Power Plant Engineering (WBSCTE)

Book excerpt: This book has been specially tailored for the student of WBSCTE. It covers a wide spectrum of power generation techniques. Generating power is a complex affair. Thus, special care has been taken to present the subject matter in this book so that the students are able to comprehend this complex subject easily. KEY FEATURES • Exhaustive coverage in accordance with the updated syllabus of WBSCTE • Equal emphasis on theoretical concepts and practical applications • Discusses latest topics in the areas of conventional and non-conventional power plants • Discusses economics of power generation like determination of cost of power generation, plant capacity factor and plant use factor • Every chapter has a Summary, Review questions, Solved examples and MCQs