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Powerplant Engineering

Safety valves

Safety valves are devices used to maintain a constant safe pressure inside the boiler. When the pressure inside…

August 2, 2021 · Jacob
Powerplant Engineering

Water gauge or Water Level Indicator

Water gauge indicates the water level inside the boiler and is hence called as water level indicator. Usually…

August 2, 2021 · Jacob
Powerplant Engineering

Bourdon tube Pressure Gauge

Principle of Bourdon tube pressure gauge: when an elastic transducer ( bourdon tube in this case ) is subjected…

August 2, 2021 · Jacob
Powerplant Engineering

Pressure gauge

A pressure gauge is used to indicate the steam pressure of the boiler. It is also called as…

August 2, 2021 · Jacob
Powerplant Engineering

Dead Weight safety valve

The Dead Weight safety valve consists of a valve V which is made of gun metal to prevent rusting. It…

August 2, 2021 · Jacob
Powerplant Engineering

Wind power Generation

The primitive man had to use his muscle power to carry out different works in his attempt of…

August 2, 2021 · Jacob
Powerplant Engineering

Tidal power generation

Principle of Tidal power generation:       Tide or wave is periodic rise and fall of water level of the…

August 2, 2021 · Jacob
Powerplant Engineering

Solar collectors

Flat plate collector: In a flat plate collector, the radiation energy of sun falls on a flat surface…

August 2, 2021 · Jacob
Powerplant Engineering

Solar Power Plant

Basic principle of solar energy: The sun gives out 3.7*10 ^20 MW of energy into space, out of…

August 2, 2021 · Jacob
Powerplant Engineering

Nuclear Power Plant

Working Principle: A nuclear power plant differs from a conventional steam power plant only in the steam generating…

August 2, 2021 · Jacob