Introduction to Electric Generation Systems

This book familiarizes the students with the basics of electrical power generation. This covers all the thermal, hydro, solar, wind, and biomass power plants. The interconnected power systems, power plant economics, and related terms, blackout, and brownout are also included. The basic principles, layout, working, types, and related components of all the power plants, and practical experiments are described clearly. The main content of this book is aligned with the model curriculum of AICTE followed by the concept of outcome-based education as per the National Education Policy (NEP)2020.

Salient features:

• Content of the book aligned with the mapping course outcomes, programs and Units Outcomes.
• In the beginning of each unit learning outcomes are listed to make the student understand what is expected out of him/her after completing that unit.
• Book provides lots of recent information, interesting facts, QR code for E-resources, QR code for use of ICT, projects, group discussion etc.
• Student and teacher centric subject materials included in book with balanced and chronological manner.
• Figures, tables, and software screen shots are inserted to improve clarity of the topics.
• Apart from essential information a ‘know more’ section is also provided in each unit to extend the learning beyond syllabus.
• Short questions, objective questions and long answer exercises are given for practice of students after every chapter.
• Solved and unsolved problems including numerical examples are solved with systematic steps.