Nuclear Power Plant Working!
A nuclear power plant is a type of powerful thermal power plant. The most important feature of this thermal power plant is that it can generate a huge amount of electricity with a small amount of fuel, which is not possible in other thermal power plants. In this article, we will discuss the workings of a nuclear power plant.
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Procedures for nuclear power plants:
The operation of a nuclear power plant depends on four components
- 1. Nuclear Reactor
- 2. Heat Exchanger
- 3. Steam Turbine and
- 4. Alternator
Let me say at the outset that the main component of a nuclear power plant is the nuclear reactor. The work of a nuclear reactor is much like the work of a furnace in a steam power plant. This reactor produces excessive heat energy by a chain reaction of nuclear fuel (uranium-235).
When uranium-235 (U-235) is hit by neutrons, a large amount of heat energy is generated in the nuclear reactor through nuclear fission, which heats the coolant used in the reactor.
This heat from the coolant goes to the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger then converts the heat into steam and after creating steam, the remaining heat cools itself and goes to the furnace with the help of a pump.
The steam produced in the heat exchanger hits the steam turbine at high speed and causes rotational speed.
Since the shaft of the turbine and the alternator are connected to the same shaft, the rotation of the turbine also causes the alternator to rotate. This then generates electrical energy from the alternator.
In this direction, however, the exhaust steam from the turbine goes to the condenser and from there the steam condenses and goes to the heat exchanger with the help of the feedwater pump.
The electricity generated by the alternator is supplied to the sub-station. From there the transformer, circuit breaker, isolator, and bus-bar are delivered to the customer by taking necessary measures.