Important discussions on various power plants and gas turbines
Dear friends all. Hope everybody is doing well. Today I have come before you with some important information about power plants and gas turbines. This article will discuss the basics of power plants. I hope you will get a clear idea about power plants and gas turbines by reading this article. So let's see what is in this article.
A few words about the power plant
Power generation plant is abbreviated as power station or power station in English. There are many things in the power station, but the generator is one of them which is rotated by different devices. As we know, generators convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. The question may be how this generator is rotated ??? You can understand the answer to this question by reading the whole article.
What is a turbine?
A turbine is basically a machine or prime mover where the rotational speed is obtained by constantly changing the momentum of the current. Simply put, a turbine is a rotating mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and is used for useful purposes.
Electric power is generated through generators with the help of turbines. There are different types of turbines such as steam turbines, gas turbines, water turbines etc.
If we look at Ashuganj power station where steam turbines have been used in 6 units and gas turbines in the remaining 2 units.
The steam turbine is the ideal prime mover that is widely used. Large steam turbines are used to operate power plant generators.
Hydraulic power plant
When it comes to hydraulic power plants, the first thing that comes to mind is our Kaptai power plant. Turbines are run using the potential energy of water. The Bengali word for hydraulic means hydraulic. Then we understand in the general sense that the main source of hydraulic power plant is water. Hydraulic power plants are basically hydroelectric power plants.
And to put it a little simpler, water is trapped in a high place. পানি When high-altitude water is allowed to flow downwards, it flows with great speed. This water flow basically turns the wheel of the turbine. The turbine then starts spinning with the speed of water.
The shaft of the generator is firmly attached to the shaft of the turbine. This causes the generator to start rotating and generates current.
Thermal power plant
A thermal power plant or thermal power plant is a type of power plant whose thermal energy is converted into electrical power. Water is evaporated in thermal power plants. And the boiler does this job. In other words, thermal power plants have boilers which convert water into steam.
This steam is again flowed towards the turbine at high speed. This steam basically rotates the turbine. And we know that the turbine is connected to the generator so that the generator generates current.
Nuclear power plant
A nuclear power station is a thermal power plant where the heat source is a nuclear reactor. Nuclear power plants are also called thermal power plants. Nuclear power plants have nuclear reactors in place of boilers. In this nuclear reactor there is a nuclear fission reaction i.e. many nuclei spontaneously split or release energy by affecting one part to another.
As a result, a lot of heat is generated and this heat is used to turn water into steam. Steam basically helps to rotate the turbine so that the generator also starts to rotate and electricity is generated.
Wind power plant
The word wind in Bengali means wind. That is, electricity is generated by using wind energy. Wind power largely depends on the flow of air.
The wind turbine starts to rotate as a result of the wind flow. The turbine is connected to the generator. The generator converts this rotating mechanical power into electrical power.
Solar power plant
Solar power in Bengali means solar energy. A solar power plant is a power plant that converts sunlight energy into electrical energy. This electric energy is converted directly using photovoltaic and indirectly through centralized solar energy.
Centralized solar energy uses lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus much larger areas (towards a specific amount of sunlight).
Photovoltaic cells basically convert light energy into electrical energy.
What is a gas turbine?
A turbine is a rotating engine that receives energy from the flow of combustible gas. For example, jet aircraft whose engines are much larger. This engine is basically powered by turbofan. This is an example of a turbophan gas turbine.
We have discussed different power plants in the above articles. Each power plant has turbines except for solar power plants. Steam turbines, wind turbines, water turbines etc. are used for power generation in various power plants. And the practical application of all this is basically gas turbine.
Gas turbine engines use high pressure gas to rotate the blades.