2nd Assignment on Power Plant Engineering (22566)

2 MARKS QUESTIONS
Q. 1 Define waste heat
Q. 2 Explain the need of waste heat recovery.
Q. 3 Explain the meaning of high grade and low grade waste heat
Q. 4 Explain the benefits of a waste heat recovery.
Q. 5 Enlist the applications of cogeneration power plant
Q. 6 Compare fusion and fission process
Q. 7 State the Necessity of Waste Heat recovery in Thermal power plants
Q. 8 Name any two regulating Agencies for Nuclear power plants
Q. 9 List different performance parameters of Power plants
Q. 10 State the need of Cogeneration
Q. 11 Explain term Waste heat recovery
Q. 12 Name any four fuels used in Nuclear power plant
Q. 13 State the functions of International Atomic Energy Agency
Q. 14 Define Load factor
Q. 15 List the factors on cost of power generation depends
Q. 16 Define term ‘Waste Heat Recovery’.
Q. 17 State the objectives of ‘International Atomic Energy Agency’.
Q. 18 Define term ‘Load Factor’.
Q. 19 State the necessity of waste heat recovery in thermal power plant.
Q. 20 Enlist any four nuclear fuel.
Define : (i) Fixed Cost
Q. 21
(ii) Depreciation Cost
Q. 22 State the need of Waste Heat recovery in Thermal Power Plants.
Q. 23 State classification of Nuclear Power Plants.
Q. 24 Define any two performance parameters considered in Power Plants.

4 MARKS QUESTIONS
Q. 25 Explain the working of waste heat recovery boiler with a neat sketch
Q. 26 Define cogeneration and its working principle
Q. 27 Explain the need of cogeneration plants
Q. 28 Explain the difference between topping cycle and bottoming cycle
Q. 29 Explain the working of of heat recovery topping system
Q. 30 Explain the working of bottoming cycle with practical example
Q. 31
Define trigeneration and state the working principle of trigeneration with neat sketch
Q. 32
Give advantages and disadvantages of cogeneration power plant along with its application
State the working principle of nuclear power plant along with its advantages and
Q. 33
disadvantages
Q. 34 Explain the process of fission reaction with neat sketch
Q. 35 State and explain the main component of nuclear reactor.
Q. 36 State different types of nuclear reactors?
Describe boiling water reactor with the help of neat sketch and also state the advantages and
Q. 37
disadvantages of BWR.
Describe pressurized water reactor with the help of neat sketch along with its advantages
Q. 38
and disadvantages
 Describe CANDU type reactor with the help of neat sketch along with its advantages and
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disadvantages
Enlist the desirable properties of a nuclear fuel. Give the names of commonly used nuclear
Q. 40
fuels
Q. 41 Explain the factors to be considered while selecting site for nuclear power plant
Briefly explain about International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Atomic Energy
Q. 42
Regulatory Board (AERB).
Q. 43 Explain the Term ‘Trigeneration’? State its necessity in thermal power Plant
Q. 44 Explain with neat sketch the working principle of Cogeneration
Q. 45 Compare between Boiling water reactor(BWR) and Pressurized water Reactor (PWR)
Q. 46 Name any four Nuclear power plant situated in India with their Capacity
Q. 47 List the factors on size of generation units of power plant depends
Thermal power plants consists of two 50 MW units, each running at 6000 hours and one
Q. 48 20MW units runs at 3000 hours per year. Energy produced by the plant is 840 x 106 kWh per
year. Find Plant load factor and plant use factor.
Q. 49
Explain with neat sketch the working of waste heat recovery system in thermal power plant.
Q. 50 Compare PWR and BWR
Q. 51 State the procedure to determine the cost of energy per kWH
Q. 52 Explain the need of ‘Cogeneration’ with suitable example.
Q. 53 Write any four standard practices of waste heat recovery in Thermal Power Plant.
Q. 54 Explain construction of ‘Pressurized Heavy Water Rector’ with neat sketch.
Q. 55 List different safety practices used in nuclear power plants of India.
Q. 56
Explain with graphical representation of effect of load factor on cost of energy per kWh.
Explain following terms :
Q. 57 (i) Load Factor
(ii) Average Load
Q. 58 Explain working principle of co-generation with neat sketch.
Q. 59
Explain the concept of Trigeneration and enlist the opportunities in thermal power plant.
Q. 60 Explain with neat sketch operating principle of Nuclear power plant.
Q. 61 List the factors to be considered while choosing the type of power plant.

A power station has two 60 MW units each running for 7000 hours a year and one 30 MW
Q. 62 unit running for 1500 hours a year. The energy produced per year is 700 × 106 kWh.
Calculate : (i) Plant load factor
(ii) Plant use factor
Q. 63 State the present practices in Cogeneration.
Q. 64 Explain the term ‘Trigeneration’.
Q. 65
Compare between Boiler Water Reactor (BWR) & Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR).
Q. 66 Enlist advantages and disadvantages of Nuclear Power Plants.
Q. 67 State the factors affecting choice of Power Plant.
The Thermal Power Plant consist of two 60 MW units, each running at 8000 hours and one
Q. 68 30 MW units runs at 4000 hours per year. Energy produced by the plant is 850 x 106 kWh
per year. Find plant load factors and plant use factor.
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Q. 69
Draw a layout of Boiling water reactor Nuclear plant. State the functions of each component.
Peak load on power plant is 60 MW. The load having maximum demand 30MW.20MW.10MW
and 14MW connected to power plant. The capacity of power plant is 80 MW and load factor
0.5. Estimate
Q. 70
i. Energy supplied per year
ii. Demand factor
iii. Diversity factor
Q. 71 Draw layout of ‘BWR Nuclear Power Plant’. State its advantages.
A power plant has following annual factors :
Load factor = 0.75, Capacity factor = 0.60, Use factor = 0.65, Maximum demand is 50 MW.
Q. 72 Estimate annual Energy Production, a reserve capacity
over and above the peak load and the hours during which the plant is not in service per year.

Q. 73 Explain with neat sketch Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR).