Block Diagram of different parts of a Power Plant and scope of Instrumentation - Measurements on Boiler
Plant, Turbo-generator Plant and Nuclear Reactors.
Measurement:
Fuel Measurement and various types of weighing systems.
Pressure Measurement - capsules; bellows; diaphragm gauges; bourdon tube pressure gauges; pressure
transducers - capacitive type, piezo resistive type; Smart pressure transmitters.
Temperature Measurement - resistance temperature detectors; thermocouples; radiation pyrometers.
Flow Measurement - head type-orifice, venturi; area type-rotameter; mass flow meter.
Level Measurement - capacitive sensors; ultrasonic; DP transmitters.
Analytical:
Gas Analysis - Oxygen - zirconium sensor, paramagnetic; SOx; NOx; CO, CO2
Liquid Analysis - pH; conductivity; dissolved oxygen
Coal Analysis - moisture, carbon, ash
Control:
Boiler Control - Steam pressure control, combustion control, Furnace Draft control, Steam temperature
control, Feed water control
Data logger and computer control, supervisory control and monitoring system.