Open AccessMethods of Improving the Efficiency of Thermal Power Plants
Author(s) -
Tongjun Zhang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1449/1/012001
Subject(s) - electricity generation , controllability , electricity , efficient energy use , environmental economics , fossil fuel , production (economics) , thermal power station , power (physics) , popularity , renewable energy , environmental science , process engineering , engineering , economics , waste management , electrical engineering , microeconomics , mathematics , psychology , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
As one of the most important power sources in modern society, electricity takes up a large proportion of modern energy consumption. Among all those methods of power generation, fossil-fuel thermal power generation is one of the earliest ways of large-scale electricity production. Its popularity in the modern society comes from its stability and controllability. Given the wide applications of electricity around the world, improving the efficiency of thermal power plants would be an effective way to reduce the total energy consumption and protect the environment. The paper discusses the efficiency of energy transition and its determinant during each stage of power generations along with proposals to improve the efficiency of thermal power generation.