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This book illustrates operation and maintenance practices/guidelinesfor economic generation and managing health of a thermal power generator beyondits regulatory life. The book provides knowledge for professionals managing powerstation operations, through its unique approach to chemical analysis of water, steam,oil etc. to identify malfunctioning/defects in equipment/systems much before thephysical manifestation of the problem. The book also contains a detailed procedurefor conducting performance evaluation tests on different equipment, and for analyzingtest results for predicting maintenance requirements, which has lent a new dimensionto power systems operation and maintenance practices. A number of real life casestudies also enrich the book. This book will prove particularly useful to powersystems operations professionals in the developing economies, and also to researchersand students involved in studying power systems operations and control.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter2. Performance Parameters of Power Stations of Global/Indian Scenario.- Chapter3. Residual Life Assessment.- Chapter 4. Coal Fired Unit- Operation Guidelines.-Chapter 5. Managing Thermal Stress.- Chapter 6. Chemical Health of Thermal PowerUnit.- Chapter 7. Maintenance Practice.- Chapter 8. Outage Minimization.-Chapter 9. Managing Efficiency.- Chapter 10. Best Practices.- Annexures: ImportantOperation Guidelines/Operation Directives.
About the author
Dr.
Pradip Chanda, has more than 34 years of experience as a power plant
professional in various capacities at the National Thermal Power Corporation
(NTPC), India. Starting his career as a commissioning engineer of 200 MW and
500 MW thermal sets, has given him exposure to the intricacies of behaviour of equipment
and subsystems of thermal power plants. Working as a shift-charge engineer in a
1600 MW super thermal power station and heading the efficiency department of a
thermal power station for more than nine years has enriched him with knowledge
on operation and maintenance practices, different standards of efficiency and
testing procedures. The journey carried him through corporate planning of NTPC
for 5 years along with a rich 7 years' experience in the training and
development wing of NTPC as a senior faculty member. Currently he is serving as
General Manager (HR) at an NTPC power station. Dr Chanda graduated as an Electrical
Engineer from the erstwhile Bengal Engineering College. He received his M.Tech
and PhD degrees from IIT Delhi. He has published a number of research papers in
various journals and conferences. His areas of research interest include
mathematical modelling of physical systems, heat transfer and control system.
Suparna
Mukhopadhyay, M.Tech, Ph.D, is a mechanical Engineer from NIT Agartala with her
graduate degrees from Jadavpur University. She has a unique combination of
industrial and research/teaching experience of more than 20 years. Presently,
she is serving at the National Thermal Power Corporation as a senior manager.
Prior to that she was a visiting scientist in the Engineering Mechanics Unit,
JN Centre for Advanced Scientific research, Bangalore and Assistant Professor
in Mechanical Engineering in Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani,
West Bengal for a combined period of more than 15 years. Dr. Mukhopadhyay has
already published a textbook on fluid mechanics and a large number of research
publications.
Summary
This book illustrates operation and maintenance practices/guidelines
for economic generation and managing health of a thermal power generator beyond
its regulatory life. The book provides knowledge for professionals managing power
station operations, through its unique approach to chemical analysis of water, steam,
oil etc. to identify malfunctioning/defects in equipment/systems much before the
physical manifestation of the problem. The book also contains a detailed procedure
for conducting performance evaluation tests on different equipment, and for analyzing
test results for predicting maintenance requirements, which has lent a new dimension
to power systems operation and maintenance practices. A number of real life case
studies also enrich the book. This book will prove particularly useful to power
systems operations professionals in the developing economies, and also to researchers
and students involved in studying power systems operations and control.
