Power

Generation
Claire Anne V. Maala
Definition

A power station (also referred to as a

generating station, power plant,
powerhouse or generating plant) is an
industrial facility for the generation of
electric power.

Hydraulic Energy/Thermal Energy Mechanical

Energy→ Electrical Energy
Unit collection of Power Plant

There may be several units which are described

below-
1. Energy source (Heat, wind, water etc.)
2. Turbine
3. Generator (a rotating machine that converts
mechanical power into electrical power by
creating relative motion between a magnetic field
and a conductor)
Types of Power
Plant
1. On the Basis of Primary Source /
Fuel –
(a.) Nuclear Power Plants

(b.) Geothermal Power Plants

(c.) Fossil-Fuel Power Plants

(d.) Biomass-Fuelled Power Plants

(e.) Solar Thermal Power Plants

2.On the Basis of Prime Mover

(a.) Steam Turbine Power Plants

(b.) Gas Turbine Power Plants
(c.) Combined Cycle Power Plants
(d.) Internal combustion reciprocating engines are used
for small cogeneration plants likes – Hospitals, office
buildings, industrial plants, and other critical facilities.
2.On the Basis of Prime Mover

(e.) Micro turbines, Stirling engine and internal

combustion reciprocating engines are low-cost solutions
for using opportunity fuels, such as landfill gas, digester
gas from water treatment plants and waste gas from oil
production.
 3. On the Basis of Duty

(a.) Base Load Power Plants – Base Load Power Plants run
nearly continually to provide that component of system
load that doesn’t vary during a day or week.

(b.) Peaking Power Plants – Peaking power plants meet the

daily peak load, which may only be for a one or two hours
each day. While their incremental operating cost is always
higher than base load plants
3. On the Basis of Duty

(c.) Load Following Power Plants – Load following power

plants can economically follow the variations in the daily
and weekly load. At lower cost than peaking plants and
with more flexibility than base load plants.
Cooling Process / Cooling Tower

(a.) Water Cooled

(b.) Mechanical Induced Draft Wet Cooling

(c.) Air Cooled

Thermal Power Plant

A thermal power station is a power plant in which

the prime mover is steam driven. Water is
heated,turns into steam and spins a steam turbine
which drives an electrical generator. After it passes
through the turbine, the steam is condensed in a
condenser and recycled to where it was heated; this
is known as a Rankine cycle.
Nuclear Reactors

A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a

sustained nuclear chain reaction. The most common
use of nuclear reactors is for the generation of
electric energy and for the propulsion of ships. The
nuclear reactor is the heart of the plant.
Hydraulic Power Plant/Hydroelectricity

The production of electrical power through the

use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing
water. It is the most widely used form of
renewable energy.
Generating Methods of Hydroelectricity

Conventional (dams)
Pumped-Storage
Run-of-the-River
Tide
• Underground
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