STEAM POWER PLANT

What is a Steam Power Plant?

It is the power plant which is used to generate electricity by the

use steam turbine. The major components of this power plant
are boiler, steam turbine, condenser and water feed pump.
Construction or Layout of Steam Power Plant
Coal Storage
• It is the place where coal is stored which can be utilized when required.
Coal Handling
• Here the coal is converted into the pulverized form before feeding to the
furnace.
Boiler
• It converts the water into high pressure steam. It contains the furnace
inside or outside the boiler shell. The combustion of coal takes place in the
furnace.
Air-preheater
• It is used to pre-heat the air before entering into the boiler furnace. The
pre heating of air helps in the burning of fuel to a greater extent. It takes
the heat from the burnt gases from the furnace to heat the air from the
atmosphere.
Economizer
• As its name indicates it economizes the working of the boiler. It heats the
feed water to a specified temperature before it enters into the boiler drum.
It takes the heat from the burnt gases from the furnace to do so.
Turbine
• It is the mechanical device which converts the kinetic energy of the steam
to the mechanical energy.
Generator
• It is coupled with the turbine rotor and converts the mechanical energy of
the turbine to the electrical energy.
Ash Storage
• It is used to store the ash after burning of the coal.
Dust Collector
• It collects the dust particle from the burnt gases before it is released to the
chimney.
Condenser
• It condensate the steam that leaves out turbine. It converts the low
pressure steam to water. It is attached to the cooling tower.
Cooling Tower
• It is a tower which contains cold water. Cold water is circulates to the
condenser for the cooling of the residual steam from the turbine.
Chimney
• It is used to release the hot burnt gases or smoke from the furnace to the
environment at appropriate height. The height of the tower is very high
such that it can easily throw the smoke and exhaust gases at the
appropriate height. And it cannot affect the population living near the
steam power plant.
Feed Water ump
• It is used to transport the feed water to the boiler.