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In Power Plants 101: Boilers, Turbines and Environmental Considerations, you'll learn ...
- How the steam cycle is used to generate electricity
- Boiler components and theory of operation
- Turbine design considerations, including speed, startup, shutdown and control
- Power plant environmental considerations
Overview
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Credit: 2 PDH
Length: 21 pages
Even though more utilities and customers utilize renewable energy, the fact is that most power consumed is still generated at power plants. The main function of a power plant is to generate electricity. There are several types of power plants. Nuclear plants utilize uranium and fossil plants utilize coal, oil or natural gas as their fuel source. Hydro plants utilize water as their drivers.
In this course, you'll learn about the major components of a non-hydro power plant, which utilizes a boiler, condenser, turbine and generator.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the power triangle.
- Identify the components of a power generation and transmission system.
- Describe the principles of energy conversion.
- Explain the steam cycle.
- Identify boiler design considerations, including circulation and steam-flow control.
- Describe turbine design considerations.
- Explain condenser design considerations.
- Describe combustion theory and operation.
- Identify methods for reducing stack emissions.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 20 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 2 PDH
Length: 21 pages
