ME6730 Power Plant Design
Semester:
Summer 1, 2015
Instructor:
Dr. Christopher Cho, Professor, P.E.
Dept. of Mechanical/ Aeronautical Eng., WMU
Class hour:
Monday, Wednesday: 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Room:
Room D - 202, Parkview Campus, WMU.
Textbook:
“Power Plant Engineering” by P.K. Nag, McGraw-Hill Co., 3rd edition, 2008.
ISBN: 13: 978-0-07-064815-9 or ISBN: 10:0-07-064815-8.
Prerequisites: ME 431 (Heat Transfer), ME 432 (Thermodynamics II)
Office:
Room F-236 Parkview Campus, WMU, Kalamazoo.
Office Hour: Mon, Wed: 6:20 – 6:50 pm
Tentative Class Schedule
1. Ch2: Analysis of Steam Cycles
2. Ch3: Combined Cycle Power Generation.
3. Ch4: Fuels and Combustion
4. Ch5: Combustion Mechanism, Equipment and Firing Methods (overview)
5. Ch6: Steam Generators (overview)
6. Ch7: Steam Turbines
7. Ch8: Condenser, Feed Water and Circulating Water System
8. Ch9: Nuclear Power Plants
9. Ch10: Hydroelectric Power Plant
10. Ch11: Diesel Engine and Gas Turbine Power Plants
11. Ch12: Energy Storage
Reference:
1) "Power Plant Engineering," by Black and Veatch, published by CBS Publishers.
2) “Steam, its generation and use”, Babcock and Wilcox Co., 41 ed,
3) “Power plant Technology,” by M. El-Wakil, McGraw-Hill, 1984
4) “Modern Power Plant Engineering,” by J. Weisman, Prentice Hall Co., 1985
5) “Thermodynamics,” 8th ed., by Cengel and Boles, McGraw-Hill, 2015.
Test schedule and Grading Policy:
Mid exam: 40% + Final exam: 40% + Project 10% + HW: 10% = 100%
Final Exam: July 1st , 2015 (Wednesday) 7:00 – 9:20 p.m.