B.Tech IV Year II Semester (R18)
Student will be able to
After completion of the course the student is able to:
An Overview of Power Generation Introduction-various sources of Electrical Energy - Non-conventional Energy sources- Wind power, solar power, tidal power, geothermal power, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Power, Fuel Cells, Biomass Power, Conventional energy sources- hydropower, nuclear power, gas power, steam power (Thermal Power), comparison of various conventional power plants, Importance of instrumentation and control in power Generation – Classification of Instruments in a power plant, objectives of Instrumentation and control. Piping and Instrumentation diagram (P and I Diagram) – Examples of ISA Instrumentation diagram symbols, examples of SAMA instrumentation diagram symbols, examples of ISA and SAMA diagram, piping and instrumentation diagramming, Cogeneration of Power-back pressure turbine, pass-out turbine process heat unit, control rooms, thermal or boiler control room, electrical control room, plan of control rooms.
Instrumentation and Control in Water Circuit Water circuit, boiler feed water circulation- natural circulation, forced circulation, combined circulation, Measurements in Water Circuit- Water Flow Measurement, Differential Pressure transmitter (DPT), steam flow measurement, water and steam pressure measurements, water and steam temperature measurements, drum water level measurement. Controls in water circuit-boiler drum level control, superheated steam temperature control, steam pressure control, impurities in water and steam- impurities in Raw Water, Effects of Impurities, Measurement of Impurities, feed water treatment.
Instrumentation and Control in Air-Fuel Circuit Air-Fuel Circuit – Fuels, combustion air, flue gases, waste gases, Measurements in Air Fuel Circuit – Measurement of flow/quantity, Measurement of Pressures, Measurement of Temperatures, Measurement of level. Controls in Air-Fuel Circuit – Combustion control, furnace Draft Control, Analytical Measurement – Oxygen Measurement in Flue Gas, Measurement of carbon dioxide in flue gas, combustibles analyser (CO+H2), Infrared flue gas analyser, smoke detector, dust monitor, closed circuit television, fuel analysers, chromatography, pollution monitoring instruments.
Turbine Monitoring and Control Introduction – Classification, instrumentation control points of View, Principal parts of steam turbines, Turbine Steam Inlet System – Inlet valve arrangements, inlet measurements, Governors, Turbine Measurements – Process Parameters, mechanical parameters, electrical parameters, Turbine control system – safety control systems, process control systems, Lubrication for turbo-alternator – Lubrication system, Controls in Lubrication system, Turbo-Alternator Cooling System – Lube Oil cooling system, Alternator/Generator cooling system.
Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation Introduction – Instrumentation and Control for Nuclear Power Plant - Important Components of I&C System - Evolution of I&C in NPP – Reactor Control – Methods of Control, Control loops, Functionsof control system, Pressurized water reactor (PWR) controls, boiler water reactor (BWR) controls, Liquid metal cooled reactor (LMCR) Control, role of reactor controls during start-up, normal operation and shut down. Digital Architectures in Nuclear Power Plants- System-level Instrumentation and control architecture, safety related systems, non-safety-related systems, man machine interface system (MMIS), Instrumentation and controls architecture platform. Radiation protection and monitoring – accident at three-mile Island, USA, disaster at Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, calamity at Fukushima, Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan, Radiation Units, Biological Effects of Radiation, Radiation Monitoring, Nuclear Reactor Safety - Reactor protection system, Reactor Tripping, Engineered Safety Features, Surveillance, Diagnostics and Prognostics – Surveillance, Diagnosis, Prognosis.
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