Geothermal Power Plant Working Principle: Geothermal Power Plant Working Principle - The growing demand of power will exhaust all fossil fuel sources in few decades. Therefore there is a permanent need for unconventional energy sources…

Types of Solar Power Plant: The surface of earth receives energy of 1014 kW from the sun. It is evident that sun will last for 1011 year. Even though the sun light is filtered by…

Pumped Storage Power Plant - Operating Modes and Types: Introduction - Pumped Storage Power Plant are generally used for peak loads. An interconnected system of pumped storage plants are more suitable, when the quantity of water…

Tidal Power Plant - Types and Working Principle: Introduction to tidal power plant - Gravitational force between the moon, the sun and the earth causes the rhythmic rising and lowering of ocean water, around the…

Wind Energy and Wind Power Plant: Wind is a form of solar energy. It is caused by the uneven heating of the atmosphere by the sun due to the irregularities of the earth's surface, and…

Turgo Turbine Working Principle: The Turgo turbine is an impulse water turbine designed for medium head applications. Operational Turgo Turbines achieve efficiencies of about 87%. It works with net heads between 15 and 300 m.…

Micro Hydel Power Plant - Components and its Workings: Micro Hydel Power Plant was the most common way of electricity generating in the early 20th century. The first commercial use of hydroelectric power to produce…

Selection of Hydraulic Turbines: It is very important to select the type of Hydraulic turbine which will give maximum possible efficiency. The Selection of Hydraulic Turbines always match specific conditions under which it has to…

Oil Pressure Governor and its Working Principle: The primary purpose of a governor for a hydro electric unit is to control the speed and loading of the unit. It is accomplished by controlling the flow…