thermal power station operation in general
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Answer / tameshwar singh
Thermal power plant is basically based on "Modified Renkin
Cycle". In Thermal p/p we convert heat energy into mech
work & then convert it into electricl energy.
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Answer / gopinath.v
The water is obtained in the boiler and the coal is burnt
so that steam is obtained this steam is allowed to hit the
turbine , the turrbine which is coupled with the generator
generates electricity ...
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Answer / kishor mahale
station which generates electric power from thermal energy
is called thermal power station. produce thermal power coal
and other fuel are used.
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Answer / gaurav srivastava
the thermal power station is based on modified rankine
cycle, where the coal burnt in the boiler to produce the
vapour by water..In boiler water heated to supersaturated
pointed where it in imposed on turbine by a nozzle .. the
nozzle is used to produce high velocity of steam to run the
impulse turbine .. with turbine a generator is combine
which is generate the electricity ..which is transport
through by wire....bur before transformation of electricity
a step up transformer is used to step high potential of
electricity ......
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Answer / arun
in thermal power station the main aim is we need to heat
the water which contains in boiler to get high velocity
steam.for that in boiler below to that coal will be burning
always... by eating of coal, water will get heated and
converted into steam...with high velocity.now such a steam
will be appiled to turbines..now turbine gets rotated..the
generator that is prime mover of turbine,also gets
rotated..so we get electrical power from thermal power
plant..
for achieving above we need lot of physical arrangemnts
such that...economiser,steam tubes,boiler,coal,water.....
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Answer / ravi
In thermal power stations coal is burned in a vessel called
Boiler and the Boiler is made up of number of tubes through
which water circulates continously. And this water converts
in to steam, this steam is allowed to passed through the
blades of turbine. this turbine roatates Generator by
fixing generator and turbine on a common shaft the
generator rotates and E>M>F will be induced and as
faraday's law current will be generated.
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Answer / kranthi
It basicallly operates on rankine cycle.In this system we
convert heat energy to mechanical energy and mechanical
energy to electrical energy. It is regenerative process.
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Answer / selva
actually thermal power plant working media is coal. the
steam converted in mechanical work. thereafter using the
turbine mechanical work is converted into electrical work.
this is a cyclic process
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