Biomass/Coal Fired Power Plants

Module 3

Modules included on this course:

  1. Thermodynamics of steam raising plant and Rankine Cycle analysis

  2. Boiler

  3. Methods of firing

  4. Steam Turbine plant

  5. Condensers and Cooling Water Systems

  6. Feed water systems

  7. Combustion chemistry

  8. Electrical Theory

  9. Alternators

  10. Water Chemistry and chemical control

  11. Optimisation and efficiency

  12. Simulator exercises –warm start and hot start control. Load transition with adherence to ramp rates. Plant shut down. Abnormal and emergency conditions, plus fault injection scenarios and the methods to safely resolve these.

  13. Fire and safety