Nuclear Power Plant
Working Principle: A nuclear power plant differs from a conventional steam power plant only in the steam generating part. There is no change in the turbo-alternator and the condensing system.…
Hydro-electric power plant
Working principle: Hydro-electric power plant utilizes the potential energy of water stored in a dam built across the river. The potential energy of the water is used to…
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…
Comparison between Impulse and Reaction Steam Turbines
In Impulse Turbine, steam completely expands in the nozzle itself. Hence its pressure remains constant on both ends of the moving blades. In Reaction Turbine, Fixed blades act as nozzles.…
La Mont Boiler Working and Construction
A forced circulation boiler was first introduced by La-Mont in the year 1925 which is used in Europe and America. This is a modern high pressure boiler (water tube type steam boilers)…
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.…
