POWER PLANT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

ASSIGNMENT
Full Marks:60
1. Answer the following questions briefly.
Marks: 5 X 4=20
a) In the event of total power failure in the plant what are the major operations are to be dealt with?
b) Describe the importance of water chemistry in maintaining the boiler water parameters.
c) What are the different causes of boiler tube failure?
d) What is the turbo supervisory system (TSI)? What are the parameters monitored during turbine
rolling and after synchronization?
e) Discuss Preventive Maintenance and Predictive Maintenance.
2. a) What are the different systems you will line up for start up of TG set?
b) Describe briefly the different sequential steps for the start up of Turbine auxiliaries and then rolling
and synchronization of Turbine and Generator from initial TG standstill condition.
Marks: 10
3. a) What are the permissives for starting first Boiler feed Pump (BFP)?
b) What are the different systems you will line up for starting the first BFP?
c) Describe the conditions for BFP trip.

Marks: 10

4. a) What is the objective of maintenance management system?

b) What is Work Order Card System? Discuss the methodology and significance of different priority
cards.
c) Discuss the permit to work(PTW) system.

Marks: 10

5. a) Discuss the economic load sharing of two turbo generators and prove that efficiency will be
maximum at a load where heat rate is equal to incremental heat rate.
b) Explain briefly the following: i) Fixed cost, ii) Variable cost.
Marks: 10
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SUGGESTION

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1. What are the different systems you will line up for start up of TG set?
2. Describe briefly the different sequential steps for the start up of Turbine auxiliaries and then rolling and
synchronization of Turbine and Generator from initial TG standstill condition.
3. What are the permissives for starting first ID Fan?
4. What are the different systems you will line up for starting the first ID Fan?
5. Describe the conditions for ID Fan trip
6. What are the permissives for starting first FD Fan?
7. What are the different systems you will line up for starting the first FD Fan?
8. Describe the conditions for FD Fan trip
9. Describe briefly the different sequential steps for the start up of Boiler light up from cold start up.
10. Describe the importance of water chemistry in maintaining the boiler water parameters.
11. Draw a flow chart showing the different systems of boiler, turbine and generator which are to be commissioned
for synchronization of TG set
12. Describe briefly the different sequential operational steps for producing Demineralized
water (DM Water).
13. A power station has to supply load as follows:
Time (Hours)

11 PM to
6 AM

6 AM to
8 AM

8 AM to 12 PM to 1 PM to
5 PM to
7 PM to
9 PM to
12.00
1 PM
5 PM
7 PM
9 PM
11 PM
Noon
Load (kW)
1000
1750
4000
1500
3750
4250
5000
2250
a) Draw the load curve ,b)Draw the load duration curve, c)Choose the suitable generating units to supply
the load., d)Calculate the load factor, e)Calculate the plant capacity factor
14. What are the factors contribute to the cost analysis of steam power plant?
15.
16. Discuss the economic load sharing of two turbo generators and prove that efficiency will be maximum at a load
where heat rate is equal to incremental heat rate.
17. Explain briefly the following: i) Fixed cost, ii) Variable cost.
18. In the event of total power failure in the plant what are the major operations are to be dealt with?
19. Write down the functions of i) Boiler desk engineer, ii) Turbine desk engineer, iii) Generator desk engineer, iv)
Offsite engineer during this power failure.
20. What is the turbo supervisory system? What are the parameters monitored during turbine rolling and after
synchronization?
21. What are the different causes of boiler tube failure? What are the remedial measures?
22. What are the different systems you will line up for starting the first boiler feed pump (BFP)?
23. What are the different jobs to be carried out in turbine side during capital overhaul?
24. What is the objective of maintenance management system?
25. What is Work Order Card System? Discuss the methodology and significance of different priority cards
26. Discuss Preventive Maintenance and Predictive Maintenance.
27. Discuss the different methodologies used in the Condition based Maintenance.
28. Write down the different functions of maintenance store department. Discuss them briefly.
29. What are the processes are involved in the control of stock level in store?
30. What is the purpose of stock taking?
31. A 60 MW power station has an annual peak load of 50 MW. The power station supplies loads having maximum
demands of 20 MW, 17 MW and 9 MW. The annual load factor is 0.45. Find i) Average load, ii) Energy
supplied per year, iii) Diversity factor, iv) Demand factor.
32. From the following data calculate the cost of generation per unit delivered from the power palnt:
Installed capacity of power plant
:
200 MW
Annual load factor
:
0.4
Capital cost of power plant
:
Rs. 280 Cr.
Annual cost of fuel, oil, salaries, taxation
:
Rs.60 Cr.
Interest & depreciation
:
13%

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