Power plant engineering

 While purpose of energy markets is to deliver energy on a day to day basis as MWh, and purpose of capacity market to secure capacity in fut...

Differences are as under: 1. Scope of molecules : In boiling molecules of whole liquid go into vapor state. In vaporization only surface mol...

 In Capacity Market - Grid 'reliability' or 'capacity' is ensured by paying the participants to commit generation in years i...

Below is some data gathered on CO2 concentration in Earth's atmosphere. The references are also listed. As per IPCC report, warming caus...

 As seen practically in daily life, water can exist in form of solid, liquid or gas (vapour state). But as obvious at it seems, water does b...

Pinch point: It is the difference in temperature of flue gas at evaporator outlet and water temperature at evaporator. The lesser the pinch ...

From a neutral perspective following are the types of cfbc boilers: a) Cold cyclone CFBC: Called as cold cyclone because cyclone temperatur...

ASME Stamp is applied in shops of pressure parts, piping, valves, instruments in the water steam cycle path. For a master stamp to be appli...

While working on HRSG for some years i one day thought why on earth is a HRSG pressure part called as harp.. and a simple google search gav...

Concept of Nuclear power plants and Uranium -          Natural uranium contains 0.7% U 235. Uranium with an increased concentration o...

Facts about Hydroelectric Power plants: - It generates 24%of world's electricity - Approximately 2000 hydroelectric power plants ope...

Some nice facts about coal - Some coals after release of volatile matter become soft and pasty and form agglomerates. They are called cak...

Heat rate of a reheat turbine = ( ( Main steam flow at ESV inlet x (Enthalpy of main steam - Enthalpy of feed water ) + ( Reheat steam flow...

Steam turbine shaft vibration is calculted as per ISO 7919.

Plant heat rate = Turbine heat rate / Boiler efficiency

Heat rate of Steam Turbine = Steam Flow at Turbine inlet x (Enthalpy of steam at inlet to turbine - Enthalpy of feed water at HP heater outl...

Total power generation increased by 1.53% in December 2008 as compared to December 2007 %age increase in thermal and nuclear generation = 3....

Worldwide, coal is right now the most widely used primary fuel, accounting for approximatley 36% of global electricity production. It is exp...

----> Total installed power plant capacity in World: 28,12,000 MW ----> Total installed power plant capacity in India: 1,41,000 MW ---...

Hydropower ---> 24% of world's electricity Combined total of 6,75,000 MW More than 2000 Hydroelectric power plants operating in Unite...

Watts Bar1: Came online on Feb7 1996, last commercial nuclear reactor to go on-line. ----> Quoted as evidence of succesful worldwide camp...

Fuel flow to a boiler is calculated as, Fuel flow = (Heat duty x 1000 x 3.6) / (4.2 x GCV x Efficiency /100)

If we know the ultimate analysis of fuel, we can easily calculate its GCV. The basic principle is that there are only 3 components in a fuel...

Boiler heat duty = Tonnes per hour of steam generated x (Enthalpy of main steam - Enthalpy of feed water)

• Coal Handling System: Consisting of crushers, conveyors, belts etc. •Water treatment plant: Consisting of RO system, cation and anion exc...

Steam Generator is based on Rankine cycle • Definition: Equipment which produces steam from water with heat from fuel. Steam generator is a...