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Working Principle
Layout of hydro power plant
Advantages of hydro power plant
Disadvantages of hydro power plant
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Advantages of hydro power plant
Disadvantages of hydro power plant
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requirement. One of the most practical way to recover water
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3. History
• Prior to the discovery of Faraday’s Laws of electromagnetic discussion
Electrical power was available from batteries with limited voltage
and current levels.
It was not economical to transmit large amount of power over a long
distance.
For a given amount of power, the current magnitude (I = P/V), hence
section of the copper conductor will be large
Thus generation, transmission and distribution of d.c power were
restricted to area of few kilometer radius with no interconnections
between generating plants.
Therefore, area specific generating stations along with its
distribution networks had to be used.
4. Changeover from D.C to A.C
• In nineteenth century, it was proposed to have a power system
with 3-phase, 50 Hz A.C generation, transmission and distribution
networks.
• Once AC system was adopted, transmission of large power (MW)
at higher transmission voltage become a reality by using
transformers.
• Nicola Tesla suggested that construction ally simpler electrical
motors (induction motors, without the complexity of commutator
segments of D.C motors) operating from 3-phase AC supply could
be manufactured.
5. A.C Generator
• Works on Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction
• A.C power can be generated as a single phase or as a
balanced poly-phase system.
• However, it was found that 3-phase power generation at 50
Hz will be economical and most suitable.
• Present day three phase generators, used to generate 3-
phase power are called alternators (synchronous
generators).
6. Frequency, voltage & interconnected system
• The frequency of the generated emf for a p polar generator
is given by
f=(P/2)n rps or f=(P/120)n rpm
where n is speed of the generator .
• Frequency of the generated voltage is standardized to 50 Hz
in our country and several European countries.
• In USA and Canada it is 60 Hz.
7. Frequency, voltage & interconnected system
• The following table gives the rpm at which the generators
with different number of poles are to be driven in order to
generate 50 Hz voltage.
8. Parallel Generating Stations
• A modern power station has more than one generator and
these generators are connected in parallel.
• Also there exist a large number of power stations spread
over a region or a country.
• A regional power grid is created by interconnecting these
stations through transmission lines.
• In other words, all the generators of different power
stations, in a grid are in effect connected in parallel.
9. Advantages of Interconnection
• Suppose due to technical problem the generation of a plant becomes nil
or less then, a portion of the demand of power in that area still can be
made from the other power stations connected to the grid.
• One can thus avoid complete shut down of power in an area in case of
technical problem in a particular station.
• It can be shown that in an interconnected system, with more number of
generators connected in parallel, the system voltage and frequency tend
to fixed values irrespective of degree of loading present in the system.
• The Inter connected system however, is to be controlled and monitored
carefully as they may give rise to instability leading to collapse of the
system.
10. Parallel Generating Stations
• All electrical appliances (fans, refrigerator, TV etc.) to be connected to
A.C supply are therefore designed for a supply frequency of 50 Hz.
• Frequency is one of the parameters which decides the quality of the
supply.
• It is the responsibility of electric supply company to see that frequency is
maintained close to 50 Hz at the consumer premises.
12. GENERATING STATIONS
• Electric energy is considered superior to all other forms of energy
• Cheaper, economical for all purpose of uses
• Generating station generates electricity
• A generating station essentially employs a prime mover coupled to
an alternator.
• Prime mover converts some form of energy into mechanical energy.
• Alternator converts mechanical energy to electrical energy
13. GENERATING STATIONS
• Generating stations are classified as mainly,
• Hydro-electric power stations
• Thermal stations
• Nuclear power stations
• Diesel power stations
14. Sources of energy
• Conventional sources of energy
hydroelectric
Thermal
Nuclear
Diesel
• Non conventional sources
Solar
Wind
Geothermal
Tidal
15. Hydro electricity
• A generating station which utilises the potential energy of water at a high level
for the generation of electrical energy is known as a hydro-electric power
station.
• Hydro electric power is the power from the energy of falling water.
• Most widely used form of renewable energy and is produced in 150 countries.
• The total power that can be generated from hydro electric plant electricity is
Where w=specific wt of water in kg/m^(3),
Q=rate of flow of water in m^(3)/s, H= height of fall in meters, ῃ = overall
efficiency
P = wQhῃ x 9.81 x 10^(-3) kW
16.
17. Hydro electricity
• Water head is used to drive water turbine coupled to the generator.
• Water head may be available in hilly region naturally in the form of
water reservoir (lakes etc.) at the hill tops.
• The potential energy of water can be used to drive the turbo
generator set installed at the base of the hills through piping called
pen stock.
• Water head may also be created artificially by constructing dams on a
suitable river.
• Water turbines generally operate at low rpm, so number of poles of
the alternator are high.
• For example a 20-pole alternator the rpm of the turbine is only 300
rpm.
18. Advantage of Hydro-electric power
stations
• No fuel is required by such plants as water is the source of energy.
Hence operating costs are low.
• The plant is highly reliable and it is cheapest in operations and
maintenance.
• It is very neat and clean plant because no smoke or ash is produced
• Such plant are robust and have got longer life.
• Highly skilled engineers are required only at the time of construction
but later on only a few experienced person will be required.
• Such plants in addition to generation of electric power also serve
other purpose such as irrigation and flood control
19. Disadvantages
• It requires large area
• Its construction cost is very high and takes long time for erection.
• Long transmission lines are required as the plants are located in hilly
areas which are quite away from the load centre.
• There is uncertainty about the availability of huge amount of water
due to dependence of weather conditions.
20. Thermal stations( steam power plants)
• A thermal power plant is a power plant in which the prime mover is
steam driven
• Water is heated, turns into steam and turns a steam turbine which
drives an electrical generator.
• After it passes through the steam turbine, steam is condensed in a
condenser and recycled to where it was heated; this is known as
Rankin cycle.
• Almost all coal, nuclear, geo thermal ,solar thermal electric etc. are
thermal
23. Advantages of steam power plant
• Fuel used is cheaper
• Less space is required in comparison with that of hydroelectric plants
• Cheaper in initial cost in comparison with other types of power
plants of same capacity
• Cheaper in production cost in comparison with that of diesel power
plant
• Such plants can be installed at any place irrespective of the existence
of fuels, while hydro-electric plants can be developed only at the
source of water power
24. Disadvantages
• High maintenance and operating costs
• Pollution of atmosphere due to fumes and residues from pulverized
fuels
• Requirement of water in large quantity
• Handling of coal and disposal of ash is quite difficult
25. Nuclear power plants
• Power plants need a source of heat to boil the water which becomes
steam and turbine turns an electrical generator.
• In a nuclear plant the source of heat is a nuclear reactor.
• Fuel for any nuclear reactor is uranium, but not just any uranium.
• Most uranium atoms(99.3% ) consist of a nucleus with 146 uncharged
neutrons and 92 positively charged protons.
• Adding the number of neutrons & protons, these atoms have a total
of 238 neutrons & protons
• However, not all uranium atoms have 146 neutrons; 0.7% have 143 &
this is called as U-235.
• The most important difference is that u-235 spontaneously splits,
producing two smaller nuclei plus 2 to 5 neutrons .
• These neutrons cause further fissions so a chain reaction develops
26. Nuclear power plants
• To have U-235 fission efficiently, the uranium fuel is enriched.
• Uranium go through a process to increase the content of U-235 from
0.7% to 3 to 4%.
• Process :
Energy is released from uranium
Uranium is atom is split into two
Energy released in the form of radiation & heat.
Uranium is first formed into pallets & then into long rods
The uranium rods are kept cool by submerging them in water.
Moderators are used to reduce the speed of fast neutrons produced
due to nuclear fission process.
Control rods are part of control system of reactor which directly
affects the rate of reaction taking place in the reactor.
27. Nuclear power plants
• The process is regulated by neutron absorbers in control rods.
• The level of insertion of control rods in the reactor can be adjusted
• The most nuclear fuels are 235U and 239Pu.
29. Advantages of nuclear power plants
• The amount of fuel required is very small, therefore , there is no
problem of transportation, storage etc.
• These plants require less area as compared to any other type
• These can be located near the load centers, therefore primary
distribution cost is reduced
• These plants are most economical in large capacity
• There are large deposits of nuclear fuels available all over the world.
Therefore such plants can ensure continued supply of electrical
energy for thousands of years
30. Disadvantages
• The initial capital cost is very high as compared to other types of
power plants
• The erection and commissioning of the plant requires greater
technical knowledge
• The fission by products are generally radio-active and may cause a
dangerous amount of radio active pollution
• Fuel is expensive
• The disposal of products, which are radio-active, is a big problem.
They have either to be disposed off in a deep trench or in a sea away
from sea-shore
32. Power Production In Pakistan
• WAPDA was established in 1958 and having a massive agenda,
which included generation, transmission and distribution of
power along with irrigation, drainage and flood control etc.
• There are four major power producers in country:
1. WAPDA (Water & Power Development Authority),
2. KESCO (Karachi Electric Supply Company),
3. IPPs (Independent Power Producers)
4. PAEC (Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission).
35. Transmission
• The huge amount of power generated in a power station (hundreds
of MW) is to be transported over a long distance (hundreds of
kilometers) to load centers to cater power to consumers with the
help of transmission line and transmission towers .
• At the load centers voltage level should be brought down at suitable
values for supplying different types of consumers.
• Transmission lines when interconnected with each other, become
transmission networks
• The combine transmission & distribution network is known as power
grid
36. Consumers
Consumers may be
i. big industries, such as steel plants,
ii. medium and small industries and
iii. offices and domestic consumers.
• Electricity is purchased by different consumers at different voltage
level.
• For example big industries may purchase power at 132 kV, medium
and big industries purchase power at 33 kV or 11 kV and domestic
consumers at rather low voltage of 230V, single phase.
• Thus we see that 400 kV transmission voltage is to be brought down
to different voltage levels before finally delivering power to different
consumers.
• To do this we require obviously step down transformers.
37.
38. TRANSMISSION
• Electrical energy can be transmitted either by
Overhead lines or
Underground cables.
• Mostly overhead lines are used for transmission.
• Transmission lines use ACSR (aluminum cable, steel reinforced)
• An ACSR conductor is a stranded cable made of an aluminum alloy
with low resistance and high mechanical strength.
39. Overhead Transmission lines
• The main advantage of overhead power cables is that they are easy to repair
if damaged.
• They are not restricted by the landscape
• High voltage overhead conductors are not covered by insulation. The
conductor material is nearly always an Aluminium alloy.
• Overhead transmission wires depend on air for insulation
• The design of these lines requires minimum clearances to be observed to
maintain safety.
• An overhead line mainly comprises of the following:
Conductor
Supports or poles
Insulators
Pole fittings
Stays or Guy wire
Lighting arrestors, jumpers, earthing etc.
40.
41. Underground Transmission lines
• Underground cables take up less right-of-way than overhead lines,
lower visibility , less affected by bad weather.
• However costs of insulated cable and excavation are much higher
then overhead transmission.
• Underground lines are strictly limited by their thermal capacity,
which permits less overload or rerating than overhead lines.
• Long underground AC cables have significant capacitance, which may
reduce their ability to provide useful power to the loads beyond 50
miles.
• Long underground DC cables have no such issue and can run for
thousands of miles
42.
43. TRANSMISSION LEVELS
• Primary transmission:
• The electric power at 132 kV is transmitted by 3-phase, 3-wire overhead
system to the outskirts of the city. This forms the primary transmission.
• Main voltage levels are 66, 110, 132, 220, 400kV at this stage
• Secondary transmission:
• The primary transmission line terminates at the receiving station (RS)
which usually lies at the outskirts of the city.
• At the receiving station, the voltage is reduced to 33kV by step-down
transformers.
• From this station, electric power is transmitted at 33kV by 3-phase, 3-
wire overhead system to various sub-stations (SS) located at the
strategic points in the city.
• Voltage levels 66, 33kV at this point.
• This forms the secondary transmission.
44.
45. SUBSTATION (Grid Stations)
• Substation is an intermediate switching, transforming or converting
station between the generating station and the low tension
distribution network situated generally the consumer’s load centre.
• The sub-station receives power from the generating station by a
single or more feeders at a high voltage, transform the same to the
different distribution voltages and sends to different consumers
through distribution network.
46. Classification of substation
• Substations are classified by two broad categories:-
• According to the service requirement:
• Transformer substation
• Switch substation
• Power factor correction substation
• Frequency change substation
• Converting substation
• Industrial substation
• Collector Substation
• Convertor Substation
• Switching Substation
2. According to the constructional features:
• Indoor substation
• Outdoor substation
• Underground substation
• Pole mounted substation
52. Grid stations in Pakistan
• The three-phase system has three sets of phase conductors.
• LIST OF 500 KV GRID STATIONS
• 1 Grid Station Sheikh Muhammadi Peshawar
• 2 Grid Station Rewat
• 3 Grid Station Sheikhupura
• 4 Grid Station Gatti Faisalabad
• 5 Grid Station Nokhar
• 6 Grid Station New Multan
• 7 Grid Station Muzafargarh
• 8 Grid Station Sahiwal (Yousafwala)
• 9 Grid Station Guddu
• 10 Grid Station Dadu
• 11 Grid Station Jamshoro
• 12 Grid Station Nki
53. Single line representation of power system
• To represent a practical power system where a lot of
interconnections between several generating stations involving a
large number of transformers using three lines corresponding to R, Y
and B phase will become unnecessary clumsy and complicated.
• To avoid this, a single line along with some symbolical
representations for generator, transformers substation buses are
used to represent a power system rather neatly.
57. Distribution
• Till now we have learnt how power at somewhat high voltage (say 33
kV) is received in a substation situated near load center (a big city).
• The loads of a big city are primarily residential complexes, offices,
schools, hotels, street lighting etc. These types of consumers are
called LT (low tension) consumers.
• Apart from this there may be medium and small scale industries
located in the outskirts of the city.
• LT consumers are to be supplied with single phase, 220 V, 50 Hz.
58. Distribution
• Step down transformers are used to step down the voltage to 400 V.
• These transformers are called distribution transformers with 400 V, star
connected secondary.
• Such transformers are mounted on poles in cities beside the roads. These
are called pole mounted substations.
• From the secondary of these transformers 4 terminals (R, Y, B and N) come
out.
• N is called the neutral and taken out from the common point of star
connected secondary.
• Voltage between any two phases (i.e., R-Y, Y-B and B-R) is 400 V and
between any phase and neutral is
• 230 V
• Residential buildings are supplied with single phase 230V, 50Hz.
59. • Primary distribution:
• The secondary transmission line terminates at the sub-station (SS)
where voltage is reduced from 33 kV to 11kV, 3-phase, 3-wire. The 11
kV lines run along the important road sides of the city. This forms the
primary distribution. It may be noted that big consumers (having
demand more than 50 kW) are generally supplied power at 11 kV for
further handling with their own sub-stations.
61. • Secondary distribution :
• The electric power from primary distribution line (11 kV) is delivered
to distribution sub-stations (DS).
• These sub-stations are located near the consumers’ localities and
step down the voltage to 400 V, 3-phase, 4-wire for secondary
distribution.
• The voltage between any two phases is 400 V and between any
phase and neutral is 230 V.
63. DISTRIBUTORS IN PAKISTAN
• After the transmission , Power is handed over to Distribution
Companies to transfer this power to the consumers of Pakistan.
• 1. PESCO: Peshawar Electric Supply Company, Peshawar, NWFP;
• 2. IESCO: Islamabad Electric Supply Company, Islamabad;
• 3. GEPCO: Gujranwala Electric Power Company, Gujranwala, Punjab;
• 4. LESCO: Lahore Electric Supply Company, Lahore, Punjab;
• 5. FESCO: Faisalabad Electric Supply Company, Faisalabad, Punjab;
• 6. MEPCO: Multan Electric Power Company, Multan, Punjab;
• 7. QESCO: Quetta Electric Supply Company, Quetta, Baluchistan;
• 8. HESCO: Hyderabad Electric Supply Company, Hyderabad, Sindh
64. IMPORTANT POINTS
• Generation, transmission and distribution of electric power in our
country is carried out as 3-phase system at 50 Hz.
• Three most important conventional methods of power generation in
out country are: coal based thermal plants, Hydel plants and nuclear
plants.
• Load centers (where the power will be actually consumed) are in
general situated far away from the generating station. So to transmit
the large amount of power (hundreds of MW) efficiently and
economically over long distance, high transmission voltage (such as
400 kV, 220 kV) is used.
• Level of current decides the section of the line conductor and the
level of voltage decides the amount of insulation required.