0.1 Energy Resources
0.2 Energy Conversion
0.3 Power Generation
0.4 Environmental Impact
0.5 Regulatory and Market Factors
0.6 Definitions and Units
1. Basics of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics (Chap. 1)
1.1 Steady Flow of a Fluid
1.2 The First Law
1.3 The Second Law
1.4 The Carnot Cycle
2. The Rankine Cycle (Chap. 2)
2.1 The Ideal Cycle
2.2 Irreversible Cycle
2.3 Regeneration and Reheat
2.4 Feedwater Heating
3. Fossil-Fuel Steam Generators (Chap. 3)
3.1 The Boiler
3.2 Fans and Other Components
3.3 Steam-Generator Control
4. Fuels and Combustion (Chap. 4)
4.1 Coal and coal firing
4.2 Liquid fuels
4.3 The Heat of Combustion
4.4 Heating Value
4.5 Combustion Temperature
5. Condensers, Feed Water Heaters, and Cooling Water Systems (Chap. 6, 7)
5.1 Direct Contact Condensers and FWH’s
5.2 Surface Condensers and FWH’s
5.3 The Circulation System
5.4 Cooling Towers and Cooling Lakes
6. Turbines (Chap. 5)
6.1 Impulse Turbines
6.2 Reaction Turbines
6.3 Turbine Losses and Efficiencies
6.4 Turbine Arrangements
7. Gas Turbines (Chap. 8)
7.1 The Brayton Cycle
7.2 Compressor
7.3 Combustor
7.4 Turbines
7.5 Combined Cycles
8. Hydro Power
8.1 Basic Concept
8.2 Turbine types and Design
9. Nuclear Power (Chap. 9, 10, 11)
9.1 Basics of Nuclear Energy
9.2 Pressurized-Water Reactor
9.3 Boiling Water Reactor
9.4 Fast Breeder Reactors
10. Fuel Cells
10.1. Operating Principles
10.2. Types of Fuel Cells
10.3. Performance Characteristics
11. Other Energy Sources and Conversions (Chap. 12, 13, 14, 15)
11.1. Geothermal Energy
11.2. Solar Energy
11.3. Wind Energy
11.4. Ocean Energy
12. Pollution Control (Chap. 17)
12.1. Air Quality - SOx, NOx, Particulate Emissions,
12.2. CO2 and the Greenhouse Effect
12.3. Nuclear Waste
12.4. Thermal Pollution April 10, 2003