| Description |
1 online resource (166 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- Preface -- Brief Contents -- Table of Contents -- 1. Electrical Power: A Convenient Source of Energy Supply -- 1.1 The Genesis -- 1.2 Status of Electric Power Generation -- 1.3 Concluding Remarks -- 2. Electrical Power Generation Methods and Associated Aspects -- 2.1 Based on the current technological knowledge available ... -- 2.2 Techno-Economic Issues Related to Electrical Power Generation Methods -- 2.3 Ecological/ Environmental issues -- 2.4 Concluding Remarks |
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3. Steam Turbine Driven Thermal Power Generation (STG) Plants -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 A conventional STG Plant -- 3.3 Functional Features of a Water Tube Boiler -- 3.4 Functional Features of A Steam Turbine -- 3.5 Functional Features of a Turbo-Generator (TG) -- 3.6 Station Auxiliaries and Services -- 3.7 Ecological/Environmental Issues Related to STG Plants -- 3.8 Maintenance, Servicing and Administrative Issues -- 3.9 Other Relevant Issues -- 4. Gas Turbine Driven Thermal Power Plants (GTG Plants) Combined Cycle Power Plants (CCPP) Diesel Generating Sets (DG Sets) |
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4.1 Gas Turbine Driven Thermal Power Generating Plants (GTG Plants) -- 4.2 Combined Cycle Power Plants (CCPP/IGCCPP) -- 4.3 Diesel Engine Driven Power Plants -- 4.4 Ecological Issues That Needs Attention -- 5. Hydro-Power Generation Plants -- 5.1 Hydro-Power Generating System -- 5.2 Hydro-Power -- 6. Nuclear Power Generation Plants -- 6.1 Nuclear Power Generating Plants -- 6.2 The Reactor Core -- 6.3 Use of the Heat from the Reactor Core -- 6.4 Fast Breeder Reactors -- 6.5 Further research in India -- 6.6 Bi-products of Reactors -- 6.7 Use of HRSG -- 6.8 Moderating/cooling Fluid |
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6.9 Steam Parameters of HRSG -- 6.10 The Electrical Generator -- 6.11 The Turbine Operating Parameters -- 6.12 The Nuclear Turbines -- 6.13 Other important information regarding Nuclear Power Plant -- 6.14 Life-Cycle of Nuclear Power Plants -- 7. Renewable and New Energy Sources for Electrical Power Generation: Solar Power Plants Wind Turbine Driven Power Plants Co-Generation Power Plants Biomass Based Power Plants Geo-Thermal Power Plants Tidal Energy Based Power Plants Fuel-Cells for Electrical Power -- 7.1 Solar Power Plants -- 7.2 Wind Turbine Driven Power Generating Plants |
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7.3 Co-Generation Power Plants -- 7.4 Bio-Mass Based Power Plants (#) -- 7.5 Geo-Thermal Power Plants -- 7.6 Tidal Energy Based Power Generation Systems -- 7.7 Fuel Cells for Electrical Power Generation -- 8. Miscellaneous Related Topics That Seek to Provide Supplementary Knowledge for Power Station Management -- 8.1 Energy Terms and Definitions -- 8.2 Parallel Operations of Electrical Power Generating Plants -- 8.3 Power Factor (PF) Management -- 8.4 Voltage Regulation of the Generators -- 8.5 Power Tariff Systems (#) -- 8.6 Management/AdministraTive: Issues in Pespect of Power Plants |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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8.7 Some Other Useful Issues for Power Plant Engineers |
| Subject |
Electric power production
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Electric power production.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000898798 |
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1000898792 |
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