Diesel Engine Power Plant - Layout, Types and Applications: Introduction: Diesel engine power plant (prime mover is a diesel engine) are installed where supply of coal and water is not available in sufficient quantity. These…
Brayton Cycle - Process, PV Diagram and TS Diagram: The Brayton cycle represents the operation of a gas turbine engine. The cycle consists of four processes. This cycle was invented by an American Engineer George…
Mixed/Dual Cycle - Process and its Derivation: Mixed/Dual cycle is a combination of Otto cycle and Diesel cycle, where heat addition takes place partly at constant volume and partly at constant pressure. In fact Otto…
Diesel Cycle - Definition, Process, PV Diagram and TS Diagram: Diesel Cycle was introduced by Rudolph Diesel in 1897. It is the cycle used in the Diesel (compression-ignition) engine. The heat is transferred to the…
Otto Cycle - Definition, PV Diagram and TS Diagram: It is an idealized cycle for the spark ignition internal combustion engines. It is the thermodynamic cycle most commonly found in automobile engine. Otto Cycle was…
Waste Heat Recovery System: Waste heat recovery system is the heat which is not at all used and exhausted out as a waste product. Waste heat is normally available from the industry in the form…
Binary Vapour Cycle - Schematic Diagram and its Workings: The maximum efficiency is achieved in carnot cycle. To increase the efficiency of the actual engine, ie to approach the carnot cycle efficiency, the total heat…
Feed Water Treatment in Power Plant and Types: Raw water coming from different sources contains dissolved salts and un-dissolved or suspended impurities. Therefore it is necessary to remove harmful salts dissolved into the water before…
Overfeed Stoker and Underfeed Stoker - Definition and Types: There are two common methods used for burning coal. 1. Stoker firing 2. Pulverised fuel firing. The stoker firing method is used for firing solid coal…
Draught System in Power Plant - Definition and Classification Draught is an essential part in thermal power plant. The functions of the draught system are: To supply required quantity of air to the furnace for…
