STEAM POWER PLANT

STEAM 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. The greatest variation in the design of thermal power stations is due to the different fuel sources. Some prefer to use the term energy center because such facilities convert forms of heat energy into electricity. Some thermal power plants also deliver heat energy for industrial purposes, for district heating, or for desalination of water as well as delivering electrical power. A large proportion of CO2 is produced by the worlds fossil fired thermal power plants; efforts to reduce these outputs are various and widespread.


VAPOUR CYCLE:
STEAM FORMATION:
1-stage (1) :warming phase start from (25 ?) to (100?) at atmospheric pressure)
2- stage (2): water to steam at boiling temperature phase change liquid (f) to gas (g)
3- dry steam to superheated
Saturated temperature: is the temperature at which the liquid boils at a certain pressure ( saturated liquid)