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เนื้อหาย่อ : convinced by the suggestions made by the reviewers and users of the new chapters, viz., Non-conventional Power Generation: Direct E Conversion, and Environmental Degradation and Use of Renewable Energy, have been added in this revised edition. Considering the current global vironmental scenario, the last chapter is particularly impor nsiderable emphasis has been stressed on fuel cells and solar- tem, which seem to be the most significant future contributors in ri from the dual crises of energy and environment. dized beds, besides being one of the best Clean Coal Technolog so proving to be the most practical option for biomass conversion. T asts of providing an up-to-date information on fluidized bed technolog in bubbling and circulating modes of combustion. or the undergraduate course on Power Plant Engineering s by the mechanical engineering students, this book is a comprehensive and -to-date Offering on the subject. It has detailed coverage on hydr diesel engine and gas turbine power plants. The book is divided into fourteen chapters. The first chapter introduces the economics of power generation. Chapter 2 is on the analysis of steam cycles. Chapters 3 and 4 discuss combined cycle power generation, and fuels and tion respectively. Chapter 5 further discusses topics on co mechanism, combustion equipment and firing methods. Chapters 6 and 7 are on steam generators and steam turbines. Chapter 8 is on condenser, feedwater and circulating water systems. Chapter 9 is on nuclear power plants, Chapter 10 is on hydroelectric power plants and Chapter 1I is on diesel engine and gas turbine power plants. Chapter 12 discusses energy storage. As already mentioned, two new chapters have been added at the end. Chapter 13 is on non-conventional power generation and direct energy conversion while Chapter 14 discusses environmental degradation and use of renewable energy. book has about a hundred solved examples and two hundred problems. Moreover it has over 750 short-answer questions to give the students a thorough practice of the concepts learnt. The numerous self- planatory illustrations makes this a very student-friendly text. features are as follows: