Parts of Thermal Power Plants
The coal which you use in your backyard for barbeque performs much more important functions such as generating electricity for us in thermal power …
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Site Selection for Thermal Power Plants
You might think that selecting a site for a thermal power plant is based on requirements of power of the nearby regions but it is not so in actual …
Continue ReadingWorking of Thermal Power Plant
The thermal power plant is a setup for extracting the hidden calorific heat inside the black diamond to be used for setting the electrons in motion …
Continue ReadingSafety in Power Plant Boilers
Boiler is the key equipment in the power plant that converts the energy in the Fuel to heat and then to energy in steam at high pressures and …
Continue ReadingCalorific Value or Heating Value of the Fuel & Moisture Content: Burning Coal in Power Plants
Coal is the primary fuel for producing Electricity. Some of the characteristics of coal have profound influence on the day to day working and …
Continue ReadingBoiler Feed Pumps for Thermal Power Plants
Boiler Feed Pump as the name suggests, finds application in boiler or reactor vessels to feed water and also control the amount of water fed to the …
Continue ReadingStoichiometric Air or Theoretical Air Quantity: Calculation of Air Quantity for Burning Coal.
The most important requirement to burn coal is the correct quantity of air. This article explains how to calculate the correct quantity of air.
Continue ReadingThermal Power Plants: Excess Air Factor: Correct Quantity of Air for burning Coal.
The most important requirement to burn coal is the correct quantity of air. More Air or less Air is an energy loss. How incorrect air quantities …
Continue ReadingEfficiency of Thermal Power Plants.
Electricity is a convenient form of energy. Thermal power plants convert the energy in coal to Electricity. Have you ever wondered how much is lost in …
Continue ReadingWhat are Power Plants?
The plant that produces electricity is called as power plant. The other names for the power plant are power station, power house, and generating …
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