Solar thermal energy

Week 7

Solar thermal energy

Direct energy conversion

Wind energy

Geothermal energy

Energy from oceans

Week 8

Energy storage

Economics of power generation

Environmental aspect of power generation

Problem solving

Power Plant Engineering
at
IIT Roorkee
Faculty details

Prof. Ravi Kumar

Dr. Ravi Kumar is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He has been teaching thermal engineering courses in the Department and is actively involved in the research related with Solar Energy. He is a member of ASME, ASHRAE and IIFIIR.

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Students Ratings & Reviews

5/5

1 Rating

4-5
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Navnit Kumar

Power Plant Engineering

Offered by IIT Roorkee - Indian Institute of Technology

Learning Experience: The way faculty teached us was most admirable and i liked most. Course content was also helpful for my semester exam also.I learnt a lot from this course.

Faculty: As i have mentioned the faculty i likeed the most in the entiire course. His teaching approach is positive and in a very simple language. Course assignment questions were too good and very conceptual type.The course was too flexible, i handled it with my semester.

Course Support: Power Plant Engineering falls under the domain of energy sytem and i got interest in energy sytem

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