| week |
Theory |
Practical |
| Lecture Day |
Topic(including assignment/test) |
Practical Day |
Topic |
| 1 |
1 |
Introduction: Components of Steam Power System, Carnot Cycle |
1 |
To study low pressure boilers and their accessories and mountings. |
| 2 |
Rankine Cycle,Modified Rankine cycle |
| 3 |
p-v , h-s and T-s diagram for Rankine and Modified Rankine cycle |
| TUTORIAL |
PROBLEMS |
| 2 |
1 |
Mollier’s diagram, use of steam table. |
2 |
To study high pressure boilers and their accessories and mountings. |
| 2 |
Steam Generators: Purpose, Classification of boilers, Fire tube and water tube boilers |
| 3 |
Description of Lancashire, Locomotive, Babcock Wilcox boilers |
| TUTORIAL |
PROBLEMS |
| 3 |
1 |
Mountings and accessories |
3 |
To prepare heat balance sheet for given boiler |
| 2 |
draught, design of natural draught chimney, |
| 3 |
artificial draught, mechanical draught |
| TUTORIAL |
PROBLEMS |
| 4 |
1 |
Efficiency of boiler and heat balance |
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| 2 |
Steam Nozzles: Function of steam nozzles, shape of nozzles for subsonic and supersonic flow of steam |
4 |
To study the working of impulse and reaction steam turbines |
| 3 |
Steady state energy equation |
| TUTORIAL |
PROBLEMS |
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| 5 |
1 |
continuity equation, nozzle efficiency |
5 |
To find dryness fraction of steam by separating and throttling calorimeter |
| 2 |
Critical pressure ratio for max. Discharge |
| 3 |
design of steam nozzle |
| 4 |
PROBLEMS |
| 6 |
1 |
Steam Engine: Working of steam engine, single acting and double acting steam engine |
6 |
To find power out put & efficiency of a steam turbine |
| 2 |
Compounding of steam engine |
| 3 |
ideal and actual indicator diagram mean effective pressure |
| TUTORIAL |
PROBLEMS |
| 7 |
1 |
Diagram factor, mechanical efficiency, and thermal efficiency of steam engine. |
7 |
To find the condenser efficiencies |
| 2 |
NUMERICAL |
| 3 |
NUMERICAL |
| 4 |
PROBLEMS |
| 8 |
1 |
CLASS TEST |
8 |
CLASS TEST |
| 2 |
Steam Turbine: Classification of steam turbine, impulse turbine |
| 3 |
Working principle, compounding of impulse turbine |
| TUTORIAL |
PROBLEMS |
| 9 |
1 |
velocity diagram of impulse turbine |
9 |
To study and find volumetric efficiency of a reciprocating air compressor |
| 2 |
power output and efficiency of a single
Stage impulse turbine |
| 3 |
reaction turbine, working principle |
| TUTORIAL |
PROBLEMS |
| 10 |
1 |
degree of reaction, velocity diagram |
10 |
To study cooling tower and find its efficiency |
| 2 |
Power output, efficiency, condition for max. Efficiency, |
| 3 |
governing of steam Turbines |
| 4 |
PROBLEMS |
| 11 |
1 |
Improved Turbines: Back pressure and pass out turbines |
11 |
To find calorific value of a sample of fuel using Bomb calorimeter |
| 2 |
Regenerative feed heating cycle, |
| 3 |
Binary vapor cycle. |
| TUTORIAL |
PROBLEMS |
| 12 |
1 |
Steam Condensers: Classification of condensers, sources of air leakage in condensers. |
12 |
Calibration of Thermometers and pressure gauges |
| 2 |
Effect of air leakage in condenser, vacuum efficiency, |
| 3 |
condenser efficiency |
| TUTORIAL |
PROBLEMS |
| 13 |
1 |
Fuel and Combustion: Classification of fuels – solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, |
13 |
REVISION |
| 2 |
calorific values of fuels |
| 3 |
Stochiometric air fuel ratio |
| TUTORIAL |
PROBLEMS |
| 14 |
1 |
excess air requirement |
14 |
REVISION |
| 2 |
analysis of exhaust Gases |
| 3 |
NUMERICAL |
| TUTORIAL |
PROBLEMS |
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| 15 |
1 |
CLASS TEST |
15 |
CLASS TEST |
| 2 |
REVISION |
| 3 |
REVISION |
| TUTORIAL |
PROBLEMS |
