Powerplant Technology
This text is designed for courses in power plant technology, Powerplant Engineering, and energy conversion offered in departments of Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering. It is also suitable as a supplement to courses in energy analysis offered in Mechanical or Nuclear Engineering departments or energy analysis programs. It covers fossil, nuclear and renewable-energy power plants with equal emphasis, giving students a complete and detailed understanding of the entire spectrum of power generation systems.
Salient Features
• Includes introductory material that is necessary for the understanding and analysis of most powerplant systems.
• Focused on the treatment and synthesis of electric-generating Powerplant Technology and engineering, with a balance between analytical and technological aspects of powerplant design, systems, and effects.