Power plant engineering /
P. K. Nag
- Fourth edition
- New Delhi, India : McGraw Hill Education, c2014
- xviii, 955 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction: economics of power generation -- Analysis of steam cycles -- Combined cycle power generation -- Fuels and combustion -- Combusion mechanism, combustion equipment and firing methods -- Steam generators -- Steam turbines -- Condenser, feedwater and circulating water systems -- Nuclear power plants -- Hydroelectric power plant -- Diesel engine and gas turbine power plants -- Energy storage -- Non-conventional power generation: direct energy conversion -- Environmental degradation and use of renewable energy.
Introduction : economics of power generation. Analysis of steam cycles. Combined cycle power generation. Fuels and combustion. Steam generation. Diesel engine and gas turbine power plants. Energy storage. Enviromental degradation and use of renewable energy.