Xavier University College of Engineering Cagayan de Oro City Mechanical Engineering Department ME 61 EF – Power Plant Design w/ Renewable Energy Laboratory Activity No. 1: Types of Power-Generating Plants Name of Student: ______________ Course and Year: ______________ Date Started: February 14, 2023 Due Date: February 28, 2023 1. Discuss (at least 1,000 words each), the following power-generating plants (with pictures and schematic diagrams). a.Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant b.Diesel-Fired Thermal Power Plant c.Gas Turbine Power Plant d.Combined-cycle Power Plant e.Nuclear Thermal Power Plant f.Geothermal Thermal Power Plant g.Solar Thermal Power Plant h.Biomass Power Plant i.Dendro Thermal Power Plant j.Biogas Power Plant k.Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Thermal Power Plant l.Hydro-electric Power Plant m.Tidal Energy Power Plant n.Wave Energy Conversion Power Plant o.Wind Turbine Power Plant p.Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant q.Hydrogen Fuel Cells r.Bio Fuels 2. What is a renewable energy source? What are the different types of renewable energy sources? 3. What are the benefits of using renewable energy sources? 4. What is a non-renewable energy source? What are the different types of nonrenewable energy sources? 5. What are the benefits of using non-renewable energy sources? 6. Enumerate and discuss some common problems and their solutions encountered in many power-generating plants. 7. What is net zero? What does it mean to be net zero in the field of power generation? 8. What’s the difference between real zero and net zero in the field of power generation? 9. What is a carbon footprint? What are the factors that affect the calculation of carbon footprint? 10. How will the value of carbon footprint in a country affect the design of its powergenerating plants? 11. Enumerate and discuss some environmental issues in power-generating plants in the Philippines. 12. Cite and briefly discuss, at least ten(10) Latest Energy Laws in the Philippines for the past fifty(50) years. 13. What is your foresight in the design and operation of power-generating plants in the Philippines for the next fifty(50) years? What do you think would be the dominant powergenerating plant in the country? "Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you." --St. Augustine of Hippo
