The document discusses the Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station, which is operated by the Damodar Valley Corporation. It describes the key components and processes involved in coal-fired thermal power generation, including the coal handling plant, main generating plant, ash handling plant, and switchyard. The main operations involve burning coal to produce steam, using the steam to power turbines connected to generators to produce electricity, and managing the disposal of coal ash.
2. A thermal power station is a power plant in
which the prime mover is steam driven.
It works on the RANKINE CYCLE.
Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) was
established in 1948 under an Act of Parliament
for unified development of Damodar Valley
covering an area of 24,235 sq km in Bihar and
West Bengal.
DURGAPUR STEEL THERMAL POWER STATION is a
Thermal Power Project of Damodar Valley
Corporation (DVC) whose construction,
commissioning activity is undertaken by Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
3. Coal conveyor
Stoker
Pulveriser
Boiler
Coal ash
Air pre-heater
Electrostatic precipitator
Smoke stack
Turbine
Condenser
Transformers
Cooling towers
Generator
Power House
High voltage power lines
6. CHP handles the coal from its receipt to
transferring it to bunkers.
Wagon tipplers are used to unload the coal
into underground conveyer belts from where
they are transported to penthouse where
suspended magnets are used to detect
metals.
Crushers are used to crush the coal into small
pieces which are then transported to coal
storage via coal conveyer.
When the coal is to be used Pulverizer is
used to grind the coal into dust.
7. Here, the burning of coal starts.
it contains various equipments which help in
generation of electric energy.
8. Pulverized coal is put
in boiler furnance
Boiler is an enclosed
vessel in which water
is heated and
circulated until the
water is turned in to
steam at the required
pressure.
9. Super-heater: Superheater is a component of a steam-generating
unit in which steam, after it has left the
boiler drum, is heated above its saturation
temperature.
Reheater : Reheater is also steam boiler component in
which heat is added to this intermediate-pressure
steam, which has given up some of its energy in
expansion through the high-pressure turbine.
Condenser : Condensers are heat exchangers which
convert steam from its gaseous to its liquid state, also
known as phase transition.
Cooling Towers: It is a tower- or building-like device in
which atmospheric air (the heat receiver) circulates in
direct or indirect contact with warmer water (the heat
source) and the water is thereby cooled
10. Economiser :
Function of
economiser is to
recover some of the
heat from the heat
carried away in the
flue gases up the
chimney and utilize
for heating the feed
water to the boiler.
11. Air preheater : It is a
device used in steam
boilers to transfer heat
from the flue gases to the
combustion air before the
air enters the furnace.
Smoke stack : A chimney
is a system for venting hot
flue gases or smoke from a
boiler, stove, furnace or
fireplace to the outside
atmosphere.
12. Extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam
and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating
output shaft.
uses multiple stages in the expansion of the steam.
13. Converts mechanical
energy into electrical
energy.
Turbine is coupled with the
Turbogenerator that
normally spins at 3000 rpm
in countries with 50 Hz
supply frequency
The generated voltage is
stepped up in Generator
Transformer and the power
is evacuated through
transmission line feeders.
14. The main operations are:
Removal of ash from furnace.
Transfer of ash to a fill or storage.
Disposal.
Ash can be disposed of as:
Dry ash system
Ash slurry system
15. It is a device which removes dust or other finely
divided particles from flue gases by charging the
particles inductively with an electric field, then
attracting them to highly charged collector plates.
16. Hub of electrical power
sources.
Exists in a generating
station to coordinate the
transfer of power
between generators and
transmission lines.
It contains current
carrying conductors,
transformers, circuit
breakers etc.
17. As the population is increasing, the
consumption of power is also increasing.
In order to meet the needs of future
generation, power should be used efficiently.