(3) Ans: In a thermal power plant heat is released in combustion of coal; this heat is used in a boiler to raise steam. Here the coal is conveyed to a mill and crushed into a fine powder, this being termed as pulverization. The pulverized coal is blown into the boiler where it mixes with the supply of air for combustion.
Read MoreATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE (ATM) -- a unit of pressure, equal to the mean atmospheric pressure at sea level. BOILER - A closed vessel in which water is converted to pressurized steam. electricity purchased from a public utility 2) energy obtained from burning coal, oil, natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases. [See California Code of
Read MoreThe major portion of the coal available in India is of low quality, high ash content and low atmospheric or elevated pressure and have these essential features: •Distribution plate through which air is blown Figure 6.4 Bubbling Bed Boiler-2 Ch-06.qxd 2/23/2005 11:24 AM Page 146. boiler, the number of feed points is increased, as it is
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