Elements of Electrical Power Station Design (3rd Edition)

Elements of Electrical Power Station Design
By M.V. Deshpande

This comprehensive textbook is primarily aimed at undergraduate engineering students of Electrical Engineering, both at degree and diploma level. The book covers preliminary designs and economic loading of diesel-electric stations, steam stations, nuclear power stations, and hydro-electric stations, discussing load forecasting, economic load dispatch, the unit commitment problem, methods of scheduling stations, allocation control, system reliability, and system security. Trends in power plant instrumentation and control are also presented, alongside the important problems of pollution control and performance standards of thermal power stations, and the application of computers in power systems is touched upon as well. The book further explains the need for unconventional sources of energy and plants — biogas, biomass, solar electric, and wind electric systems — as a way to conserve fossil fuels, with rural energy demands and methods of forecasting energy demand also elaborated upon. 

Topics commonly covered include prediction of load, choice of power station and units, preliminary design of diesel-electric, steam, gas turbine and combined-cycle stations, elements of nuclear power stations, preliminary design of hydro-electric stations, combination of hydro-electric and steam stations, major electrical plant in power stations, power station control and interconnection, protective relaying, economic loading of power stations, modern trends in power station design and operation, modern trends in power plant instrumentation and control, and unconventional sources of energy and plants. 

Key features:

• Covers preliminary design and economic loading across every major power station type in one volume
• Dedicated treatment of pollution control and thermal station performance standards
• Coverage of unconventional/renewable energy sources alongside conventional station design
• Includes rural energy demand forecasting, unusual among comparable design texts
• Long-established as a standard reference in Indian electrical engineering curricula

Perfect for:

• Undergraduate electrical engineering students at both degree and diploma level
• Students studying power station design, economic dispatch, or power system planning
• Practicing engineers involved in power station planning or plant selection
• Faculty teaching power station design or power system economics courses

Available at Prince Book Depot. Cash on Delivery available. Nationwide delivery across Pakistan.