It is a power plant in which the electricity generators are driven by either gas or steam turbines or IC engines. Add to that the very small amount there is of MHD direct generation and the definition is complete.
A thermal power station is a power plant in which the prime mover is steam driven. Water is heated, turns into steam and spins a steam turbine which drives an electrical generator. After it passes through the turbine, the steam is condensed in a condenser and recycled to where it was heated; this is known as a Rankine cycle. The greatest variation in the design of thermal power stations is due to the different fossil fuel resources generally used to heat the water. Some prefer to use the term energy center because such facilities convert forms of heat energy into electrical energy. Certain thermal power plants also are designed to produce heat energy for industrial purposes of district heating, or desalination of water, in addition to generating electrical power.
A thermal power plant converts heat energy into electrical energy. the turbines are run by steam
It is a plant that converts the energy of heat to electricity. The heat can come from combustion of a fuel, a nuclear heat source or even heat gathered from the sun. Steam is normally the way energy is transferred from the heat source to the device making electricity.
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