MET 401 Chapter 1 -_introduction_to_power_plants

MET 401 POWER PLANT ENGINEERING

D R . T A I B I S K A N D A R M O H A M A D

INTRODUCTION TO POWER PLANT

What are power plants?

A power plant is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power

Also called generating station, power station, or powerhouse

The most important component in power stations is a generator, a rotating machine that converts mechanical power into electrical power by creating relative motion between a magnetic field and a conductor.

The energy source harnessed to turn the generator varies widely depending on price, availability and technology.

The Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, a boiling water reactor nuclear power plant.

Many sources of energy for power plant:

• Thermal

• Nuclear

• Hydrokinetic

• Wave

• Tidal

• Geothermal

• Solar

Thermal power plant (Natural gas/Fuel Oil)

Thermal Power Plant (Coal)

Thermal Power Plant (Nuclear)

Thermal Power Plant (Gas Turbine)

Thermal Power Plant (Diesel)

Thermal Power Plant (Geothermal)

Solar Thermal Power Plant

Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant

Wind Energy Power plant

Hydrokinetic Power Plant

Fundamental concept of power plant

Energy Source

ProcessUseful power

Fossil fuelsSolarHydroGeothermalNuclearWind

Power cyclesElectric Generator

Electricity