Thermal Engineering

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6 Types of Circuit Breakers Used in Thermal Power Plants

A circuit breaker is a device that is used to open or close an electrical circuit. Circuit breakers are used in a variety of applications, including in residential and commercial buildings, industrial and utility facilities, and in vehicles. Circuit breakers are also used in thermal power plants to protect the plant equipment from damage and …

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Heat Exchanger : Types and Performance

Heat Exchangers are devices in which heat is transferred between two fluids at different temperature without any mixing of the fluids. Some specific applications of heat exchangers are space heating, air conditioning, power Production, Waste Heat recovery and chemical processing etc.  Today, we will discuss about heat exchangers its Types and its Performance. Types of …

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Turbojet Engine : Construction, Working, Advantages and Disadvantages

Today we will learn about turbojet engine. Turbojet engine is an Gas Turbine Engine in which working fluid will be gas or air. The gas turbine is an internal combustion engine that uses gases or air as a working fluid to rotate the turbine. This engine takes chemical from the fuel storage and mixes with …

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What is the difference between Renewable and Nonrenewable resources

Energy is everything, without energy nothing can be done. Energy is used for everything people do in daily life such as taking a shower, cooking meals to launching a rocket into space. This energy comes from the different resources collectively called as fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are formed over billion of the year from the …

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How a Solar Power Plant Works and What are main Types of it?

Solar power plant works by absorbing the sunrays which are in the form of radiation coming from the sun. Sun is the major source of energy on the earth. Solar energy enters into the earth’s atmosphere in the form of radiations at different wavelength. These radiations can be converted into other form of energy such …

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How Vapour Absorption Refrigeration System Works?

Refrigeration is a process of cooling or maintain a body at lower temperature than surrounding. There are many type of refrigeration system one of them is vapour absoption refrigeration system. This refrigeration system is different from compression refrigeration system. In compression refrigeration system we used a compressor which is run by electricity  but absorption refrigeration …

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DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEAT EXCHANGER

Heat exchangers are the devices which are used to exchange heat between two or more fluids which are at different temperature. Heat exchangers are major devices used in engineering field and have vast application in engineering processes like in refrigeration and air conditioning system, food processing system, powder plants, chemical reactors and aeronautical applications. Heat …

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