Nuclear power plant line diagram. Power plant electrical distribution systems gary w castleberry pe 2008 pdh center. Nuclear power plants consume large amounts of electricity themselves in pursuing this objective. A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactoras is typical of thermal power stations heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces electricityas of 2014 the international atomic energy agency reported there were 450 nuclear power reactors in operation in 31 countries. A nuclear power plant nuclear power station looks like a standard thermal power station with one exceptionthe heat source in the nuclear power plant is a nuclear reactoras is typical in all conventional thermal power stations the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.
The power rating of a nuclear power reactor. Nuclear reactor nuclear reactor is the main component of nuclear power plant and nuclear fuel is subjected to nuclear fissionnuclear fission is a process where a heavy nucleus is spitted into two or more smaller nuclei. A nuclear power plant works pretty much like a conventional power plant but it produces heat energy from atoms rather than by burning coal oil gas or another fuel. Designs were simply modified slightly and used in the nuclear plant designs.
Electrical distribution system drawings sometimes called single line drawings illustrate the major circuits used to supply electricity to the offsite power grid and to supply electricity to plant equipment. Nuclear plant reactor power outputs are quoted in three ways. In a nuclear power plant heat energy is generated by a nuclear reaction called as nuclear fissionnuclear fission of heavy elements such as uranium or thorium is carried out in a special apparatus called as a nuclear reactora large amount of heat energy is generated due to nuclear fission. The water held under high pressure to keep it from boiling produces steam by transferring heat to a secondary source of water.
The following one line diagram shows a typical power plant electrical distribution system.