Question

What is the effect of delay in commissioning of power plants?
A.It will lead to increase in the production of energy by already present plants.
B.It will attract MNCS to establish their company.
C.It will cause the rivalry between MNC and Govt. Power plant.
D.When supply doesn’t match demand results in load shedding and breakdown.

Answer 1

Hint: A power plant is an integration of a number of different equipment and system components like boiler, turbine, generator, steam system piping etc. All these equipment’s are tested independently for their performance and installed in the power plant

Complete step by step answer:
- Using both gas and steam turbines, combined-cycle power plants produce higher amounts of electricity from a single fuel source compared to a traditional power plant. They capture heat from the gas turbine to increase power production and are also found to release low amounts of harmful gases into the atmosphere.
- Electricity is produced at an electric power plant. Some fuel sources, such as coal, oil, natural gas, or nuclear energy produce heat. The heat is used to boil water to create steam. The spinning turbine interacts with a system of magnets to produce electricity.
- In few countries, there is a significant delay in commissioning of new power plants that can fill the gap between demand and supply of energy. The result is that old plants come under huge stress to meet the daily demand for power. When supply doesn’t match demand, it results in load shedding and breakdown.

Therefore, the correct answer is option (D).

Note: Commissioning of a power plant is a process where all the components and equipment are first checked for proper installation, then they are checked to see if all the piping is clear for the fluids to flow as designed. Thereafter the systems are pressurised manually to check whether they can sustain the pressures and flow rates at which they are required to perform. The control systems and safety systems are checked for operation and finally the plant is started to see if it performs as designed as a system.