Assembly Process and Performance of A Micro Steam Power Plant

Year : 2025 | Volume : 02 | Issue : 02 | Page : 38 48
    By

    Adeyemo Elijah,

  • Afolabi Samuel,

  • Buliaminu Kareem,

  1. Project Partner, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
  2. Project Partner, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
  3. Professor, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

Abstract

Energy is an indispensable component of modern society, driving everything from industrial processes to household appliances, among the various sources of energy, steam power, a form of heat energy has played a pivotal role in the development of human civilization, paving the way for the Industrial Revolution and subsequent technological advancements. This study focused on the assembly and performance evaluation of a 5 kW steam power plant. The components of the steam power plant including steam generator, turbine and alternator which are readily available were assembled using on-site assembly: partial fabrication method of assembly. The performance evaluation of the assembled power plant was carried out measuring and recording the temperature, pressure and dryness fraction of steam from the steam generator with the maximum temperature, maximum pressure and dryness fraction being 239, 0.3985MPa and 0.93 respectively. The performance evaluation of the steam turbine powered alternator under changeable bed and drive mechanisms was also carried out with the turbine-alternator unit operated with axial coupling, the voltage output, rotational speed and sound level was measured and recorded to be 56V, 1152 rpm and 73dB respectively, the evaluation was also carried out with the turbine-alternator unit operated with transverse connection, the voltage output, rotational speed and sound level was measured and recorded to be 24V, 904 rpm and 71dB respectively. With the results obtained and discussed, it was noticed that the transverse connection of the turbine-alternator unit is less efficient in transferring mechanical energy to electrical output compared to the axial coupling of the unit, making the axial coupling using a flexible flange system a better and plausible power transmission method in the system. A total of Sixty-Three Thousand, Eight Hundred Naira only was spent on the successful assembly of this system

Keywords: Steam power plant, assembly, performance evaluation, turbine-alternator unit, axial coupling.

[This article belongs to International Journal of Industrial and Product Design Engineering ]

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Adeyemo Elijah, Afolabi Samuel, Buliaminu Kareem. Assembly Process and Performance of A Micro Steam Power Plant. International Journal of Industrial and Product Design Engineering. 2024; 02(02):38-48.
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Volume 02
Issue 02
Received 05/11/2024
Accepted 27/11/2024
Published 01/12/2024
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