Heat Power Engineering
Heat Power Engineering
EXAMINATION SCHEME
ABSORPTION SCHEME
&
SYLLABUS
Of
First, Second, Third & Fourth Semester
Choice Base Credit System (CBCS)
Of
Master of Technology (M.Tech)
In
HEAT POWER ENGINEERING (HPE)
Of
RASHTRASANT TUKDOJI MAHARAJ
NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Nagpur
Faculty of Engineering & Technology
Course and Examination Scheme of Master of Technology
Choice Base Credit System (CBCS)
I Semester M. Tech. (Heat Power Engineering)
Examination Scheme
Teaching Scheme
Theory Practical
Subject Hours
Subject Duration Max. Max. Min. Max. Max. Min.
Code per No. of Total Total
of Paper Marks Marks Passing Marks Marks Passing
week Credits Marks Marks
(Hrs.) Marks Marks
L P UA CA UA CA
Advanced Heat & Mass
PGHPE101T 4 - 4 3 70 30 100 50 - - - -
Transfer
Advanced Thermodynamics
PGHPE102T 4 - 4 3 70 30 100 50 - - - -
& Combustion Technology
Internal Combustion
PGHPE103T 4 - 4 3 70 30 100 50 - - - -
Engines
1. Mechatronics
Foundation Course II
Note : For the teaching work load calculation for project, work load will be 6 hours per week per project
ABSORPTION SCHEME FOR M.TECH. [HEAT POWER ENGG.] CBCS PATTERN
Name of the subject in old syllabus Equivalent subject in CBCS from 2016-17
Computer Aided Design( Sem-I) Computer Aided Design & its application in thermal
systems. ( Sem-I)- Elective –I
Refrigeration and Air conditioning ( Sem-II) Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technologies( Sem-
II)
Outcomes-: It gives broad exposure to the students to understand fundamental laws of heat
transfer and its application It familiarize the students with numerical manipulation and order of
magnitude of various parameter in the heat transfer subject. student come out with to apply the
basic principle of heat transfer to new situation and develop their own equation to get the
solutions
UNIT I
Conduction Extended surfaces-steady state analysis and optimization –radial fins of
rectangular and hyperbolic profiles-longitudinal fin if rectangular profile radiating to free space
Transient heat conduction-Exact solution-Use of Heisler and Grober chart-integrated method
Multi dimensional heat conduction: Analytical, Graphical and Numerical methods of analysis,
Conduction shape factor,
UNIT II
Convection: Thermal boundary layers - Momentum and energy equations, integral equation -
Internal and external flows. Forced convection over cylinders, spheres and bank of tubes.
Free convection: Laminar and Turbulent flows, analytical and empirical solutions, Numerical
Problems. Boiling and condensation
UNIT III
Radiation –Radiative exchange in furnaces, radiation characteristics of particle system,
thermal radiation of a luminous fuel oil and gas-soot flame-overall heat transfer in furnaces
UNIT IV
Mass Transfer: Definition, Examples, Fick‟s law of diffusion, Fick‟s law as referred to ideal
gases, Steady-state Isothermal Equi-molal counter diffusion of ideal gases, Mass diffusivity,
Gilliland‟s equation, Isothermal evaporation of water and its subsequent diffusion into dry air,
Mass transfer coefficient
References
1. Ozisik, M.N., Heat Transfer - A Basic Approach, McGraw-Hill, 1987.
2. J.P. Holman, “Heat Transfer”, McGraw Hill Book Company, New York, 1990
3. Kays, W. M. and Crawford, M. E., Convective Heat and Mass Transfer, Tata McGraw Hill,
4th Edition, 2012.
4. Heat Transfer: A practical approach,Y.A.Cengel, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill , 2003
PGHPE102T : ADVANCED THERMODYNAMICS AND COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY
Course Outcomes :-
UNIT-I :
UNIT-II :
UNIT-III :
Gas and Gas – Vapour Mixtures of gas, Mixing of ideal gases, mixtures of real gases and
vapours, process of mixtures of ideal gases and vapours. Thermodynamic potentials, Helmholtz
potential, Clapeyron equation,
UNIT-IV :
Reference Books:
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the students will be able to
UNIT - I
UNIT - II
Combustion in SI and CI engines (normal and abnormal), Combustion chambers for SI and CI
engines, Carburetion,Fuel injection system- SI engine fuel injection (MPFI and GDI), CI engine
fuel injection system, size of fuel droplets, spray patterns, Electronic engine management.
UNIT - III
Performance of engines- measurement of power (bp, ip and fp), calculation of efficiencies and
specific fuel consumption, Factors affecting performance- Heat loss, Air-fuel ratio, Pumping
loss, Energy balance sheet, Pi and Sankey diagrams.
UNIT - IV
References
Course Outcomes: This course is design to make the student conversant with non-conventional
energy sources and their utilization to harness power. The students will be learning solar
energy utilization and its applications. The generation of power with use of wind energy. Also
students can understand power generation thorough geothermal energy, ocean energy;
magneto hydrodynamic power generation, fuel cell, biomass and also nuclear energy.
UNIT - I
Solar Energy : Structure of sun, energy radiated by sun. Angular relationship of earth and sun
position, solar radiation & its measurement, calculation of incident angle global radiations, solar
day length, derivations and numericals.Flat plate collectors; types and constructional details of
flat plate collection. Heat transfer through fluid and performance analysis of flat plate collector.
Concentrating collections its design and analysis. Solar energy storage system and design.
UNIT - II
Applications of solar energy, solar pond, solar thermal power plant. Photo voltaic power, solar
cell, commercial solar cells, economics of photo voltaic, environmental impact of photo voltaic,
fuel cells efficiency & its types, thermoelectric generator.
Wind Energy: Sources of wind energy, wind velocities, power in wind, various types of wind
mills and their constructional details and performance study, modern wind turbines, power
output of wind turbine applications for pumping and power generator.
UNIT - III
Ocean Energy : Tidal power, single basin and double basin arrangements, power generated
through tides, ocean thermal energy conversion systems.
Geothermal Energy : Geothermal energy resources, power generation methods such as vapour
dominated system, liquid dominated system,
Magneto Hydro Dynamic Power Generation: Principle of MHD power generations, open &
closed cycle system power output from MHD generator.
UNIT - IV
Biomass Energy : Gasifiers, direct thermal application of gasifier. Advantages and problems in
development of Gasifiers.
Nuclear Energy : Nuclear fusion and Fission, Fission reactive type, Reactor control. Pressured
water reactor, Boiling water reactor, gas cooled reactor, pressurized heavy water reactor.
References
6. Solar Energy Principles of Thermal collection and storage by Sukatme- Tata Mcgraw Hill.
7. Solar Energy Thermal Processes’ by Duffe & Beckmen - John Willey & sons.
8. Principles of Solar Engineering - Krieth and J.F. Krieeder- Tata Mcgraw Hill.
9. Energy Science-Principles, Technologies and Impact John Andraw and Nick Jelley, Oxford
University Press.
10. Introduction to Nuclear Technology, John R, Lamarsh, Anthony J. Baratta, Pretice Hall, 3 rd
edition.
11. Renewable Energy Resources-John Twiedell and Tony Weir –Taylor and Francis
12. Solar Fundamental and applications,-Gard H.P. And Praksh J., Tata Mcgraw Hill publications.
PGHPE104T Elective–I POWER PLANT PRACTICE AND CONTROL
UNIT I
Introduction: Energy reserves and Energy utilization in the world, Electrical power Generation
& consumption in India. Types of power plants, merits and demerits, Criteria for selection of
power plant. Power Plant Economics.
Hydro Electric Power Plants: Rainfall and run-off measurements and plotting of various curves
for estimating stream flow and size of reservoir, power plants design, construction and operation
of different components of hydro-electric power plants, site selection, comparison with other
types of power plants.
UNIT II
Steam Power Plant: Layout, Super Heaters, Reheaters, Condensers, Economizers and Feed
Water heaters, Operation and performance, Rankine cycle with Superheat, Reheat and
Regeneration. Super critical boilers,Fluidized Bed combustion boiler - Advantages, Waste heat
Recovery boilers, Co-generation Power Plant, Emissions and their controls.
UNIT III
Nuclear Power Plant: Overview of Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear physics Radio activity-fission
process Reaction Rates, diffusion theory and Critical heat flux -Nuclear Power Reactors,
different types, advantages and limitations, Materials used for Reactors. Hazards in nuclear
power plant, remedial measures, safety precautions, methods of waste disposal, different form of
waste from power plant.
UNIT IV
Gas Turbine : Layout of Gas Turbine, Basic Gas turbine cycle, cycle improvements,
Intercoolers, Reheaters and regenerators, Thermodynamic analysis of Gas turbine, Operations
and performance of Gas Turbine. Combined Cycle Power Plant: Binary vapour cycles, Coupled
cycles, Combined Power cycle Plants, Advantages and Limitations, Gas turbine,Steam turbine
Power Plant and MHD, Steam Power Plant. Water pollution and Solid waste management in
power plants, Effluent quality standards
References
1. Power Plant Engineering, P. K. Nag, Mc Graw Hill
2. Power Plant Engineering Technology, M.M. Wakil, Mc Graw Hil
3. Power plant engineering by „Arrora & Domkundwar‟, Dhanpat Rai & Sons, New Delhi, 2008
4. Power plant engineering by „P C Sharma‟, S.K. Kataria& Sons, New Delhi, 2010
MT104T – ELECTIVE- I - COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN
THERMAL SYSTEMS
UNIT-I
Introduction to CAD: basic structure of CAD system, Hardware and software for CAD,
software modules, Geometric modeling, Solid modeling techniques. CAD/CAM exchange
formats, surface manipulation techniques.
UNIT-II
UNIT-III
One-Dimensional Analysis: Basic steps, discretization, element equation, linear and quadratic
shape functions, Assembly, Local and global stiffness matrix and its properties, boundary
conditions. Applications to heat and fluid mechanics problems.
UNIT-IV
REFERENCES :
1. Ibrahim Zeid CAD/CAM Theory and practice, 2nd Edition Tata Mc Graw Hill, 2009.
2. Roger D F and Adams, JA Mathematical elements for computer Graphics, Tata Mc Graw
Hill, 2008.
3. Rao S. S. The Finite Element methods in Engineering, 5th Edition, Elesevier 2011.
4. Reddy J. N. and Gartling D. K. The Finite element method in Heat transfer and fluid
Dynamics 3rd Edition CRC press.
5. Kalyanmay Deb Optimization for Engineering Design
nd
6. Rao S. S. Optimization theory and applications, Willey Eastern Ltd. 2 Edition 2004.
Elective II - (open)
PGHPE201T: REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGIES
Course Outcomes
1. Ability to carry out thermodynamic analysis of multi pressure, cryogenic and other non-
conventional refrigeration systems.
2. Propose the selection and application of suitable / eco-friendly refrigerants.
3. Ability to carry out heat load calculations and design air conditioning systems.
4. Ability to design air handling system.
UNIT –I
UNIT - III
Advanced Psychrometry:
Application of psychrometry to various air conditioning system RSHF, GSHF, ESHF.
Heat Load Calculations:
Data collection for load calculation, various components of heat load estimate method of cooling
load calculation.
UNIT - IV
PRACTICALS:
[Minimum seven experiments to be performed/demonstrated/studied]
REFERENCES :
Course Outcomes: At the end of the course the student will be able to
1. Understand the ideal and real thermodynalic cycles of air-breathing engines and industrial gas
turbines.
2. Understand the combustion forces and design the combustion chamber of a gas turbine.
3. Understand the power plant components and analysis to improve the performance.
Unit-I
Gas turbine classification of turbo machines, thermodynamic analysis of gas turbine cycles, intercooler
reheater and regenerative cycles, performance of practical gas turbine cycles. Gas turbine combustion
system. Pressure and hour losses, mechanical losses, loss due to incomplete combustion.
Unit- II
Power Plant Economics: Economic analysis of power plants and targets, Load curves, load duration
curve, different terms and definitions; Effect of fluctuating load on operation and design of the plant,
methods of meeting fluctuating load, cost of electrical energy; operating costs, generation costs,
depreciation cost. Cost benefit analysis, Selection of type of generation; Performance and operating
characteristics of power plants; Selection of the generating equipments, Combined operation of power
plants; load division between stations, effect of load factor on energy cost, different types of tariffs.
Exergy Analysis of simple steam power plant.
Unit-III
Co-Generation : Basic of thermodynamic cycle, operating strategies for co-generation plant, typical co-
generation parameter, waste heat recovery , classification-benefits, development of a waste heat
recovery system.
Unit-IV :
Analysis of power plant components : Classification of cooling tower, thermal analysis of cooling tower,
design of cooling tower, factor affecting the design of cooling tower, determination of number of diffusion
unit.
PRACTICALS:
1. Cohen H; Rogers GFC, Sarvanamuttoo H. I., Gas Turbine Theory, Pearson Prentice Hall
2. Ganeshan V, Gas Turbine, Tata Mcgraw Hill
3. Wakil EL, Power Plant Technology, Tata Mcgraw Hill
4. Nag P. K., Power Plant Engineering, Tata McGraw-Hill publication.
5. Rathore M.M., Thermal Engineering, Tata McGraw-Hill publication.
6. Ibrahim Dincer, Rosen M.A., Exergy: Energy Environment & Sustainable Development,
Elservier Science and Technology
PGHPE203T ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS
Unit I: Fluid Flow Concepts, Continuum Model, Eulerian & Lagrangian Approach, Two-
dimensional Potential flows - Different types of flow patterns, Basic scientific laws used in the
analysis of fluid flow, Rotational and irrotational flow and condition for such flows, Stream
function and potential function, Source, Sink and Doublet.
Unit II: Fundamental equations of motion and continuity applied to fluid flow, Relation between
stress and rate deformation, Physical conservation laws, Integral and differential formulations,
Navier-Stokes and energy equations, Solution of Navier-Stokes equations.
UnitIII:Boundary layer theory – Boundary layer concept, Boundary layer thickness, Boundary
layer development over a flat plate and conduits, Flow separation in boundary layers, Blasius
solution, Momentum integral approach, Boundary layer control and its application, Drag,
pressure, shear stress and skin friction.
Unit IV:Turbulent flows – Reynolds equation, Reynold‟s transport theorem, Prandtl and von
Karman hypothesis, Universal velocity profile near a wall- flow through pipes, Velocity
distribution and friction factor for turbulent flow in pipes, Fluid power transmission through
pipes, Semi-empirical theories of similarity hypothesis. Introduction to Computational fluid
dynamics.
References
Kothandaraman C.P., Fluid mechanics and Machinery, 3rd ed., New age publishers 2011.
Kumar D.S., Fluid mechanics and Fluid power engineering, S.K. Kataria& sons Pub.
3. Currie LG., Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids, 3rd ed., CRC Press, 2002.
Course Objective: To impart knowledge on theory and constructional details of various types
Unit-I
Basic design methods for heat exchanger- , Double Pipe Heat Exchangers - Film Coefficients of Fluids and
Tubes - Equivalent diameter for fluids flowing in Annuli - Film coefficients for fluids in Annuli: Fouling
factors - The Caloric or Average Fluid Temperature - Heat load - LMTD and NTU methods of evaluation of
heat exchangers - The calculation of double pipe exchanger: Double pipe exchangers in series - parallel
arrangements. Plate heat exchanger, Compact heat exchanger
Unit-II
Shell and Tube heat exchangers - Tube layouts for exchangers- Baffle spacing, different types of shell
and tube exchangers - The calculations of shell and tube exchangers shell side film coefficients - shell
side equivalent diameter - The true temperature difference in a 1-2 exchanger. Influence of approach
temperature on correction factory - Shell- side pressure drop - Tube side pressure drop- Analysis of
performance of 1-2 exchangers and design calculation of shell and tube heat exchangers - Flow
arrangements for increased heat recovery - The calculations of 2-4 exchangers - TEMA standards.
Unit- III
Direct-contact heat exchanger: cooling towers relation between the wet-bulb and dew point
temperatures - The Lewis number - Classification of cooling towers cooling-tower internals and the role
of fill - Heat exchange heat transfer by simultaneous diffusion and convection - Analysis of cooling
towers measurements - Design of cooling towers - Determination of the number of diffusion units -
Calculation of cooling tower performance - The influence of process conditions upon design - The
influence of operation tables.
Unit-IV
Heat pipes types and applications - Heat pipe operating principle - Working fluid - Wick selection and
wick structures – Compatibility – Limitations - Design of circular heat pipes.
REFERENCES:
1. Donald Q.Kern, Process Heat Transfer, Tata Mc Graw-hill Publishing Company, Ltd.,
2. Hewitt, Shires and Bolt, Process Heat transfer, CRC Press
3. A.P.Frans and M.N.Ozisik, Heat exchanger Design, John Wiley & Sons New York
4. P.Dunn and D.A.Reay , Heat Pipes, Pergamom Press
5. G.P.Peterson, Design of Heat Pipes.
6. Compact Heat Exchangers by W. Kays and A. London, National Press.
7. Heat exchanger, Design, rating and Selection, Sadik Kakac, CRC Press
8. Heat Exchangers Thermal Hydraulic Fundamentals and Design by S.Kakac, A. , Bergles,
F.Mayinger, McGraw-Hill Book Company.
9. Automotive Heating and Air Conditioning by Tom Birch, Prentice Hall
10. Power plant Engineering, P. K.Nag, Tata McGraw-Hill publication,
PGHPE204T – ELECTIVE-III- THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM
Unit I: Introduction
Need of Energy Storage, Different modes of Energy Storage, Necessity of thermal storage,
Thermal Storage Devices, Areas of Applications of thermal Storage, Heat Transfer Enhancement
Methods
UnitIII: Regenerator
Parallel Flow, Counter Flow, Finite conductivity model, Non-linear Model, Transient
Performance, Step Change in inlet gas temperature, Step Change in inlet gas Flow rate,
Parameterization of Transient Response, Heat Storage exchangers.
Storage material modeling of phase change problem, Enthalpy Modeling, Heat Transfer
Enhancement Configuration, Parameterization of Rectangular, Cylindrical Geometric
Problems, Phase Change Materials(PCMs), Selection Criteria Of PCMs, Stefan Problem,
Solar Thermal LHTES Systems, Energy Conservation Through LHTES Systems, LHTES
Systems in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems.
Applications: Food storage, Waste heat recovery, Solar energy storage, Green house
heating, Drying and heating applications,Power Plant Applications, Drying and Heating
for Process Industries.
References