Electric Energy

Systems (ECE 3072)

Lecture 9
17 March 2021

Dr. Mick West

Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Atlanta, Georgia, 30332
 Contents

• Last Week’s Lecture • Today’s Lecture

– Power plants: – Power plants:
• Hydo Power • Fossil fuel power plants

• Book chapter 4.1 • Book chapter 4.2

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 Coal-Fired Power Plant

Stack

Boiler Cooling
Tower
Thermal Turbine Generator

Condenser

Pump

Coal
feede
r Burner
Body of water
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 Fossil Fuel Power Plant

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 Second Law of Thermodynamics
Released heat

Q1 Q2
Heat Source Heat Sink
(T1) Turbine (T2)

W
2nd Law of thermodynamics:
T1 − T2
 ideal =
T1

Output mechanical power:

W = Q1 − Q2

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 Thermal Energy Content

Fuel Type Thermal Energy

Petroleum Oil 47.4 MJ/kg
Natural gas 50.6 MJ/kg
Coal 28.5 MJ/kg
Wood (oven dry) 20.0 MJ/kg

Heat of combustion (lower heating value)

Conversion 1 MJ = 948.4 Btu (for problems in the textbook)

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 Stack

Coal feeder
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 Turbine
Generator
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