Introduction to Power Plants | Classification Of Power Plants
Concepts Of Power Plants:
A power plant is an assembly of systems or subsystems to generate
electricity, i.e., power with economy and requirements. The power the plant itself must be useful economically and environmentally friendly
to society. The present book is oriented to conventional as well as
non-conventional energy generation. While the stress is on the energy-efficient system regards conventional power systems viz.,
to increase the system conversion efficiency the supreme goal is to
develop, design, and manufacturer the non-conventional power
generating systems in coming decades preferably after 2050 AD which
is conducive to society as well as having feasible energy conversion
efficiency and non-friendly to pollution, keeping in view the
pollution act. The subject as a whole can be also stated as modern power
plants for power viz electricity generation in the 21st
century.
Classification Of Power Plants:
A power plant may be defined as a machine or assembly of equipment that generates and delivers a flow of mechanical or electrical energy. The main equipment for the generation of electric power is a generator. When coupling it to a prime mover runs the generator, the electricity is generated. The type of prime move determines, the type of power plants. The major
power plants are
1. Steam power plant
2. Diesel power plant
3. Gas turbine power plant
4. Nuclear power plant
5. Hydroelectric power plant
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