Thermodynamics review, Availability, Irreversibility, Entropy creation efficiency and effectiveness. Rankine cycle: Ideal and real cycle, effects of superheating, reheating, feed water heat regeneration, condenser. Fossil-fuel steam generations: water tube boilers, design of natural and forced flow, furnace design with tube walls, evaporators, superheaters, economizers, fans, stacks. Rating of steam generators. Fuels and combustion. Steam turbines: Impulse and reaction turbines, analysis and sizing. Turbine rating methods, turbine losses, gas turbines cycles (simple open, regenerative and cooled), Combined cycle, rating of gas and gas/steam cycles. Condensate- feed water system: Condensers types and designs, feed water heaters types and designs, dearators, make up water. Circulating water systems.