INTRODUCTION TO STEAM POWER SYSTEMS

Steam power system is a system in which the heat energy of the steam is used to produce mechanical power. Various types of fuels (coal, diesel, natural gas, geothermal, nuclear, etc.) are used to produce the high quality of steam, i.e., superheated steam and then the thermodynamic expansion process is used to convert the heat energy of the steam into mechanical power. If mechanical power is developed in the form of shaft power and the shaft is coupled with electricity generator then the mechanical power is transformed into electrical energy. The steam engine was developed by James Watt in 1763 after that steam turbines, gas turbines, and I.C. engines came into picture.