Energy Systems & Power Generation

Thermodynamic power cycles, turbomachinery, renewable energy generation, and storage technologies.

Theory Modules

Study the theory, review the governing formula, and test your knowledge with interactive questions.

The Brayton cycle is the ideal thermodynamic cycle used to model gas-turbine and jet-engine power systems. In the sim...

Cogeneration, or Combined Heat and Power (CHP), is the simultaneous production of electrical (or mechanical) power an...

A combined-cycle power plant cascades a Brayton-cycle gas turbine with a Rankine-cycle steam plant. Air is compressed...

Energy conversion is the process of transforming energy from one form into another to perform useful work or generate...

Energy efficiency quantifies how effectively a system converts energy input into useful output. It is defined as the...

Energy storage systems (ESS) capture energy produced at one time for use at a later time, bridging the gap between en...

Energy systems encompass the extraction, conversion, storage, and distribution of primary energy resources into usefu...

Exergy is the maximum theoretical useful work that can be obtained as a system comes into equilibrium with a specifie...

A gas turbine is a continuous-flow internal combustion engine that produces shaft work by compressing air, adding hea...

Geothermal power plants convert heat extracted from underground reservoirs into electricity or useful heat. In a dry-...

Hydroelectric power is the generation of electricity by converting the potential and kinetic energy of water into mec...

The Rankine cycle is the ideal thermodynamic cycle for vapor power plants, particularly steam power plants. It models...

Solar energy systems convert sunlight into electricity (photovoltaics, PV) or heat (solar thermal). Photovoltaic syst...

Steam power plants operate primarily on the Rankine cycle, utilizing water as the working fluid to convert thermal en...

Wind turbines convert part of the kinetic energy of moving air into mechanical shaft power and, in most modern system...