NAME- SOUGATA MITRA

ROLL-18701616049

Reporter: Nuke
 INTRODUCTION :
1. A thermal powerstation is a power station in which heat energy is converted to electric
power.

2. Its a power plant which prime mover is steam driven.

3. Its worked on RANKINE CYCLE

4. Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) was established in 1948 under an Act of Parliament
for unified development of Damodar Valley covering an area of 24,235 sq km in Bihar and
West Bengal.

5. DURGAPUR STEEL THERMAL POWER STATION is a Thermal Power Project of Damodar

Valley Corporation (DVC) whose construction, commissioning activity is undertaken by
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
WORKING PROCESS OF A THERMAL POWER PLANT
 OVERVIEW

MECHANICAL
CHEMICAL HEAT ENERGY [ ELECTRICAL
ENERGY[fuel] ENERGY[steam] rotation of ENERGY
turbine ]

POWER
AIR
GENERATION

Turbine Generator
Heat
coal oil
COMBUSTION STEAM Flue TREATMENT
FUEL GENERATION gas

DM Plant Waste Water

COOLING
WATER CONDITIONING
SYSTEM
Water Packaging
Source of Raw Water : DamodarRiver

Water Requirement:
To provide make-up water to the water/steam
cycle.
For cooling of the steam for reuse as condensate.
For general domestic use.
MAIN PARTS:

Coal handling plant

Main generating plantas
Ash handling plant
Switchyard
Coal Handling Plant (CHP)
CHP handles the coal from its receipt to
transferring it to bunkers.

Wagon tipplers are used to unload the coal

into underground conveyer belts from where
they are transported to penthouse where
suspended magnets are used to detect
metals.

Crushers are used to crush the coal into small

pieces which are then transported to coal
storage via coal conveyer.

When the coal is to be used Pulverizer is

used to grind the coal into dust.
 MAIN GENERATING PLANT

Here,the burning of coal starts.

It contains various equipments which

help in generation of electric energy.
O BOILERS
Pulverized coal is put
in boiler furnance.
Boiler is an enclosed
vessel in which water
is heated and
circulated until the
water is turned in to
steam at the required
pressure.
Super-heater: Superheater is a component of a steam-generating unit in
which steam, after it has left the boiler drum, is heated above its saturation
temperature.

Reheater : Reheater is also steam boiler component in which heat is added to

this intermediate-pressure steam, which has given up some of its energy in
expansion through the high-pressure turbine.

Condenser : Condensers are heat exchangers which

convert steam from its gaseous to its liquid state,
also known as phase transition.

Cooling Towers: It is a tower or building like device

in which atmospheric air (the heat receiver) circulates in direct or indirect contact
with warmer water (the heat source) and the water is thereby cooled.
ECONOMISER:

Function of economiser
is to recover some of the
heat from the heat carried
away in the flue gases up
the chimney and utilize for
heating the feed water to
the boiler.
 Air preheater :
It is a device used in steam boilers to transfer
heat from the flue gases to the combustion air
before the air enters the furnace.

Smoke stack :
A chimney is a system for venting hot flue gases
or smoke from a boiler, stove, furnace or
fireplace to the outside atmosphere.
STEAM TURBINE :
Extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam
and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating
output shaft.
Uses multiple stages in the expansion of the
steam.
GENERATOR:
Converts mechanical
energy into electrical
energy.

Turbine is coupled with the

Turbo generator that
normally spins at 3000 rpm
in countries with 50 Hz
supply frequency

The generated voltage is

stepped up in Generator
Transformer and the power
is evacuated through
transmission line feeders.
 ASH HANDLING PLANT:
The main operations are:
Removal of ash from furnace.
Transfer of ash to a fill or storage.
Disposal.
Ash can be disposed of as:
Dry ash system
Ash slurry system
ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR:
It is a device which removes dust or other
finely divided particles from flue gases by
charging the particles inductively with an
electric field, then attracting them to highly
charged collector plates.
 SWITCH YARD
Hub of electrical power
sources.

Exists in a generating
station to coordinate the
transfer of power
between generators and
transmission lines.

It contains current
carrying conductors,
transformers, circuit
breakers etc.
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