Power Plant Engineering

✍ Scribed by Lawrence F. Drbal (auth.), Lawrence F. Drbal, Patricia G. Boston, Kayla L. Westra (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 891
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A useful and comprehensive starting point for an engineer wishing to become familiar with conventional coal-fired power plant practice, including modern emission control systems. - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, Volume 210; A useful and comprehensive starting point for an engineer wishing to become familiar with conventional coal-fired power plant practice, including modern emission control systems. - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, Volume 210; This comprehensive book provides a complete, authoritative, up-to-date reference for all aspects of power plant engineering...should be suitable and of strong appeal to university students, to equipment manufacturers, to utility operators and owners, to system design engineers and to representatives of the variety of local, state and federal government agencies involved in planning and regulation. - INSPEC Science Abstracts

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Engineering Economics....Pages 5-38
Thermodynamics and Power Plant Cycle Analysis....Pages 39-70
Fossil Fuels....Pages 71-123
Coal and Limestone Handling....Pages 124-164
Combustion Processes....Pages 165-184
Steam Generators....Pages 185-217
Steam Turbine Generators....Pages 218-249
Steam Cycle Heat Exchangers....Pages 250-285
Fans....Pages 286-309
Pumps....Pages 310-352
Circulating Water Systems....Pages 353-384
Cycle Performance Impacts....Pages 385-417
Power Plant Atmospheric Emissions Control....Pages 418-463
Water Treatment....Pages 464-520
Liquid and Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal....Pages 521-550
Electrical Systems....Pages 551-598
Plant Control Systems....Pages 599-641
Site/Plant Arrangements....Pages 642-658
Gas Turbines....Pages 659-688
Fluidized Bed Combustion....Pages 689-709
Resource Recovery....Pages 710-732
Nuclear Power....Pages 733-780
Emerging Technologies....Pages 781-808
Power Plant Planning and Design....Pages 809-828
Permitting and Environmental Review Requirements....Pages 829-855
Back Matter....Pages 856-879

✦ Subjects

Electrical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering