Heat power engineering
Heat-power engineering is a branch of heat engineering engaged in the conversion of heat into other types of energy, mainly to mechanical energy and through it to electrical energy. The basis for modern energy is thermal power plants that use the chemical energy of organic fuels for this. They are divided into: ▪ Steam-turbine power stations, where the energy is converted by a steam-turbine plant; ▪ Gas turbine power plants, where the energy is converted using a gas turbine plant; ▪ Steam and gas power plants, where the energy is converted using a combined-cycle plant.