Powerplant Engineering
Hydro-electric power plant
Working principle: Hydro-electric power plant utilizes the potential energy of water stored in a dam built across…
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Powerplant Engineering
Geo-Thermal Power Plant
It is also a thermal power plant, but the steam required for power generation is available naturally in…
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Steam Turbine | Prime Movers
The steam turbine is universally used as prime mover in steam power plants. Flow over Blades: The steam…
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Impulse Turbine
Description of impulse turbine: Wheel or Rotor : The wheel or rotor is fitted over a shaft from which…
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Compounding of Impulse Turbines
The disadvantage of De Laval type of turbine is that it’s extremely high speed, of the order of…
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Reaction turbine
Description of reaction turbine It consists of a wheel or rotor, casing, fixed and moving blades. In this…
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Locomotive Boiler
Locomotive boiler is a horizontal drum axis, multi-tubular, natural circulation, artificial draft, forced circulation, mobile, medium pressure, solid fuel…
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Diesel power plant
Applications of diesel power plant 1. Diesel power plant’s is in the range of 2 to 50 MW capacity.…
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Modern High Pressure Boilers
A boiler which generates steam at a pressure of 85 kgf/sq.cm or above is termed as a “high…
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Lancashire Boiler
It is a stationary, fire tube, internally fired boiler. The size is approximately from 7-9 meters in length…
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