Power Plant Condenser: Wet Cooling Tower, Pond, Air Cooled
The steam power plant water going through the condensing unit requires cooling so that liquid condensate can be pumped back into the boiler. Cooling …
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Sources of Nuclear Energy Information: Uranium Element Ore
CO2 emissions from fossil fuelled power stations are increasing especially from coal fired stations. CCS and large output forms of renewable energy …
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Bi-drum and Single Drum Boilers
Boiler designers used four drums and three drums for designing water tube boilers during the initial days. Later as the boiler technology advanced in …
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Front Wall Coal Burners in Large Capacity Boilers
A well tuned burner gives the optimum performance of the boiler. This requires a careful setting of air flow, fuel flow and the swirl level which …
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Capture of CO2 Emissions from Coal Fired Power Stations
Power Plants produce and emit the most CO2 to the atmosphere, and carbon capture involves the removal of this anthropogenically produced CO2. One …
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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Technology
CO2 is our biggest threat to Global Warming through climate change, brought on by combustion of fossil fuels mainly by our coal power stations. We …
Continue ReadingNeed for Pre-commissioning Checks in Boilers
Preparation and planning of pre-commissioning activities in a boiler system will have to be done with all details and care to ensure smooth operation …
Continue ReadingSpray in Superheaters and Reheaters of High Capacity Boilers
Water injection in superheater and reheater of boiler is a common method adopted by boiler designers. Within designed limit spraying in superheater …
Continue ReadingFurnace area Walk-down in Pulverized Coal fired Boiler
Power production has become such a competitive and stringent commodity in the world that it needs to be produced like any other consumable. The …
Continue ReadingCoal Burners in Large Thermal Power Plants
Coal burning releases heat energy that down the line produces electricity in a power plant. To learn about the mechanism of coal burning in a large …
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