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Thermal power station

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(Redirected from 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. The greatest variation in the design of thermal power stations is due to the different fossil fuel resources generally used to heat the water. Some prefer to use the term energy center because such facilities convert forms of heat energy into electrical energy.[1] Certain thermal power plants also are designed to produce heat energy for industrial purposes of district heating, or desalination of water, in addition to generating electrical power. Globally, fossil fueled thermal power plants produce a large part of man-made CO2 emissions to the atmosphere, and efforts to reduce these are many, varied and widespread.

Republika Power Plant, a thermal power station in Pernik, Bulgaria

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1 Introductory overview 2 History 3 Efficiency 4 Electricity cost 5 Typical coal thermal power station 6 Boiler and steam cycle 6.1 Feed water heating and deaeration 6.2 Boiler operation 6.3 Boiler furnace and steam drum 6.4 Superheater 6.5 Steam condensing 6.6 Reheater 6.7 Air path 7 Steam turbine generator 8 Stack gas path and cleanup 8.1 Fly ash collection 8.2 Bottom ash collection and disposal 9 Auxiliary systems 9.1 Boiler make-up water treatment plant and storage 9.2 Fuel preparation system 9.3 Barring gear

Mohave Generating Station, a 1,580 MW thermal power station near Laughlin, Nevada fuelled by coal

A thermal power station in Richemont, France.

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