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Sonal Desai, Ph.D.
Course Outline
Fundamentals of power plants are followed by detailed discussion of different energy saving measures are discussed at length like Use of Supercritical Pressure Boilers, Improving condenser performance by condenser tube cleaning, Waste Heat Recovery, Sootblowing Optimization, Reduction in Auxiliary Power Consumption, Gas Turbine Inlet Air Cooling etc.
This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.
Learning Objective
At the conclusion of this course, the student will:
- Importance of energy conservation;
- Role of energy conservation in power plant;
- Basic cycles of power plants with their modifications;
- Energy conservation methods in power plant;
- Waste heat recovery methods to improve efficiency of power plant;
- Methods to reduce power consumption in auxiliary system; and
- Method to improve performance of gas turbine power plant.
Intended Audience
However the course is helpful to Mechanical and Electrical engineers, it is also helpful to engineers working in the power plants. It covers basics of power plant cycles on which two major types of plants namely thermal and gas power plants works.
Benefit for Attendee
Attendee of this course will be able understand different methods to save energy in different types of power plants.
Course Introduction
Energy conservation through audit of power plant results in, resource protection –as less fuel is required for generation of electricity, substantial reduction in CO2 emission and increased electricity generation from the same amount of fuel.
Course Content
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Energy Efficiency in Power Plants
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Course Summary
Several energy saving measures are discussed at length like Use of Supercritical Pressure Boilers, Improving condenser performance by condenser tube cleaning, Waste Heat Recovery, Sootblowing Optimization, Reduction in Auxiliary Power Consumption, Gas Turbine Inlet Air Cooling etc.
Quiz
Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.
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