STEAM ENGINE PLANTS

**Definition:** This place covers:

All aspects of power plants using steam, vapour or special working fluids in a thermodynamic cycle. It covers also steam or vapour accumulators and power plants which are characterised by steam or heat accumulators, by the use of specific types of engines and by condensers and by the use of steam or condensate extracted from the power plant. Furthermore general lay-out, control and methods of operation of complete power plants and methods of converting heat or fluid energy into mechanical energy are covered.

**Limiting references (this place does not cover):** - Non-positive displacement machines or engines, like steam turbines -> F01D - Internal-combustion piston engines -> F02B - Gas turbine plants -> F02C - Jet propulsion plants -> F02K - Refrigeration machines, plants and systems -> F25B - Nuclear power plants and engine arrangements therein -> G21D

**Glossary:** - CHP: Combined Heat and Power, Cogeneration - Trigeneration: Combined production of heat, power and cold - HRSG: Heat Recovery Steam Generator - CCS: Carbon capture and storagecarbon capture and sequestration - Combined cycle: The exhaust of one heat engine is used as the heat source for another - FBC: Fluidized Bed Combustion - PFBC: Pressurised Fluidized Bed Combustion - APFBC: Advanced Pressurised Fluidized Bed Combustion - GFBCC: Gasification Fluidized Bed Combustion Combined cycle systems - CHIPPS: Combustion-based High Performance Power System