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Steam Power Plant
Contents
4.1 Introduction
4.2 General layout of modern thermal power plant
4.3 Rankine and modiÿed Rankine cycles
4.4 Working of different circuits
4.5 Selection of site for steam power plants
4.6 Questions
4.1 INTRODUCTION
Generation of power in a country mainly depends on the utilization of natural resources available in addition to geographical location. Majority of power generated in the world comes from hydro-electric plant, thermal power plant and nuclear power plant. Although power available by a hydro-electric plant is seasonal and depends on the availability of natural sites and the hydrological cycle, nuclear power has raised its own concern about the safety, especially in the backdrop of natural disaster. ...
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