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Diesel Power Plant
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(21 ratings)
1,152 students

Diesel Power Plant

Power Plant Engineering
Created byBasawraj Racheti
Last updated 7/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • The basic cycle of Diesel Power plant
  • The layout, components, types and Merits and Demerits of Diesel power plants
  • The performance of Diesel Power Plants
  • The numericals based on Diesel Power Plant
  • The importance of Co-Generation Plant

Course content

1 section • 6 lectures • 1h 57m total length

  • Introduction15:06

    Explain how a diesel power plant converts chemical energy to electrical energy using a diesel engine and generator, detailing components, layout, applications, and advantages and disadvantages.

  • DPP Parts and Layout15:50

    Identify the main components and systems of a diesel power plant, including fuel, air intake, exhaust, cooling, lubrication, and starting systems. Understand site selection and thermodynamic analysis of diesel engines.

  • Working of DPP25:16

    Examine the diesel power plant's working cycle, detailing the four processes of the diesel cycle, and essential performance indicators such as brake power, thermal efficiency, and specific fuel consumption.

  • Types_DPP15:20

    Explore diesel power plant design by examining diesel engine types (four-stroke and two-stroke), capacity calculations, heat balance, starting systems, and diesel emissions and health and environmental impacts.

  • Numericals_DPP22:22

    Revise numerical problems on diesel engines to compute brake power, indicated power, and mechanical efficiency using mean effective pressure, swept volume, rpm, and cylinders.

  • Co-Generation Plants23:22

    Explore cogeneration in diesel and gas turbine plants, using exhaust heat to heat feedwater and improve overall efficiency of combined cycles.

Requirements

  • Intermediate Skills i.e. basic knowledge of Mechanical Engineering

Description

Diesel Power Plant :

You have already studied Diesel Engines in detail in last year syllabus, In present course we are dealing with application of  Diesel engines in the power plant for power generation. The contents of Diesel Power Plant which we are dealing with are as below:

1. Introduction to Diesel Power Plant

2. Applications of Diesel Power Plant

3. Site Selection criteria for Diesel Power Plant

4. Layout of Diesel Power Plant

5. Working and construction details of Diesel Power Plant

6. Components of Diesel Power Plant

7.  Merits and Demerits of Diesel Power Plant

8.  Various systems of Diesel Engines

9. Methods of Starting of Diesel Engines

10. Performance Characteristics of Diesel Power Plant

11. Heat Balance sheet of Diesel Power Plant

12. Numerical based on Diesel Power Plant

After completion of course the students will be able to

•Learn the basic cycles on which Diesel Power plants operate.

• Get the knowledge of working of Diesel power plant.

• Understand the benefits and demerits of Diesel power plants.

• Study the performance of Diesel power plants

•Heat Balance sheet i.e heat distribution in Diesel Power Plant

• Solve any numericals based on Diesel Power plant cycles.

• Learn the importance of Co-Generation power plant.

  So best of luck to you all and request you to provide reviews / feedback after completion of each course.


Who this course is for:

  • Third year and Final Year Mechanical Engineering Students, Diploma students

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