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THERMAL POWER PLANT OVERVIEW
By:-
Pushkar Shanker
D3 – Electrical
Roll No. – 6278
Univ – 6140508670
At:-
NTPC Limited
ABOUT NTPC LIMITED
Formally known as National Thermal
Power Corporation Limited.
• It is among the world’s largest and most efficient power generation companies.
• In Forbes list of World’s 500 Largest Companies for the year 2007, NTPC
occupies 411th place.
• NTPC has installed capacity of 29,394 MW.
THERMAL POWER PLANT
In a Thermal Power Plant, one of coal, oil or natural gas is used to heat the boiler to convert the water into steam.
The steam is used to turn a turbine, which is connected to a generator.
When the turbine turns, electricity is generated and given as output by the generator, which goes to the high tension transformer then supplied to the consumers through high-voltage power lines.
