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About This Book
Practical Power Plant Engineering offers engineers, new to the profession, a guide to the methods of practical design, equipment selection and operation of power and heavy industrial plants as practiced by experienced engineers. The authorāa noted expert on the topicādraws on decades of practical experience working in a number of industries with ever-changing technologies. This comprehensive book, written in 26 chapters, covers the electrical activities from plant design, development to commissioning. It is filled with descriptive examples, brief equipment data sheets, relay protection, engineering calculations, illustrations, and common-sense engineering approaches.
The book explores the most relevant topics and reviews the industry standards and established engineering practices. For example, the author leads the reader through the application of MV switchgear, MV controllers, MCCs and distribution lines in building plant power distribution systems, including calculations of interrupting duty for breakers and contactors. The text also contains useful information on the various types of concentrated and photovoltaic solar plants as well as wind farms with DFIG turbines. This important book:
ā¢ Explains why and how to select the proper ratings for electrical equipment for specific applications
ā¢ Includes information on the critical requirements for designing power systems to meet the performance requirements
ā¢ Presents tests of the electrical equipment that prove it is built to the required standards and will meet plant-specific operating requirements
Written for both professional engineers early in their career and experienced engineers, Practical Power Plant Engineering is a must-have resource that offers the information needed to apply the concepts of power plant engineering in the real world.
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Plant from Design to Commissioning
CHAPTER MENU
- 1.1 Planning
- 1.1.1 Plant Design Procedure
- 1.1.2 Codes and Standards
- 1.2 Project Development
- 1.2.1 Type of Project
- 1.2.2 Conceptual Design for Feasibility Study
- 1.2.3 Detailed Design
- 1.2.4 Engineering Documents
- 1.2.5 Equipment Specifications and Data Sheets
- 1.2.6 Equipment Numbering
- 1.2.7 Load List
- 1.2.8 Generated Cable List
- 1.2.9 Schematic/Wiring Diagrams
- 1.3 Precommissioning and Commissioning
- 1.3.1 Precommissioning
- 1.3.2 Commissioning
- 1.3.3 Reliability Run
- 1.3.4 Power Plant Grid Tests
- 1.3.5 Commissioning Reports
- 1.4 Project Economics
- 1.4.1 Budget Estimate
- 1.4.2 Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE)
- 1.4.3 Marginal Cost of Energy
- 1.4.4 Profitability of an Industrial Plant
- Reference
1.1 Planning
1.1.1 Plant Design Procedure
Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Preface ā Why This Book?
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- 1 Plant from Design to Commissioning
- 2 Plant Key OneāLine Diagram
- 3 Switching Equipment
- 4 Designing Plant Layout
- 5 System Grounding
- 6 Site and Equipment Grounding
- 7 Plant Lighting
- 8 DC System, UPS
- 9 Plant Power Distribution
- 10 Insulation Coordination, Lightning Protection
- 11 Voltage and Phasing Standards
- 12 Cables and Supporting Equipment
- 13 Power Factor Correction
- 14 Motor Selection
- 15 Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) and Harmonics
- 16 Relay Protection and Coordination
- 17 Plant Automation and Data Networking
- 18 Generation
- 19 Power Dispatch and Control
- 20 Diesel Engine Generator Plant and Standby Power
- 21 Reliability Considerations and Calculations
- 22 Fire Protection
- 23 Corrosion, Cathodic Protection
- 24 Brief Equipment Specifications and Data Sheets
- 25 Solar Power
- 26 Wind Power
- Index
- End User License Agreement