Power

A power station (also referred to as generating station or power plant) is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Some prefer to use the term energy center because it more accurately describes what the plants do, which is the conversion of other forms of energy, like chemical energy, gravitational potential energy or heat energy into electrical energy. However, power plant is the most common term in the U.S., while elsewhere power station and power plant are both widely used, power station prevailing in many Commonwealth countries and especially in the United Kingdom.

At the center of nearly all power stations is a generator, a rotating machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by creating relative motion between a magnetic field and a conductor. The energy source harnessed to turn the generator varies widely. It depends chiefly on what fuels are easily available and the types of technology that the power company has access to. Yokogawa offers a range of instruments to help with the monitoring of excess air for combustion control, hydrogen purity for generator cooling, reverse osmosis monitoring, pH, conductivity, ORP measurements in cooling towers and boil feed water pH. Yokogawa provides consistent reliable measurements at a low cost.