Power Plant Engineering

Chapter 3: Power Plant Economics and Variable Load Problem
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3.1 Terms and Factors
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3.2 Factor Effecting Power Plant Design
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3.3 Effect of Power Plant Type on Costs
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3.3.1 Initial Cost
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3.3.2 Rate of Interest
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3.3.3 Depreciation
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3.3.4 Operational Costs
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3.3.5 Cost of Fuels
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3.3.6 Labout Cost
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3.3.7 Cost of Maintenance and Repairs
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3.3.8 Cost of Stores
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3.3.9 Supervision
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3.3.10 Taxes
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3.4 Effect of Plant Type on Rates (Tariffs or Energy Element)
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3.4.1 Requirements of a Tariff
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3.4.2 Types of Tariffs
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3.5 Effect of Plant Type on Fixed Elements
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3.6 Effect of Plant Type on Customer Elements
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3.7 Investor’s Profit
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3.8 Economics in Plant Selection
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3.9 Economic of Power Generation
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3.10 Industrial Production and Power Generational Compared
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3.11 Load Curves
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3.12 Ideal and Realized Load Curves
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3.13 Effect of Variable Load on Power Plan Design
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3.14 Effect of Variable Load on Power Plant Operation
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Chapter 4 : Steam Power Plant
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4.1 Introduction
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4.2 Essentials of Steam Power Plant Equipment
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4.2.1 Power Station Design
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4.2.2 Characteristics of Steam Power Plant
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4.3 Coal Handling
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4.3.1 Dewatering of Coal
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4.4 Fuel Burning Furnaces
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4.4.1 Types of Furnaces
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4.5 Method of Fuel Firing
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4.5.1 Hand Firing
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4.5.2 Mechanical Firing (Stokers)
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4.6 Automatic Boiler Control
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4.7 Pulverized Coal
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4.7.1 Ball Mill
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4.7.2 Ball and Race Mill
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4.7.3 Shaft Mill
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4.8 Pulverized Coal Firing
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4.9 Pulverized Coal Burners
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4.9.1 Cyclone Fired Boilers
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4.10 Water Walls
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4.11 Ash Disposal
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4.11.1 Ash Handling Equipment
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4.12 Smoke and Dust Removal
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4.13 Types of Dust Collectors
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4.13.1 Fly Ash Scrubber
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4.13.2 Fluidized Bed Combustion (FBC)
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4.13.3 Types of FBC Systems
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