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Energy - quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work
on, or to heat, the object. Energy is a conserved quantity; the law of conservation of energy
states that energy can be converted in form, but not created or destroyed.
Power - is the amount of energy transferred or converted per unit time.
2. Variable Load - The load on the power station varies from time. to time. The
maximum of all the demands that. have occurred during a given period (say a day)
is the maximum demand.
3. Power Plant Economics - Power plant economics mainly deals with, how much
power is produced from which type of power plant , how much space is used, cost
of installation, maintenance costs and related aspects are considered.
4. Chimney - a vertical channel or pipe that conducts smoke and combustion gases
up from a fire or furnace and typically through the roof of a building.
5. Fuels and Combustion – deals with burning, is a high-temperature exothermic
redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually
atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture
termed as smoke.
6. Internal combustion engine - is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel
occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral
part of the working fluid flow circuit.
7. Steam Engine - is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its
working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to
push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder.
8. Steam Turbine - is a device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to
do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft.
9. Diesel Power Plant – is a power plant that uses diesel as a fuel.
10. Gas Turbine Plant - The gas turbine is the engine at the heart of the power plant
that produces electric current. A gas turbine is a combustion engine that can
convert natural gas or other liquid fuels to mechanical energy. This energy then
drives a generator that produces electrical energy. It is electrical energy that
moves along power lines to homes and businesses.
11. Geothermal Power Plant - use hydrothermal resources that have both water
(hydro) and heat (thermal).
12. Hydro- Electric Plant - electricity produced from generators driven by turbines that
convert the potential energy of moving water into mechanical energy.
13. Boiler - is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated. The fluid
does not necessarily boil.
14. Steam Cycles - are used to produce energy from vapor-dominated reservoirs.