Operation and Maintenance of Thermal Power Stations

Dr.Pradip Chanda, has more than 34 years of experience as a power plantprofessional in various capacities at the National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC), India. Starting his career as a commissioning engineer of 200 MW and500 MW thermal sets, has given him exposure to the intricacies of behaviour of equipmentand subsystems of thermal power plants. Working as a shift-charge engineer in a1600 MW super thermal power station and heading the efficiency department of athermal power station for more than nine years has enriched him with knowledgeon operation and maintenance practices, different standards of efficiency andtesting procedures. The journey carried him through corporate planning of NTPCfor 5 years along with a rich 7 years’ experience in the training anddevelopment wing of NTPC as a senior faculty member. Currently he is serving asGeneral Manager (HR) at an NTPC power station. Dr Chanda graduated as an ElectricalEngineer from the erstwhile Bengal Engineering College. He received his M.Techand PhD degrees from IIT Delhi. He has published a number of research papers invarious journals and conferences. His areas of research interest includemathematical modelling of physical systems, heat transfer and control system.  SuparnaMukhopadhyay, M.Tech, Ph.D, is a mechanical Engineer from NIT Agartala with hergraduate degrees from Jadavpur University. She has a unique combination ofindustrial and research/teaching experience of more than 20 years. Presently,she is serving at the National Thermal Power Corporation as a senior manager.Prior to that she was a visiting scientist in the Engineering Mechanics Unit,JN Centre for Advanced Scientific research, Bangalore and Assistant Professorin Mechanical Engineering in Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani,West Bengal for a combined period of more than 15 years. Dr. Mukhopadhyay hasalready published a textbook on fluid mechanics and a large number of researchpublications.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter2. Performance Parameters of Power Stations of Global/Indian Scenario.- Chapter3. Residual Life Assessment.- Chapter 4. Coal Fired Unit- Operation Guidelines.-Chapter 5. Managing Thermal Stress.- Chapter 6. Chemical Health of Thermal PowerUnit.- Chapter 7. Maintenance Practice.- Chapter 8. Outage Minimization.-Chapter 9. Managing Efficiency.- Chapter 10. Best Practices.- Annexures: ImportantOperation Guidelines/Operation Directives.