Elements Of Electrical Power Station Design

Contents Preface Principal Symbols and Abbreviations Introduction 1 Prediction of Load 2 Choice of Power Station and Units 3 Diesel-electric Stations Preliminary Design 4 Steam Stations Preliminary Design 5 Gas Turbine Stations and Combined Cycles 6 Elements of Nuclear Power Stations 7 Hydro-electric Stations Preliminary Design-I 8 Hydro-electric Stations Preliminary Design-II 9 Combination of Hydro-electric and Steam Stations 10 Major Electrical Plant in Power Stations 11 Power Stations Control and Interconnection 12 Protective Relaying for Power Stations 13 Economic Loading of Power Stations 14 Modern Trends in Power Station Design and Operation 15 Modern Trends in Power Plant Instrumentation and Control 16 Unconventional Sources of Energy and Plants Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Index   This comprehensive textbook is primarily aimed at undergraduate engineering students of Electrical Engineering both at degree and diploma level The book covers preliminary designs and economic loading of diesel-electric stations steam stations nuclear power stations and hydro-electric stations It discusses load forecasting economic load dispatch unit commitment problem methods of scheduling stations allocation control system reliability and system security Trends in power plant instrumentation and control are also presented The important problems of pollution control and performance standards of thermal power stations are discussed The application of computers in power systems is touched The book also explains the need of using unconventional sources of energy and plants like biogas plants biomass plants solar electric system and wind electric system to save fossil fuels Rural energy demands and methods of forecasting energy demands are elaborated 468 pp.…