Development and Analysis of Load Bank for Steam Power Plant

Abstract

In the present laboratory experimental set up of steam power plant, the power output is converted to an electrical power source by using a load bank which is used as an electrical load. The purpose of a load bank is to accurately impersonator the operational or “real” load that a power source will see in real application. In the existing scenario, the air heater type load bank has some limitations on the plant set up; that is why there is need to replace and develop a new load bank on the steam power plant, so that it could meet the requirements of the plant with required efficient output. The air-load bank was replaced with the lamp-load bank with required specifications. Previous air load bank had some limitations regarding its heat dissipation and power consumption. So we are going to replace it with lamp load bank and try to increase the efficiency of steam power plant with accurate readings