Power Plant Equipment Operation And Maintenance Guide

Author : Philip Kiameh
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780071772228

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Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide by Philip Kiameh Pdf

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO SELECTING, OPERATING, AND MAINTAINING POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide provides detailed coverage of different types of power plants such as modern co-generation, combined-cycle, and integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plants. The book describes the design, selection, operation, maintenance, and economics of all these power plants. The best available power enhancement options are discussed, including duct burners, evaporative cooling, inlet-air chilling, absorption chilling, steam and water injection, and peak firing. This in-depth resource addresses the sizing, selection, calculations, operation, diagnostic testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and refurbishment of all power plant equipment, including steam turbines, steam generators, boilers, condensers, heat exchangers, gas turbines, compressors, pumps, advanced sealing mechanisms, magnetic bearings, and advanced generators. Coverage includes: Methods for enhancing the reliability and maintainability of all power plants Economic analysis of modern co-generation and combined-cycle plants Selection of the best emission-reduction method for power plants Preventive and predictive maintenance required for power plants Gas turbine applications in power plants, protective systems, and tests

Author : Philip Kiameh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Electric machinery
ISBN : 0071799850

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Power Plant Electrical Equipment and Systems Handbook by Philip Kiameh Pdf

This is a practical, comprehensive guide for the selection, applications, operation, diagnostic testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and refurbishment of all types of electrical equipment and systems used in power stations and in other industries.

Author : United States. Rural Electrification Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electric power-plants
ISBN : WISC:89044284545

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Steam-electric Generating Plants by United States. Rural Electrification Administration Pdf

Author : Philip Kiameh
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780071772211

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Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide by Philip Kiameh Pdf

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO SELECTING, OPERATING, AND MAINTAINING POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide provides detailed coverage of different types of power plants such as modern co-generation, combined-cycle, and integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plants. The book describes the design, selection, operation, maintenance, and economics of all these power plants. The best available power enhancement options are discussed, including duct burners, evaporative cooling, inlet-air chilling, absorption chilling, steam and water injection, and peak firing. This in-depth resource addresses the sizing, selection, calculations, operation, diagnostic testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and refurbishment of all power plant equipment, including steam turbines, steam generators, boilers, condensers, heat exchangers, gas turbines, compressors, pumps, advanced sealing mechanisms, magnetic bearings, and advanced generators. Coverage includes: Methods for enhancing the reliability and maintainability of all power plants Economic analysis of modern co-generation and combined-cycle plants Selection of the best emission-reduction method for power plants Preventive and predictive maintenance required for power plants Gas turbine applications in power plants, protective systems, and tests

Author : Duncan Richardson
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780071809900

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Plant Equipment & Maintenance Engineering Handbook by Duncan Richardson Pdf

The Best On-the-Job Guide to Industrial Plant Equipment and Systems This practical, one-of-a-kind field manual explains how equipment in industrial facilities operates and covers all aspects of commissioning relevant to engineers and project managers. Plant Equipment and Maintenance Engineering Handbook contains a data log of all major industrial and power plant components, describes how they function, and includes rules of thumb for operation. Hundreds of handy reference materials, such as calculations and tables, plus a comprehensive listing of electrical parts with common supplier nomenclature are also included in this time-saving resource. FEATURES DETAILED COVERAGE OF: Compressors * Air conditioning * Ash handling * Bearings and lubrication * Boilers * Chemical cleaning and Flushing * Condensers and circulating water systems * Controls * Conveyor systems * Cooling towers * Corrosion Deaerators * Diesel and gas turbines * Electrical * Fans * Fire protection * Fuels and combustion * Piping * Pumps Turbines * Vibration * Water treatment

Author : Philip Kiameh
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-08-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780071501026

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Power Generation Handbook by Philip Kiameh Pdf

We’ve all lived through long hot summers with power shortages, brownouts, and blackouts. But at last, all the what-to-do and how-to-do it information you’ll need to handle a full range of operation and maintenance tasks at your fingertips. Written by a power industry expert, Power Generation Handbook: Selection, Applications, Operation, Maintenance helps you to gain a thorough understanding of all components, calculations, and subsystems of the various types of gas turbines, steam power plants, co-generation, and combined cycle plants. Divided into five sections, Power Generation Handbook: Selection, Applications, Operation, Maintenance provides a thorough understanding of co-generation and combined cycle plants. Each of the components such as compressors, gas and steam turbines, heat recovery steam generators, condensers, lubricating systems, transformers, and generators are covered in detail. The selection considerations, operation, maintenance and economics of co-generation plants and combined cycles as well as emission limits, monitoring and governing systems will also be covered thoroughly. This all-in-one resource gives you step-by-step guidance on how to maximize the efficiency, reliability and longevity of your power generation plant.

Author : Glenn Mottershead,Stefano Bomben,Isidor Kerszenbaum,Geoff Klempner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470947579

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Handbook of Large Hydro Generators by Glenn Mottershead,Stefano Bomben,Isidor Kerszenbaum,Geoff Klempner Pdf

This book offers comprehensive coverage of the operation and maintenance of large hydro generators This book is a practical handbook for engineers and maintenance staff responsible for the upkeep of large salient-pole hydro generators used in electric power plants. Focusing on the physics and maintenance of large vertical salient pole generators, it offers readers real-world experience, problem description, and solutions, while teaching them about the design, modernization, inspections, maintenance, and operation of salient pole machines. Handbook of Large Hydro Generators: Operation and Maintenance provides an introduction to the principles of operation of synchronous machines. It then covers design and construction, auxiliary systems, operation and control, and monitoring and diagnostics of generators. Generator protection, inspection practices and methodology and auxiliaries inspections are also examined. The final two chapters are dedicated to maintenance and testing, and maintenance philosophies, upgrades, and uprates. The handbook includes over 420 color photos and 180 illustrations, forms, and tables to complement the topics covered in the chapters. Written with a machine operator and inspector in mind, Handbook of Large Hydro Generators: Operation and Maintenance: Instructs readers how to perform complete machine inspections, understand what they are doing, and find solutions for any problems encountered Includes real-life, practical, field experiences so that readers can familiarize themselves with aspects of machine operation, maintenance, and solutions to common problems Benefits experienced and new power plant operators, generator design engineers and operations engineers. Is authored by industry experts who participated in the writing and maintenance of IEEE standards (IEEE C50.12 and C50.13) on the subject Handbook of Large Hydro Generators: Operation and Maintenance is an ideal resource for scientists and engineers whose research interest is in electromagnetic and energy conversion. It is also an excellent book for senior undergraduate and graduate students majoring in energy generation, and generator operation and maintenance.

Author : Philip Kiameh
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 007179848X

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Power Plant Instrumentation and Controls by Philip Kiameh Pdf

A practical guide to increasing power plant operating uptime and profitability Power Plant Instrumentation and Controls provides a detailed description of power plant computer simulation and modern instrumentation and control systems that allow improvements in online power plant operating periods and thus profitability – minimizing unnecessary outages, maintenance activities, and downtime. The book reviews the many benefits of these different computer simulation programs, modern instrumentation, and control systems as they relate to plant safety, reliability, costs, efficiency, and emissions. It focuses on modern power generating plants – gas turbines, co-generation, and combined cycle plants. The book features a simulation program to determine the effects on turbine performance; turbine creep life; environmental emissions; and turbine life-cycle cost, revenue, and profitability of the following parameters: Variations in ambient temperature and pressure Inlet and exhaust losses Engine deterioration Different faults Power augmentation methods, including peak mode Water injection Control system performance, including proportional offset, integral windup, and trips Fuel type Variations in maintenance techniques and frequency Power generating plant outages are often due to unnecessary and improper maintenance activities and poor or outdated instrumentation and control systems, resulting in a significant reduction in profitability of power plant operation. This authoritative volume addresses these concerns and offers proven solutions. It is an essential next step to Kiameh's successful Power Generation Handbook and Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide. Power Plant Instrumentation and Controls includes Bar charts trending key turbine parameters Bar charts trending compressor characteristics and operating point during engine transients Tips for exporting simulated data to other software, such as Excel Exercises to illustrate use of simulation programs under different scenarios, including modern co-generation and combined-cycle plants In-depth coverage of smart instrumentation and advanced control systems used in modern power generating plants Details on selecting, commissioning, operating, diagnosing, and testing smart instrumentation, Distributed Control Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, and all types of control valves, actuators, and positioners

Author : Everett Woodruff,Herbert Lammers,Thomas Lammers
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780071501293

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Steam Plant Operation by Everett Woodruff,Herbert Lammers,Thomas Lammers Pdf

A classic that has helped engineers understand power plant equipment and design for more than half-a-century! An indispensable reference for more than 60 years, the Eighth Edition of Steam Plant Operations presents complex steam power plant systems in a format that can be quickly and easily understood. Power plant systems are illustrated and described with emphasis on operating characteristics and on the effects on plant economics. * NEW major updates in the areas of pumps, valves, turbines, condensers, feed-water systems, and cooling towers. *Used nationwide as a guide for local operating license examinations, readers will find questions and problems at the end of each chapter. Contents: Steam and Its Importance * Boilers * Design and Construction of Boilers * Combination of Fuels * Boiler Settings, Combustion Equipment and Heating Surfaces * Boiler Accessories * Operation and Maintenance Boilers * Pumps * Steam Turbines, Condensers, and Cooling Towers * Operating and Maintaining Steam Turbines, Condensers, Cooling Towers, and Auxiliaries * Auxiliary Steam-Plant Equipment * Environmental Control Systems * Water-to-Energy Plants

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electric apparatus and appliances
ISBN : UOM:39015034879844

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Power System Maintenance Manual by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Edward Remp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258638398

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Fundamentals of Power Plant Engineering by George Edward Remp Pdf

Author : Everett B. Woodruff,Herbert B. Lammers,Thomas F. Lammers
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781259641343

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Steam Plant Operation, 10th Edition by Everett B. Woodruff,Herbert B. Lammers,Thomas F. Lammers Pdf

The definitive reference on the role of steam in the production and operation of power plants for electric generation and industrial process applications For more than 80 years, Steam Plant Operation has been an unmatched source of information on steam power plants, including design, operation, and maintenance. The Tenth Edition emphasizes the importance of devising a comprehensive energy plan utilizing all economical sources of energy, including fossil fuels, nuclear power, and renewable energy sources. This trusted classic discusses the important role that steam plays in our power production and identifies the associated risks and potential problems of other energy sources. You will find concise explanations of key concepts, from fundamentals through design and operation. For energy students, Steam Plant Operation provides a solid introduction to steam power plant technology. This practical guide includes common power plant calculations such as plant heat rate, boiler efficiency, pump performance, combustion processes, and explains the systems necessary to control plant emissions. Numerous illustrations and clear presentation of the material will prove invaluable for those preparing for an operator’s license exam. Examples throughout show real-world application of the topics discussed. COVERAGE INCLUDES: • Steam and Its Importance • Boilers • Design and Construction of Boilers • Combustion of Fuels • Boiler Settings, Combustion Systems, and Auxiliary Equipment • Boiler Accessories • Operation and Maintenance of Boilers • Pumps • Steam Turbines, Condensers, and Cooling Towers • Operating and Maintaining Steam Turbines, Condensers, Cooling Towers, and Auxiliaries • Auxiliary Steam Plant Equipment • Environmental Control Systems • Waste-to-Energy Plants

Author : Meherwan P. Boyce
Publisher : American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015053755719

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Handbook for Cogeneration and Combined Cycle Power Plants by Meherwan P. Boyce Pdf

This useful reference covers all major aspects of power plant design, operation, and maintenance. It covers cycle optimization and reliability, technical details on sizing, plant layout, fuel selection, types of drives, and performance characteristics of all major components in a cogeneration or combined cycle power plant. The author discusses design, fabrication, installation, operation, and maintenance. Many illustrations, curves, and tables are used throughout the text. Special features include: Comparison of various energy systems; latest cycles and power augmentation techniques; reviews and benefits of the latest codes; detailed analysis of available equipment; descriptions of all major equipment in CCPP; techniques for improving plant reliability and maintainability; testing and plant evaluation techniques; and advantages and disadvantages of fuels.

Author : Everett Bowman Woodruff,Herbert B. Lammers,Thomas F. Lammers
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015045675553

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Steam Plant Operation by Everett Bowman Woodruff,Herbert B. Lammers,Thomas F. Lammers Pdf

This clearly written book explains the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of boilers: combustion systems for firing various fuels with these boilers; the operation of turbines, condensers, cooling towers, and plant auxiliaries; environmental control systems and their requirements; features and advantages of waste-to-energy plants and material recovery for recycling facilities: ... and much more.

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015004454248

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Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants by International Atomic Energy Agency Pdf

Please note: this publication is superseded by NS-G-2.6