Atmospheric electricity

The Fukushima Dai’ichi Nuclear Power was one of 54 nuclear power plants operating throughout Japan in March of 2011. The plant contained 6 separate reactors designed by General Electric and maintained by the Tokyo Electric Power Company. Fukushima Dai’ichi lies about 140 miles northeast of Tokyo, Japan directly on the Pacific Ocean. At 1446 hrs (local JST) on Friday March 11, 2011, a Magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck 43 miles east of Sendai, Japan, (or about 65 miles northeast of Fukushima…

had $7.6 billion. The merger was a necessity for both companies because the gas and electricity markets were moving together. The markets were beginning to overlap, and they were serving the same customer base. This was a simple merger because both companies saw the need and felt like it was a good purchase price. With the merger it enabled the corporation to become one of the top three marketers for both electricity and natural gas (Graczyk, Duke Power to buy). In 2005, Duke Energy announced…

remain the same. Transportation and electricity are the two major area that are consuming the scarce sources in our country. Transportation uses 56% of gasoline and electricity generally used 27% of natural gas in 20141. Gasoline and natural gas become less available as time goes by. Algae biodiesel can replace gasoline after 20 years. Nuclear power and coal power can provide baseload electricity; solar power and natural gas can use battery to provide the peak electricity. Algae can be produced…

Harmonics: Harmonic distortions are injected at the generation as well as the consumer end. At the consumer end, harmonics are caused by nonlinear loads such as PCs, CFLs, electronic devices, etc. The harmonics distortion caused by non-linear load such as electric arc furnaces, large concentrations of arc discharge lamps, variable speed motors, saturation of magnetization of transformer and a distorted line current. The current generated by such loads will interact with power system impedance…

On 11 March 2011, all international news broadcasts were fixated on Japan, for an unfortunate reason; a natural catastrophe that has struck the Tohoku region of Japan without warning. The calamity was instantaneously announced through viral videos, emails, Twitter feeds, social media and live broadcasts on both international and local Japanese news programs, with the global network news reporters clambering through the rubble (Bestor, 2013). This unprecedented natural disaster that has shocked…

and economic challenges facing our rapidly evolving electricity smart grid. The electricity industry is experiencing vast changes. Generation and utilization of power energy in the future will be not the same as today. More alternative sources of energy, for example, the wind and the sun will necessitate small-scale distributed generation sources, which are not as uniform as is currently the case. Research in the field of smarter electricity grids is increasingly crucial to how we cope with…

Heat Recovery Steam Generator is a part of a power plant, which generates steam. The heat recovery steam generator used a gas turbine to operate, by using the flue (gas) from the exhaust of the gas turbine Figure 1. The heat exchanges process occurs between the boiler and exhaust gas, which is used to heat water in a boiler to raise the pressure of the steam. [1] In addition, the gas turbine is used for power source due to it has some advantages such as can be started quickly, can be easily…

Heavy Equipment Repair Plant Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Varanasi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT At the outset, I thank the Lord Almighty for the grace, strength and hope to make my endeavour a success. I also express my gratitude to Mr. Ashawni Kumar Sr. Manager Maintenance and my Training Guide Mr. SUNIL TIWARI (Dy Manager production) for providing me with adequate facilities, ways and means by which I was able to complete this training. I express my sincere gratitude to him for…

with its cons and pros.What is nuclear energy ? Nuclear energy the energy that is in the nucleus which is also known as the core of the atom.Atoms are tiny tiny things little things that makes up all the matter .Nuclear energy is used to create electricity. For the energy to be used it must 1st be distributed from the atom. In nuclear fission atoms are split to release the energy. How does nuclear energy work? Similar to a fossil-fueled power plant or an oil plant water is turned into…

The two sides are debating the support or fear of nuclear power plants. After the events at Fukushima, the earthquake and tsunami, the power plant sickened a lot of people due to its radiation. Professor George Monbiot and Melissa Block discuss the opinion to support nuclear power plants. He states that if so many people can die or become injured due to mining, then how is that any different than people dying or becoming sick from nuclear waste radiation? He said that coal was a bigger issue…