Daily Archives: November 28, 2017

The basic principle of all most all power generating stations except solar power generating stations is producing electricity by rotating the shaft of alternators by means of the prime mover.…

Some of the commonly used useful terms, in the cooling tower industry are BTU( British-Thermal-Units): It is the requirement of Heat-Energy to increase the temperature by 1oF of one-pond of…

The MHD generation or, also known as magneto hydrodynamic power generation is a direct energy conversion system which converts the heat energy directly into electrical energy, without any intermediate mechanical…

The considerable increase of the demand of electricity throughout the world has resulted in increased size of power plant. The process of electrical power generation, in a coal fired thermal…

Variety of materials are used for constructing Cooling Tower structures. Materials like fiber glass are used for constructing package cooling towers. However for field erected cooling towers material like steel,…

Solar Panels The main part of a solar electric system is the solar panel. There are various types of solar panel available in the market. Solar panels are also known…

Economics of Power Generation In all new engineering enterprises of this era, the question of cost is of utmost importance. It is the role played by an engineer to achieve…

There are three kinds of expenditures involved in generating electricity. These are fixed cost, semi-fixed cost, running or operating cost. Fixed Cost of Electricity: In every manufacturing unit there is…

Cogeneration is also called as combined heat and power or combine heat and power. As it name indicates cogeneration works on concept of producing two different form of energy by…

Solar cell is the basic unit of solar energy generation system where electrical energy is extracted directly from light energy without any intermediate process. The working of a solar cell…