Main Equipments of Power

Plant
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Coal handling plant

Pulverizing plant
Boiler
Turbine
Generator
Condenser
Ash handling plant

Coal handling plant

The function of coal handling plant is automatic feeding of coal to the boiler
A thermal power plant burns enormous amounts of coal.
A 200MW plant may require around 2000 tons of coal daily.
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Pulverizing plant
In modern thermal power plant , coal is pulverized i.e. ground to dust like
size and carried to the furnace in a stream of hot air.

Pulverizing is done in pulverizing mill.

Pulverizing mill is further classified in three parts:

Contact mill
Ball mill
Impact mill

Boiler

Turbine
A turbine is a rotary mechanical device that
extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it
into useful work.
It consists one moving part called a rotor
assembly.
Steam turbines are used for the generation of
electricity in thermal power plants.
In thermal power plant turbine is sub divided in
three parts:
HPT
IPT
LPT

Generator
An electric generator is a device that
converts mechanical energy to electrical energy.

It is based upon the principle of electromagnetic

induction.

the magnitude of EMF generates by generator is

given by:
E=4.44FN volts

Generators provide nearly all of the power

for electric power grids.
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Condenser

Ash handling plant

The percentage of ash in coal varies from 5% in good quality coal to about 40% in
poor quality coal.

Power plants generally use poor quality of coal , thus amount of ash produced by it
is pretty large.

A modern 2000MW plant produces about 5000 tons of ash daily.

C&I Labs
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Labs
Manometry Lab
Protection and Interlocks
Lab
Automation Lab
Electronics Lab
Water Treatment Lab
Furnaces Safety
Supervisory System Lab

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Monitored parameter
Speed
Temperature
Current
Voltage
Pressure
Flow of Gases
Vibration

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