Yearly Archives: 2017

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…

A solar lantern is well-known example portable standalone solar electric system. It consists of all necessary components required for a standalone solar electric system in a single casing except the…

The electricity produced by direct hitting of sunlight on photo - voltaic cells, is called solar electricity. Solar Electricity When sunlight strikes on photo-voltaic solar cells, solar electricity is produced.…

Solar Cell converts light energy into the electrical energy. A solar cell is basically a p-n junction diode. It utilizes photovoltaic effect to convert light energy into electrical energy. Construction…