Power Plants
Lecture, BUITEMS, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2021
MECH-422 - 3 Credit Hours - Fall 2021
Welcome to Power Plants class! The course material and lectures will be posted on this site and students will be notified accordingly.
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Lectures
Reference Book(s): 1. Power Plant Engineering, Farshid Zabihian, 1st Edition, CPC Press, 2021
| Date | Lecture No. (Download Link) | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 11/11/2021 (Week 1) | Lecture 1 Combined | Introduction to Energy and Power |
| 18/11/2021 (Week 2) | Lecture 2 Combined | Load Curve and Plant Characteristics |
| 25/11/2021 (Week 3) | Lecture 3 Combined | Intro to Steam Power Plants & Carnot Cycle |
| 01/12/2021 (Week 4) | Lecture 4 Combined | Rankine Cycle |
| 08/12/2021 (Week 5) | Lecture 5 | Regenerative Rankine Cycle |
| 09/12/2021 (Week 5) | Lecture 6 | Steam Generators & Cooling Systems |
| 15/12/2021 (Week 6) | Lecture 7 | Steam Turbines & Feedwater System |
| 16/12/2021 (Week 6) | Lecture 8 | Gas Power Plants |
| 22/12/2021 (Week 7) | Lecture 9 | More on Gas Power Plants |
| 23/12/2021 (Week 7) | Lecture 10 | Modifications of Gas Power Plants |
| 29/12/2021 (Week 8) | Lecture 11 | Applications of Gas Turbines |
| 30/12/2021 (Week 8) | Lecture 12 | Quiz 1 + Review for Mid Exam |
| 16/02/2022 (Week 9) | Lecture 13 Combined | Combined Cycle Power Plants |
| 17/02/2022 (Week 9) | See Lecture 13 | Combined Cycle Power Plants Continued |
| 23/02/2022 (Week 10) | Lecture 14 | Nuclear Power Plants |
| 24/02/2022 (Week 10) | Lecture 15 | Solar Energy |
| 02/03/2022 (Week 11) | Lecture 16 and Lecture 17 | Solar Radiation + Photovoltaics |
| 03/03/2022 (Week 11) | Lecture 18 | Photovoltaics & Renewable Energy Modeling Tools |
| 09/03/2022 (Week 12) | Lecture 19 | Solar Thermal |
| 10/03/2022 (Week 12) | Lecture 20 | Wind Energy - Part 1 |
| 16/03/2022 (Week 13) | Lecture 21 | Wind Energy - Part 2 |
| 17/03/2022 (Week 13) | Lecture 22 | Economics of Power Generation |
| 23/03/2022 (Week 14) | No Class - Pakistan Day | |
| 24/03/2022 (Week 14) | Lecture 23 (Geothermal) & Lecture 24 (Tidal & Biomass) | Geothermal, Tidel, Biomass |
| 30/03/2022 (Week 15) | Lecture 25 (Hydro Power) and Lecture 26 (Energy Storage) | Hydro, Storage Techniques |
| 31/03/2022 (Week 15) | Lecture 27 | Environmental Aspects |
Assignments/Homeworks
Homework 1 - Due at class time (22/12/2021)
Quiz 1 - 30/12/2021
Mini Project - Due at class time (30/03/2022)
Homework 2 (CEP) - Due at class time (22/03/2022)