List Of Power Plants In Gujarat Rohan.docx

LIST OF POWER PLANTS IN GUJARAT SUBMITTED BY ROHAN PRAJAPATI (16BE02D085)

POWER PLANT: A power station, also referred to as a power plant or powerhouse and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Most power stations contain one or more generators, a rotating machine that converts mechanical power into electrical power. The relative motion between a magnetic field and a conductor creates an electrical current. The energy source harnessed to turn the generator varies widely. Most power stations in the world burn fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas to generate electricity. Others use nuclear power, but there is an increasing use of cleaner renewable sources such as solar, wind, wave and hydroelectric.

TYPES OF POWER PLANTS: - Thermal energy generated from:  fossil fuels: - coal - petroleum - natural gas  solar thermal energy  geothermal energy  nuclear energy  Potential energy from falling water in a hydroelectric facility  Wind energy  Solar electric from solar (photovoltaic) cells  Chemical energy from: - fuel cells - batteries

1. Thermal power plant. 2. Nuclear power plant. 3. Hydroelectric power plant. 4. Gas based power plant.

1. THERMAL POWER PLANT A thermal power station also called combustion power plant, they operate with energy produced by a steam boiler fueled by coal, natural gas, heating oil, as well as by biomass. The steam activates a turbine which, in turn, drives an alternator to produce electricity.

2. NUCLEAR POWER PLANT A nuclear power plant or nuclear power station is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As it is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces electricity.

Unit

Type

Gross MW

Kakrapar 1 Kakrapar 2

PHWR PHWR

220 220

Kakrapar 3 Kakrapar 4

PHWR PHWR

700 700

Construction Start

Phase 1 1 Dec 1984 1 April 1985 Phase 2 22 Nov 2010 22 Nov 2010

Operation Start

6 May 1993 1 Sept 1995 2018 2018

3. HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLANT Hydropower plants capture the energy of falling water to generate electricity. A turbine converts the kinetic energy of falling water into mechanical energy. Then a generator converts the mechanical energy from the turbine into electrical energy.

Name of Power Station Ukai hydro Kadana hydro Panam hydro

Fuel Hydro Hydro Hydro

Capacity in MW 305 240 2

4. CO-GENERATION POWER PLANT:

Name of Power Station

Fuel

Capacity in MW

Dhuvaran Gas Based – Stage 1 Dhuvaran Gas Based – Stage 2 Dhuvaran Expansion

Gas Gas Gas

107 112 376