Steam Generator of Thermal Power Plant
In fossil-fueled power plants, steam generator refers to a furnace that burns the fossil fuel to boil water to generate steam. In the nuclear power plant field, steam generator refers to a specific type of…
Steam Turbine Driven Electric Generator
The steam turbine-driven generators have auxiliary systems enabling them to work satisfactorily and safely. The steam turbine generator being rotating equipment generally has a heavy, large diameter shaft. The shaft…
Power Plants and Types of Power Plant
What is Power Plant? A power plant or a power generating station, is basically an industrial location that is utilized for the generation and distribution of electric power in mass scale, usually…
Power Plants – Introduction
Energy is required for everything that we do, and it is the next important thing apart from the food upon which the lives of nations depend. Lack of power could…
Pressure gauge
A pressure gauge is used to indicate the steam pressure of the boiler. It is also called as steam gauge. It is usually mounted in the front top of the…
List of Boiler Mounting Valves and Gauges
To provide for intelligent and safe operation of a boiler, a full complement of gauges and safety devices should be provided. These include: ● Water gauge (water level indicator) ● Pressure gauges.…
Fusible plug
The function of the fusible plug is to put-off the fire in the furnace of the boiler when the water level falls below an unsafe level and thus avoid the…
Dead Weight safety valve
The Dead Weight safety valve consists of a valve V which is made of gun metal to prevent rusting. It rests on the gun metal seat S and is fixed to the top of…
Lever safety valve
The advantage of level safety valve over the dead weight safety valve is that the heavy dead weight is replaced by a lever with a smaller weight. Description of Lever…
