Ultimate Electric Power Generation Engineering Masterclass
Your guide in Electrical Generating Stations, Economics, and Control: Steam, Gas, Hydro, Nuclear, Solar, Wind, and MORE!

Ultimate Electric Power Generation Engineering Masterclass free download
Your guide in Electrical Generating Stations, Economics, and Control: Steam, Gas, Hydro, Nuclear, Solar, Wind, and MORE!
Hi and welcome everyone to our course " Ultimate Electric Power Generation Engineering Masterclass"
In this course, you are going to learn everything about electrical power generation area starting from understanding how electric power is generated using a wide range of technologies and energy sources through power stations, moving to realize everything about alternators and their control systems in power plants, ending with analyzing loads on power stations focusing on power plant economy and electricity pricing structures.
Thus, this course will be your complete guide in one of the main areas of power engineering: (power generation engineering)
The course Structure
Each section is clearly structured, loaded with solved examples, and explained in simple terms to help you master each concept with confidence. The course consists of 16 sections as follows:
____1. Introduction to power engineering____
Get the basics right through learning about energy sources, how electricity is generated, and how different units of energy relate to each other. All these outlines are discussed:
Importance of electrical energy
Generation of electrical energy
Sources of energy
Units of energy
Efficiency
Calorific value of fuels
E- book of the course
____2. Steam (Thermal) Power Stations____
Understand how steam power plants work, the role of boilers, turbines, condensers, and more. Learn about their advantages, limitations, and how to choose a suitable site through the following topics
Types of generating stations
Principles of steam power plants
Advantages and disadvantages
Equipment of steam power stations
Choice of site for steam power plants
Efficiency of thermal power plants
____3. Nuclear Power Stations____
Dive into nuclear fission, the structure of reactors, safety systems, and the pros and cons of nuclear energy through the following outlines:
What is nuclear energy ?
Concept of nuclear fission
Chain reaction
Nuclear reactor
Advantages and disadvantages
Selection of Site for Nuclear Power Station
____4. Internal Combustion Power Stations____
Explore diesel, gas turbine, and combined cycle power plants and their working principles.
How internal combustion engines are used to generate electricity
The working and equipment of gas power plant
Understand how combined cycle power plants improve efficiency
The working and equipment of diesel generator
____5. Hydro Power Stations____
Learn how water is used to generate electricity, different types of hydro plants, and how to calculate their power and energy output.
Working principle of hydro power plant.
Equipment of hydro power plant.
Storage (Reservoir) Hydro-power
Run of River hydro power
Waterfall Hydro-power
Pumped Storage Hydro power
Energy and power calculations
____6. Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plants____
This detailed section explains everything about solar energy from solar cell basics to system design and installation of utility scale PV power plants.
Global contribution of renewable energy sources.
Working of PV power plant.
PV systems configurations
Equipment of large-scale PV power plant
PV panels.
Grid tied inverters (GTI).
Pros and Cons.
Efficiency of PV solar power plant.
____7. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plants____
Understand how CSP systems work, their types, and the role of thermal storage. The following outlines are discussed:
Working principle of solar thermal plants.
Equipment of solar thermal power plants.
Parabolic trough systems
Linear Frensal systems
Power tower systems
Parabolic dish/engine systems
Types of Solar receivers.
Examples of largest solar thermal power plants
____8. Wind Power Plants ( Wind Farms)____
Master wind energy through covering turbine design, site selection, and output analysis.
Working of wind power plants.
Types and sizes of wind turbines.
Wind turbine design.
Wind turbine power calculations.
Wind turbine power curve.
Planning of wind power plants.
Types of wind farms.
Energy production of wind power plant.
____9. Geothermal Power Stations____
Learn how heat from the earth is converted into electricity and the different plant types used through the following topics:
What is geothermal energy ?
Working principle of geothermal power plants.
Dry steam power plants.
Flash steam power plant.
Binary cycle power plant.
Advantages and disadvantages
Examples of geothermal power plants
____10. Biomass Power Stations____
Explore how organic materials are turned into electrical energy using various technologies.
Biomass as an energy source.
Working principle of biomass power plants.
Biomass power generation technologies
Advantages and disadvantages
Examples of largest biomass power plants.
____11. Alternators in Power Stations____
Understand alternator construction, operation, modelling, and performance features through the following topics:
Construction and working principle of alternators.
Types of alternators.
Generated voltage equation.
Alternator model.
Performance of alternators.
Power angle curve of alternator.
____12. Alternator Control Systems____
Learn about alternator control systems for voltage and power regulation and different types of exciters used in alternators.
Automatic voltage regulator (AVR)
Automatic load frequency controller (ALFC)
Types of exciters
DC exciter
Brushless exciter
Static exciter
____13. Loads on power stations____
Analyze demand, diversity, and load factors. Understand load curves, peak and base loads, and how to plan generating capacity through the following detailed topics
Variable loads on power stations
Load curves
Terms related to loading conditions
Factors related to variable loading
Load duration curve
Selection of number and sizes of generating units
Base load and peak load plants
____14. Power Plant Economy____
Learn to calculate generation costs, depreciation, and interest, and understand the economics behind power production.
Economics of power generation.
Fixed and running costs
Cost of electrical energy.
Interest and depreciation.
Methods of determining depreciation.
____15. Electricity Tariff____
Explore how electricity is priced, what affects tariff structures, and the various types of tariffs used.
Tariff objective and characteristics.
Factors affecting Tariff selection.
Types of Tariff.
____16. Power Factor Correction____
Understand what power factor means, its impact, and how to improve it using capacitor banks and synchronous condensers.
Power factor definition.
Effects of low power factor.
Power factor improvement.
Capacitor banks
Synchronous condenser
Most economical power factor.
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