| Course Name | Power Plant Instrumentation |
| Course Code | 15EEE352 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
| Credits | Campus: Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Amritapuri |
| Year Taught | 2015 |
| Year Taught | 2016 |
| Year Taught | 2017 |
| Year Taught | 2018 |
Introduction to Unit operation and Unit Process: Material and Energy Balance. Significance of Instrumentation and layout of thermal, hydroelectric, nuclear, gas turbine, solar, wind Power plants.
Instrumentation and Equipments of Various Unit Operations: Evaporation, Distillation, leaching, Gas Absorption, Heat exchangers, Humidification and Dehumidification, Drying, Size Reduction, Crystallization, Mixing.
Boiler Instrumentation and Optimization: Combustion control, 3 element drum level control, steam pressure, oxygen / CO / CO2 – flue gases control, furnace draft, boiler interlocks, SCADA controls – Boiler inspection and safety procedures.
Turbine Instrumentation and Control: Valve actuation, auto-start up, start up and shut down, thermal stress control, condition monitoring and Power Distribution Instrumentation. Auxiliary control of water treatment plant, Electrostatic Precipitator and Oil Automation System.
Automation: Thermal power plant, Boiler Automation – Diagnostic Functions and Protection – Digital Electro – Hydraulic Governor, Man-Machine Interface – Graphic Display of Automated Power plant.
B. G. Liptak, “Instrument Engineers Handbook: Process Measurement and Analysis”, Third Edition, Butterworth Heinemann, 1995.
‘Power Plant Instrumentation’ is a course offered in B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering program at School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
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