Overview of

Power Generation plants

(Types)

Power Distribution & Utilization
(EE-232)
Lect. Abid Mushtaq

BEE-2ABCD
Power System
1-When electricity leaves a power plant
2- its voltage is increased at a step-up substation
3- Next, the energy travels along a transmission line to the area where the power is needed
4- Once there, the voltage is decreased or stepped-down, at another substation
5- and a distribution power line carries the
6- electricity until it reaches a home or business areas.
Power Generation
Electrical power production systems
Fossil fuel (coal, oil, gas) systems, hydroelectric
systems, and nuclear fission systems.
Alternative energy systems
Nuclear fusion, Geothermal, Solar, Wind, Fuel-
cell, Goal gasification, Tidal, and
magnetohydrodynamic IMHD) systems,
Power Generation
Electrical power produced in many ways:
such as from chemical reactions, heat, light, or
mechanical energy
In Pakistan, Electric Power plants produce
the energy
By Burning coal, oil, or natural gas (using steam or
gas turbines)
By nuclear reactions into electrical energy (using
steam or gas turbines)
By falling water (using hydraulic turbines)
Power Generation
Fossil Fuel Systems (coal, oil, & natural gas)
Power Generation
Hydroelectric Power plants
Power Generation

Nuclear Fission Power Plant
Power Generation

Nuclear reaction process
Alternative Power Systems
Solar power systems

Geothermal Power station
Alternative Power Systems
Alternative Power Systems
Wind power station
Alternative Power Systems
Tidal power station
Alternative Power Systems
Coal-gasification power plant

Alternative Power Systems
Fuel cells

Alternative Power Systems

Biomass/Biogas Bio fuels
Alternative Power Systems
Biomass/Biogas Bio fuels

Comparison Price-wise
Nuclear: $15/MWh
Coal: $22/MWh
Wind: $50/MWh
Hydro: varies but usually water constrained
Solar: $150 to 200/MWh!
Natural Gas: 8 to 10 times fuel cost in
$/MBtu* (1 million British Thermal Unit=294KWh )
Summary
Power Generation
Fossil Fuels power plants (Gas, Oil, & Coal)
Hydroelectric power plants
Nuclear Power Plants
Alternate energy resources
Solar energy
Geo thermal power plant
Wind Power plant
Tidal power plants
Fuels cells,
Biomass fuels
References
Ref. Book 1.Electrical Power systems Technology, by
Chapters 4 & 5, (Pg.83~135)
http://sunenergyfacts.com/2008/01/sun-energy-fact-5/
http://americanhistory.si.edu/fuelcells/basics.htm
http://www.energy.ca.gov/biomass/index.html