Independent Generation Of Electric Power

Independent Generation of Electrical Power explains the different operations involved in the generation of power in power plants and the concepts and principles behind them. The book covers topics such as the parameters and requirements of generator performance; configurations of generators; and the operation and modes of control of generators; system control logic; and different energy management systems. The book also includes three appendices. Appendix 1 contrasts induction generation and synchronous generation; Appendix 2 covers different protection equipment, and Appendix 3 discusses the analyses involved in electrical systems. The monograph is recommended for engineers who would like to know more about the design and operation of plants and how it generates power.

This book includes my lecture notes for electrical power generation course. The layout, main components, and characteristics of common electrical power generation plants are described with application to various thermal power plants. The book is divided to different learning outcomes · CLO 1- Describe the layout of common electrical power generation plants. · CLO 2- Describe the main components and characteristics of thermal power plants. a) CLO1 Describe the layout of common electrical power generation plants. · Explain the demand of base - power stations, intermediate - power stations, and peak- generation power stations. · Describe the layout of thermal, hydropower, nuclear, solar and wind power generation plants. · Identify the size, efficiency, availability and capital of generation for electrical power generation plants. · Eexplain the main principle of operation of the transformer and the generator. b) CLO2: Describe the main components and characteristics of thermal power plants. · Identify the structure and the main components of thermal power plants. · Describe various types of boilers and combustion process. · List types of turbines, explain the efficiency of turbines, impulse turbines, reaction turbines, operation and maintenance, and speed regulation, and describe turbo generator. · Explain the condenser cooling - water loop. · Discuss thermal power plants and the impact on the environment.

What is Project Independence? The sources and uses of energy in the United States have changed dramatically in the last several decades. As a result, in just one generation, we have shifted from a position of domestic energy abundance to a substantial and continually growing reliance on foreign energy sources. Project Independence is a wide-ranging program to evaluate this growing dependence on foreign sources of energy, and to develop positive programs to reduce our vulnerability to future oil cut-offs and price increases.

This book offers an analytical overview of established electric generation processes, along with the present status & improvements for meeting the strains of reconstruction. These old methods are hydro-electric, thermal & nuclear power production. The book covers climatic constraints; their affects and how they are shaping thermal production. The book also covers the main renewable energy sources, wind and PV cells and the hybrids arising out of these. It covers distributed generation which already has a large presence is now being joined by wind & PV energies. It covers their accommodation in the present system. It introduces energy stores for electricity; when they burst upon the scene in full strength are expected to revolutionize electricity production. In all the subjects covered, there are references to power marketing & how it is shaping production. There will also be a reference chapter on how the power market works.