Full article: Performance evaluation of a combined …
Citations. Metrics. Licensing. Reprints & Permissions. View PDF. Formulae display:? This study presents the performance evaluation of a combined gas- and steam- turbine cycle power plant (CCPP) integrated with organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and absorption refrigeration cycle (ARC).
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AN OVERVIEW OF HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER …
Abstract and Figures. INTRODUCTION Energy is a critical factor in developing countries for economic growth as well as for social development and human welfare. Hydropower is a renewable source of ...
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Savonius vertical axis wind turbines have simple structures, can self-start in environments with low wind speed and strong turbulence intensity, and can be installed at low costs. Therefore, installation is …
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Performance, emission and combustion characteristics of …
The results are compared with neat diesel fuel data at the same operating conditions. This study found that HPD15 performed better or comparable with diesel fuel. Overall, the brake power (BP) and brake thermal efficiency (BTE) of HPD15 were higher than diesel fuel by a maximum of about 4.77 % and 3.77 %, respectively.
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Analysis of Operation Characteristics of a Diesel Generator …
To improve the power quality of a diesel generator set with a pulsed load in a microgrid, this paper studied the operation characteristics of the system and proposed pulsed load conditions for an actual project based on test data. For a low average pulse power and a high peak power, a new mathematical model of the pulsed load in different …
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Power Plant Efficiency Parameters
Overall Power Plant Performance – ASME PTC 46. Power plant efficiency is critical to compete in the current power generation market. The demands in power plant efficiency, minimum and maximum loads, power plant start up and shutdown times, plant flexibility are critical for the financial performance of power plants.
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(PDF) High-Altitude Considerations for Electrical Power
This will result in a 5 to 10 percent reduction in direct operating costs (DOC). Critical to this savings is the basic electrical power system component technology. These advanced electrical power ...
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Plant Maintenance: Objectives, Importance and Types
After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Objectives of Plant Maintenance 2. Importance of Plant Maintenance 3. Types 4. Schedule 5. Standard Data 6. Some Recent Developments. Objectives of Plant Maintenance: (i) The objective of plant maintenance is to achieve minimum breakdown and to keep the plant in good working condition at the …
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Detailed Project Report for Biogas Power Plant
The Biogas Plant comprises following '6' main operating units Operating unit 1: Biomass Reception/Storage & Substrate/feed Preparation Operating unit 2: Fermentation and recirculation duct ... For 6 units of 1 MW Biogas Power Plants (in 3 Blocks) would include the following 120,000 MT/year purchases of poultry litter and agricultural ...
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Operating Experience and Performance …
Background. Operating experience feedback is a key element in maintaining and improving the safety of nuclear installation operations. It is an important source of information for the design of new plants and the improved performance of existing ones.
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Hydropower Plant
According to the available water head, the power plants classifies into three types, Low head plants. In this type of hydroelectric power plant, the available water head is less than 30m. In this type of plant, by constructing a dam, the water is stored. And the power plant is constructed at the base of the dam.
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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A HYDROPOWER …
plant, pumped-storage power plant, or a reservoir plant. n3. Hydropower is a very economically viable technology in terms of maintenance and operation costs and a long service life, and also has among the best conversion efficiencies of all energy sources. n Hydropower plants are typically built from the same compo-
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ELECTRIC VEHICLES
In selecting a suitable power plant, the following factors are considered: • Operating performance • Economy • Environment friendliness For vehicular applications, the ideal performance characteristic of a power plant is constant power output over the full speed range. Consequently, the torque varies hyperbolically with
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Performance analysis of Kaplan turbine with semi-spiral
The performance of a Kaplan turbine in partial operation conditions is often limited by cavitation and stability, especially at the large flow rate operation conditions. Many problems such as ...
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I-V characteristics curve of a PV cell
Based on the comparison, the plant is determined to be operating with PR value of 0.77 and CF value of 12%. The plant is evaluated to be operating within benchmark values .
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Vapor Power Cycles
The Rankine cycle is the ideal cycle for vapor power plants; it includes the following four reversible processes: 1-2: Isentropic compression. Water enters the pump as state 1 as saturated liquid and is compressed isentropically to the operating pressure of the boiler. 2-3: Const P heat addition. Saturated water enters the boiler and leaves it ...
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Capital Costs and Performance Characteristics for Utility Scale Power
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Distributed Control Techniques in Microgrids
1. Introduction. The existing power system is a legacy system with components dating as far back as 40–50 years ago [1].The next-generation power system, frequently referred to as the smart grid, is expected to operate under an updated philosophy with a significant increase in the level of monitoring, communication, and control and …
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Characteristics of Wind Turbines Conference Paper
the wind power plant are interrelated. Knowing the characteristics of the wind power plant and the transmission and distribution systems is very important for identifying the problems and finding the resources to resolve the issues. When we discuss transmission lines, we are concerned about, among other things, the stability, power transfer
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Assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions from
1.. IntroductionCogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) systems are well known for potentially providing considerable primary energy saving with respect to the separate production (SP) of the same amount of heat (from conventional combustion heat generators) and electricity (from conventional power plants) [1], [2].In recent years, there …
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Construction, Working and Its Applications
The cylindrical rotor is also known as a non-salient rotor or round rotor and this rotor is used for high-speed machines approximately 1500-3000 rpm and the example for this is a thermal power plant. This rotor is made up …
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(PDF) Modeling and Control of the Starter Motor and
The time responses of the main parameters of the hybrid gas/wind power plant demonstrated the significant amount of transient conditions that a gas turbine experiences for fulfilling the energy ...
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Topping Cycle
In the Topping Cycle, coal is partially gasified in an air-blown spouted bed gasifier operating at elevated pressure (Figure 1).Sorbent is also injected into the gasifier to retain sulphur which would otherwise be released in the gas. The fuel gas from the gasifier is passed to a filtration unit, to remove solids and then burnt in the combustor of a gas …
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(PDF) Load Frequency Control in Power System
If the typical frequency is 50 Hz or 60 Hz and the system frequency drops below 47.5 Hz or rises over 52.5 Hz on a 50 Hz frequency band, the turbine blades will likely be harmed, and the generator ...
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(PDF) Flow Analysis of Kaplan Hydraulic Turbine by
Abstract. In a hydro power plant the potential energy of water is converted into electricity through the hydro turbine and the generator. Kaplan turbine is an axial flow turbine; consist of wicket ...
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Assessing Performance Characteristics of Concreting Equipment
There has been a significant research towards identifying critical parameters which affect equipment productivity [8, 9].Factors such as lack of operator skill, inadequate organization of work, unavailability of materials, and location of batching plant are some of the parameters highlighted by the previous researchers as crucial factors affecting the …
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Development of the Turgo Impulse turbine: Past and present
The Turgo impulse turbine was invented and patented by Eric Crewdson, in 1919. The operating range is similar to the Pelton turbine but it is more suitable for medium heads and operates efficiently over a wide range of flow rates (Fig. 1). Unlike in Pelton turbines, the jets of Turgo turbines are directed to a certain acute angle against the ...
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Characteristics of Wind Turbine Generators for Wind …
Wind Power Plants M 978-1-4244-4241-6/09/$25.00 ©2009 IEEE Authorized licensed use limited to: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE. Downloaded on October 28, 2009 at 11:26 from IEEE Xplore. ... operating at a fixed speed (corres-ponding to grid frequency), can then be directly connected to the grid through a synchronizing circuit breaker. The
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Typical efficiency curve ( η ~ C Q ) for Francis Turbine.
The controller performance has been studied with 30%, 60%, and 90% step increase of power demand. The controller performance also has been studied with 0.005 and 0.05 Hz frequency sinusoidal power ...
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Solar Collectors | Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is working to lower collector costs, with a target of $50 per square meter for highly autonomous heliostats, to reach its goal of $0.05 per kilowatt-hour for baseload CSP plants with at least 12 hours of thermal energy storage. Learn more about SETO's CSP goals.
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