2. POWER PLANT BASIC
POWER PLANT BASICPOWER PLANT FUNDAMENTAL
OBJECTIVES
To give an idea about a power plant
Different type of power plant configurations
Energy transformation or energy conversion
Main components of power plant
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Power Plant Basics
Energy cannot be
created or destroyed
but merely changed
from one form to the
other.
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Types of Power Plants
Thermal Power Plants
• The working fluid is mostly steam
• They work on the Rankine cycle.
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Types of Power Plants
Hydro Power Plants
These plants use the
kinetic energy of flowing
water to rotate the
turbine blades, hence
converting kinetic energy
into electrical energy.
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Types of Power Plants
Nuclear power plant
is a thermal power station
in which the heat source is
a nuclear reactor.
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Types of Power Plants
Renewable energy power plant
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BOILER
Steam boiler or simply a boiler
is basically a closed vessel into
which water is heated until the
water is converted into steam at
required pressure.
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Types of Boiler
There are mainly two types of boiler
1. Water tube boiler
2. Fire tube boiler.