Geo-Thermal Power Plant
It is also a thermal power plant, but the steam required for power generation is available naturally in some part of the earth below the earth surface. According to various…
Steam Turbine | Prime Movers
The steam turbine is universally used as prime mover in steam power plants. Flow over Blades: The steam turbine obtains its motive power from the change of momentum of a…
Impulse Turbine
Description of impulse turbine: Wheel or Rotor : The wheel or rotor is fitted over a shaft from which the useful power is available. It is a rotating element of the…
Compounding of Impulse Turbines
The disadvantage of De Laval type of turbine is that it’s extremely high speed, of the order of 30,000 rpm, cannot be employed for practical purposes. To reduce the high…
Reaction turbine
Description of reaction turbine It consists of a wheel or rotor, casing, fixed and moving blades. In this type, equal number of fixed and moving blades are attached alternately to…
Locomotive Boiler
Locomotive boiler is a horizontal drum axis, multi-tubular, natural circulation, artificial draft, forced circulation, mobile, medium pressure, solid fuel fired fire tube boiler with an internally fired furnace. It is used…
Diesel power plant
Applications of diesel power plant 1. Diesel power plant’s is in the range of 2 to 50 MW capacity. They are used as central station for small or medium power supplies.…
Modern High Pressure Boilers
A boiler which generates steam at a pressure of 85 kgf/sq.cm or above is termed as a “high pressure boiler”. The present tendency is towards the use of high pressure…
Lancashire Boiler
It is a stationary, fire tube, internally fired boiler. The size is approximately from 7-9 meters in length and 2-3 meters in diameter. Construction of Lancashire Boiler: It consists of…
Simple vertical boiler
The image shows the simplest form of an internally fired vertical fire-tube boiler. It does not require heavy foundation and requires very small floor area. Cylindrical shell: The shell is…
