Condenser Heat Rejection - Cooling Tower
In order to reject heat from the condenser a colder liquid should make contact with it. In a thermal power plant continuous supply of cold liquid is produced with the help of a cooling tower. Cold fluid from the cooling tower absorbs heat from a condenser and gets heated, this heat is rejected to the atmosphere via natural convection with the help of a cooling tower.
Boiler furnace for Heat Addition
Heat is added to the boiler with help of a boiler furnace. Here fuel reacts with air and produces heat. In a thermal power plant, the fuel can be either coal or nuclear. When coal is used as a fuel it produces a lot of pollutants which have to be removed before ejecting to the surroundings. This is done using a series of steps, the most important of them is an electro static precipitator (ESP) which removes ash particles from the exhaust. Now much cleaner exhaust is ejected into the atmosphere via a stack