POWER PLANT Flashcards
Nuclear reactors generally employ
Fission
Take least time in starting from cold conditions to full load operations
Gas turtibe power plant
Power Plant consumes 3000 tons of coal everyday
With eff 25%
183MW
Natural Gas has an energy content of 0.036
1.79 x10¹² ft³
A certain amout of fuel can be converted into 3x10^-3
183 days
Function of surge tank in the hydropower plant
Relieve water hammer pressures in the penstock pipe
Diesel Power Plant
Standby
Cannot have a single unit of 100MW
Diesel Power plan
Peak deman 80MW and Load of 150MW
LF = 57.08%
Effective resistance of conductor is increased by
Skin effect and proximity effect
ACSR
Aluminum Cable Steel Reinforced
Conductor layer
3n² - 3n +1
Diamond Configuration
1.6921r
Bundled spacing 45cm
Capacitance
0.0127 microF/km
Not considered in analyzing a short Transmission line
Shunt admittance
The coil sides are placed a pole pitch apart is
Full pitch
Dc Gen parallel
100A